Chapter 11 of The Cruise of the Training Ship is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of The Cruise of the Training Ship is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TALKING IT OVER. “I play plenty times in my country. I was bully boy with eyeglass. Hurray! all Japan girls think I good thing.” “Did they push you along?”
Chapter 11 of The Cruise of the Training Ship is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/16 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a cruel and brutal fellow
From this reading “I was bully boy with eyeglass.”
lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles
From this reading “I was bully boy with eyeglass.”
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading “Hurray! all Japan girls think I good thing.””
a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean
From this reading “Hurray! all Japan girls think I good thing.””
participate in games or sport
From this reading ““I play plenty times in my country.”
a full supply
From this reading ““I play plenty times in my country.”
move with force
From this reading ““Did they push you along?””
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading “TALKING IT OVER.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “I was bully boy with eyeglass.”
In this reading “Hurray! all Japan girls think I good thing.””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Hurray! all Japan girls think I good thing.”
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “Did they push you along?”
a youthful male person
From this reading I was bully boy with eyeglass.
a cruel and brutal fellow
From this reading I was bully boy with eyeglass.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading “I play plenty times in my country.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Did they push you along?”
lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles
From this reading I was bully boy with eyeglass.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading Hurray! all Japan girls think I good thing.”
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Hurray! all Japan girls think I good thing.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hurray! all Japan girls think I good thing.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I play plenty times in my country.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I play plenty times in my country.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading TALKING IT OVER.
a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean
From this reading Hurray! all Japan girls think I good thing.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I play plenty times in my country.
above and across; more than
From this reading TALKING IT OVER.
participate in games or sport
From this reading “I play plenty times in my country.
a full supply
From this reading “I play plenty times in my country.
move with force
From this reading “Did they push you along?”
an exchange of ideas via conversation
From this reading TALKING IT OVER.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Did they push you along?”
a special situation
From this reading Hurray! all Japan girls think I good thing.”
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Hurray! all Japan girls think I good thing.”
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading “I play plenty times in my country.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was bully boy with eyeglass.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I was bully boy with eyeglass.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Did they push you along?”
Chapter 11 of The Cruise of the Training Ship by Upton Sinclair holds 81 sentences, grouped into 17 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 11 holds 81 sentences of The Cruise of the Training Ship, unabridged, divided into 17 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of The Cruise of the Training Ship by Upton Sinclair exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 81 sentences, grouped into 17 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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