Chapter 15 of The Cruise of the Training Ship is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The Cruise of the Training Ship is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE NIGHT DRILL. It was one night of many since the shores of America had faded astern. It was the early hours when time hangs heavy. Back and forth marched the officer in charge of the ship. He had paced the stretch between rail and rail of the slender bridge fully fifty times.
Chapter 15 of The Cruise of the Training Ship is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
From this reading “THE NIGHT DRILL.”
having lost freshness or brilliance of color
From this reading “It was one night of many since the shores of America had faded astern.”
plural of “hang” — a special way of doing something
From this reading “It was the early hours when time hangs heavy.”
past form of “march” — march in a procession
From this reading “Back and forth marched the officer in charge of the ship.”
past form of “pace” — walk with slow or fast paces
From this reading “He had paced the stretch between rail and rail of the slender bridge fully fifty times.”
a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
From this reading “He had paced the stretch between rail and rail of the slender bridge fully fifty times.”
plural of “shore” — the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading “It was one night of many since the shores of America had faded astern.”
occupy a large, elongated area
From this reading “He had paced the stretch between rail and rail of the slender bridge fully fifty times.”
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 “He had paced the stretch between rail and rail of the slender bridge fully fifty times.”
In this reading “It was the early hours when time hangs heavy.”
In this reading “It was the early hours when time hangs heavy.”
In this reading “Back and forth marched the officer in charge of the ship.”
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.
North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
From this reading It was one night of many since the shores of America had faded astern.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Back and forth marched the officer in charge of the ship.
stern foremost or backward
From this reading It was one night of many since the shores of America had faded astern.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Back and forth marched the officer in charge of the ship.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading He had paced the stretch between rail and rail of the slender bridge fully fifty times.
a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc.
From this reading He had paced the stretch between rail and rail of the slender bridge fully fifty times.
to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
From this reading Back and forth marched the officer in charge of the ship.
make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
From this reading THE NIGHT DRILL.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading It was the early hours when time hangs heavy.
having lost freshness or brilliance of color
From this reading It was one night of many since the shores of America had faded astern.
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
From this reading He had paced the stretch between rail and rail of the slender bridge fully fifty times.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Back and forth marched the officer in charge of the ship.
to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (“full” in this sense is used as a combining form)
From this reading He had paced the stretch between rail and rail of the slender bridge fully fifty times.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was one night of many since the shores of America had faded astern.
plural of “hang” — a special way of doing something
From this reading It was the early hours when time hangs heavy.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had paced the stretch between rail and rail of the slender bridge fully fifty times.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading It was the early hours when time hangs heavy.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading It was the early hours when time hangs heavy.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Back and forth marched the officer in charge of the ship.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was one night of many since the shores of America had faded astern.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading It was one night of many since the shores of America had faded astern.
past form of “march” — march in a procession
From this reading Back and forth marched the officer in charge of the ship.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading THE NIGHT DRILL.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was one night of many since the shores of America had faded astern.
any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
From this reading Back and forth marched the officer in charge of the ship.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was one night of many since the shores of America had faded astern.
past form of “pace” — walk with slow or fast paces
From this reading He had paced the stretch between rail and rail of the slender bridge fully fifty times.
a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
From this reading He had paced the stretch between rail and rail of the slender bridge fully fifty times.
transport commercially
From this reading Back and forth marched the officer in charge of the ship.
plural of “shore” — the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading It was one night of many since the shores of America had faded astern.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading It was one night of many since the shores of America had faded astern.
being of delicate or slender build
From this reading He had paced the stretch between rail and rail of the slender bridge fully fifty times.
occupy a large, elongated area
From this reading He had paced the stretch between rail and rail of the slender bridge fully fifty times.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE NIGHT DRILL.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading It was the early hours when time hangs heavy.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading He had paced the stretch between rail and rail of the slender bridge fully fifty times.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was one night of many since the shores of America had faded astern.
at the time that
From this reading It was the early hours when time hangs heavy.
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