Chapter VI of The Cruise of The Violetta, “Second Adventure,” is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VI of The Cruise of The Violetta, “Second Adventure,” is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
|WHEN I awoke the sun was shining in at the port-holes, and the ship appeared to be quiet, but slanting. It was the slant that had rolled me off the sofa and awakened me. Hence it must have just happened. I went up the companionway, and saw--the boundless blue expanse of dimpled sea? Not at all!
Chapter VI of The Cruise of The Violetta, “Second Adventure,” is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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aroused or activated
From this reading “It was the slant that had rolled me off the sofa and awakened me.”
seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent
From this reading “I went up the companionway, and saw--the boundless blue expanse of dimpled sea?”
a stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship
From this reading “I went up the companionway, and saw--the boundless blue expanse of dimpled sea?”
past form of “dimple” — mark with, or as if with, dimples
From this reading “I went up the companionway, and saw--the boundless blue expanse of dimpled sea?”
a wide scope
From this reading “I went up the companionway, and saw--the boundless blue expanse of dimpled sea?”
lie obliquely
From this reading “It was the slant that had rolled me off the sofa and awakened me.”
having an oblique or slanted direction
From this reading “|WHEN I awoke the sun was shining in at the port-holes, and the ship appeared to be quiet, but slanting.”
an upholstered seat for more than one person
From this reading “It was the slant that had rolled me off the sofa and awakened me.”
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.
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move upward
In this reading “I went up the companionway, and saw--the boundless blue expanse of dimpled sea?”
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(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 Not at all!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading |WHEN I awoke the sun was shining in at the port-holes, and the ship appeared to be quiet, but slanting.
past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading |WHEN I awoke the sun was shining in at the port-holes, and the ship appeared to be quiet, but slanting.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading |WHEN I awoke the sun was shining in at the port-holes, and the ship appeared to be quiet, but slanting.
aroused or activated
From this reading It was the slant that had rolled me off the sofa and awakened me.
inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping
From this reading |WHEN I awoke the sun was shining in at the port-holes, and the ship appeared to be quiet, but slanting.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading |WHEN I awoke the sun was shining in at the port-holes, and the ship appeared to be quiet, but slanting.
of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
From this reading I went up the companionway, and saw--the boundless blue expanse of dimpled sea?
seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent
From this reading I went up the companionway, and saw--the boundless blue expanse of dimpled sea?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading |WHEN I awoke the sun was shining in at the port-holes, and the ship appeared to be quiet, but slanting.
a stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship
From this reading I went up the companionway, and saw--the boundless blue expanse of dimpled sea?
past form of “dimple” — mark with, or as if with, dimples
From this reading I went up the companionway, and saw--the boundless blue expanse of dimpled sea?
a wide scope
From this reading I went up the companionway, and saw--the boundless blue expanse of dimpled sea?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was the slant that had rolled me off the sofa and awakened me.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading Hence it must have just happened.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Hence it must have just happened.
for this reason
From this reading Hence it must have just happened.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading |WHEN I awoke the sun was shining in at the port-holes, and the ship appeared to be quiet, but slanting.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading |WHEN I awoke the sun was shining in at the port-holes, and the ship appeared to be quiet, but slanting.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the slant that had rolled me off the sofa and awakened me.
and nothing more
From this reading Hence it must have just happened.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was the slant that had rolled me off the sofa and awakened me.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Hence it must have just happened.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not at all!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I went up the companionway, and saw--the boundless blue expanse of dimpled sea?
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading It was the slant that had rolled me off the sofa and awakened me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading |WHEN I awoke the sun was shining in at the port-holes, and the ship appeared to be quiet, but slanting.
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading |WHEN I awoke the sun was shining in at the port-holes, and the ship appeared to be quiet, but slanting.
especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
From this reading It was the slant that had rolled me off the sofa and awakened me.
cut with a saw
From this reading I went up the companionway, and saw--the boundless blue expanse of dimpled sea?
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading I went up the companionway, and saw--the boundless blue expanse of dimpled sea?
marked by exceptional merit
From this reading |WHEN I awoke the sun was shining in at the port-holes, and the ship appeared to be quiet, but slanting.
transport commercially
From this reading |WHEN I awoke the sun was shining in at the port-holes, and the ship appeared to be quiet, but slanting.
lie obliquely
From this reading It was the slant that had rolled me off the sofa and awakened me.
having an oblique or slanted direction
From this reading |WHEN I awoke the sun was shining in at the port-holes, and the ship appeared to be quiet, but slanting.
an upholstered seat for more than one person
From this reading It was the slant that had rolled me off the sofa and awakened me.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading |WHEN I awoke the sun was shining in at the port-holes, and the ship appeared to be quiet, but slanting.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was the slant that had rolled me off the sofa and awakened me.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading |WHEN I awoke the sun was shining in at the port-holes, and the ship appeared to be quiet, but slanting.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading |WHEN I awoke the sun was shining in at the port-holes, and the ship appeared to be quiet, but slanting.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading I went up the companionway, and saw--the boundless blue expanse of dimpled sea?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading |WHEN I awoke the sun was shining in at the port-holes, and the ship appeared to be quiet, but slanting.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I went up the companionway, and saw--the boundless blue expanse of dimpled sea?
at the time that
From this reading |WHEN I awoke the sun was shining in at the port-holes, and the ship appeared to be quiet, but slanting.
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