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The End of the Tether

Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

Chapter 16 of The End of the Tether is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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The Serang stepped back.
Captain Whalley recognized Massy’s footfalls on the bridge.
The engineer walked over to port and returned, passing behind the chair several times.
Captain Whalley detected an unusual character as of prudent care in this prowling.
The near presence of that man brought with it always a recrudescence of moral suffering for Captain Whalley.
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The End of the Tether

Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

Chapter 16 of The End of the Tether is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/37 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The Serang stepped back.
Line 2
Captain Whalley recognized Massy’s footfalls on the bridge.
Line 3
The engineer walked over to port and returned, passing behind the chair several times.
Line 4
Captain Whalley detected an unusual character as of prudent care in this prowling.
Line 5
The near presence of that man brought with it always a recrudescence of moral suffering for Captain Whalley.

All words in this reading · 47

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a

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From this reading The near presence of that man brought with it always a recrudescence of moral suffering for Captain Whalley.

always

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From this reading The near presence of that man brought with it always a recrudescence of moral suffering for Captain Whalley.

an

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From this reading Captain Whalley detected an unusual character as of prudent care in this prowling.

and

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From this reading The engineer walked over to port and returned, passing behind the chair several times.

as

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From this reading Captain Whalley detected an unusual character as of prudent care in this prowling.

back

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From this reading The Serang stepped back.

behind

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From this reading The engineer walked over to port and returned, passing behind the chair several times.

bridge

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From this reading Captain Whalley recognized Massy’s footfalls on the bridge.

brought

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From this reading The near presence of that man brought with it always a recrudescence of moral suffering for Captain Whalley.

Captain

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From this reading Captain Whalley recognized Massy’s footfalls on the bridge.

care

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From this reading Captain Whalley detected an unusual character as of prudent care in this prowling.

chair

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From this reading The engineer walked over to port and returned, passing behind the chair several times.

character

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From this reading Captain Whalley detected an unusual character as of prudent care in this prowling.

detected

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From this reading Captain Whalley detected an unusual character as of prudent care in this prowling.

engineer

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From this reading The engineer walked over to port and returned, passing behind the chair several times.

footfalls

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From this reading Captain Whalley recognized Massy’s footfalls on the bridge.

for

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From this reading The near presence of that man brought with it always a recrudescence of moral suffering for Captain Whalley.

in

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From this reading Captain Whalley detected an unusual character as of prudent care in this prowling.

it

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From this reading The near presence of that man brought with it always a recrudescence of moral suffering for Captain Whalley.

man

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From this reading The near presence of that man brought with it always a recrudescence of moral suffering for Captain Whalley.

Massy's

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From this reading Captain Whalley recognized Massy’s footfalls on the bridge.

moral

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From this reading The near presence of that man brought with it always a recrudescence of moral suffering for Captain Whalley.

near

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From this reading The near presence of that man brought with it always a recrudescence of moral suffering for Captain Whalley.

of

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From this reading Captain Whalley detected an unusual character as of prudent care in this prowling.

on

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From this reading Captain Whalley recognized Massy’s footfalls on the bridge.

over

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From this reading The engineer walked over to port and returned, passing behind the chair several times.

passing

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From this reading The engineer walked over to port and returned, passing behind the chair several times.

port

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From this reading The engineer walked over to port and returned, passing behind the chair several times.

presence

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From this reading The near presence of that man brought with it always a recrudescence of moral suffering for Captain Whalley.

prowling

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From this reading Captain Whalley detected an unusual character as of prudent care in this prowling.

prudent

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From this reading Captain Whalley detected an unusual character as of prudent care in this prowling.

recognized

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From this reading Captain Whalley recognized Massy’s footfalls on the bridge.

recrudescence

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From this reading The near presence of that man brought with it always a recrudescence of moral suffering for Captain Whalley.

returned

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From this reading The engineer walked over to port and returned, passing behind the chair several times.

Serang

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From this reading The Serang stepped back.

several

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From this reading The engineer walked over to port and returned, passing behind the chair several times.

stepped

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From this reading The Serang stepped back.

suffering

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From this reading The near presence of that man brought with it always a recrudescence of moral suffering for Captain Whalley.

that

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From this reading The near presence of that man brought with it always a recrudescence of moral suffering for Captain Whalley.

The

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From this reading The Serang stepped back.

this

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From this reading Captain Whalley detected an unusual character as of prudent care in this prowling.

times

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From this reading The engineer walked over to port and returned, passing behind the chair several times.

to

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From this reading The engineer walked over to port and returned, passing behind the chair several times.

unusual

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From this reading Captain Whalley detected an unusual character as of prudent care in this prowling.

walked

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From this reading The engineer walked over to port and returned, passing behind the chair several times.

Whalley

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From this reading Captain Whalley recognized Massy’s footfalls on the bridge.

with

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From this reading The near presence of that man brought with it always a recrudescence of moral suffering for Captain Whalley.

Chapter 16 of The End of the Tether by Joseph Conrad holds 186 sentences, grouped into 38 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

What does chapter 16 of The End of the Tether contain?

Chapter 16 holds 186 sentences of The End of the Tether, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 16 of The End of the Tether by Joseph Conrad exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 186 sentences, grouped into 38 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.

How do I study chapter 16 of The End of the Tether?

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 16 can be played aloud in United States English.

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Vocabulary met early in The End of the Tether

Words and structures a reader meets early in The End of the Tether, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Course
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Steamer
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Sofala
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Altered
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