Chapter 10 of The Flag of Distress is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Flag of Distress is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Perfectly, Master Will." "Good. Now Harry; I haven't another moment to stay. See! The ship's beginning to spread canvas!
Chapter 10 of The Flag of Distress is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading “The ship's beginning to spread canvas!”
a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
From this reading “The ship's beginning to spread canvas!”
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading “Now Harry; I haven't another moment to stay.”
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading “"Perfectly, Master Will."”
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “"Perfectly, Master Will."”
possessive form of “ship” — a vessel that carries passengers or freight
From this reading “The ship's beginning to spread canvas!”
distribute or disperse widely
From this reading “The ship's beginning to spread canvas!”
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading “Now Harry; I haven't another moment to stay.”
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one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Now Harry; I haven't another moment to stay.
the event consisting of the start of something
From this reading The ship's beginning to spread canvas!
a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
From this reading The ship's beginning to spread canvas!
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading "Good.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading Now Harry; I haven't another moment to stay.
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From this reading Now Harry; I haven't another moment to stay.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Now Harry; I haven't another moment to stay.
an artist of consummate skill
From this reading "Perfectly, Master Will."
a particular point in time
From this reading Now Harry; I haven't another moment to stay.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now Harry; I haven't another moment to stay.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading "Perfectly, Master Will."
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading See!
possessive form of “ship” — a vessel that carries passengers or freight
From this reading The ship's beginning to spread canvas!
distribute or disperse widely
From this reading The ship's beginning to spread canvas!
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading Now Harry; I haven't another moment to stay.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The ship's beginning to spread canvas!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Now Harry; I haven't another moment to stay.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Perfectly, Master Will."
Chapter 10 of The Flag of Distress by Mayne Reid holds 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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 10 holds 404 sentences of The Flag of Distress, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The Flag of Distress by Mayne Reid exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 404 sentences, grouped into 81 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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