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The Flying Stingaree
The Flying Stingaree

Chapter II

Chapter 2 of The Flying Stingaree is here in full — 220 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin • Curated US English Learning Edition

Chapter 2 of The Flying Stingaree by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin holds 220 sentences, grouped into 44 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.

What does chapter 2 of The Flying Stingaree contain?

Chapter 2 holds 220 sentences of The Flying Stingaree, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 2 of The Flying Stingaree by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 220 sentences, grouped into 44 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 2 of The Flying Stingaree?

Work through the 44 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 44 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 2 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Is this the complete text of The Flying Stingaree?

Yes. All 4024 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #30401 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #30401, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Flying Stingaree take to read?

About 335 minutes of reading across 805 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Flying Stingaree

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Flying Stingaree, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Printed
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United
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States
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Chesapeake Bay The stingaree swam slowly through the warm waters of Chesapeake Bay.
Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
The ray was also directly in the path of an odd-looking cruising houseboat, the _Spindrift_, that had just rounded the north point of Poplar Island and entered the channel.
The sting ray's color was an olive brown, so dark in tone that he looked like wet black leather.
He was roughly diamond-shaped, like a kite, with rounded sides.
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The Flying Stingaree

Chapter II

Chapter 2 of The Flying Stingaree is here in full — 220 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/44 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Chesapeake Bay The stingaree swam slowly through the warm waters of Chesapeake Bay.
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Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Line 3
The ray was also directly in the path of an odd-looking cruising houseboat, the _Spindrift_, that had just rounded the north point of Poplar Island and entered the channel.
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The sting ray's color was an olive brown, so dark in tone that he looked like wet black leather.
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He was roughly diamond-shaped, like a kite, with rounded sides.

Learner Dictionary

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, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Between preposition US /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading “Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.”

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Nothing pronoun US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading “Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.”

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Point noun US /pɔɪnt/

the main matter or purpose being discussed

From this reading “The ray was also directly in the path of an odd-looking cruising houseboat, the _Spindrift_, that had just rounded the north point of Poplar Island and entered the channel.”

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Through preposition US /θruː/

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading “Chesapeake Bay The stingaree swam slowly through the warm waters of Chesapeake Bay.”

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Whose determiner US /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading “Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.”

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All words in this reading · 74

Every word is available to listen to. Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading He was roughly diamond-shaped, like a kite, with rounded sides.

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also

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The ray was also directly in the path of an odd-looking cruising houseboat, the _Spindrift_, that had just rounded the north point of Poplar Island and entered the channel.

Pending verification
andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading The ray was also directly in the path of an odd-looking cruising houseboat, the _Spindrift_, that had just rounded the north point of Poplar Island and entered the channel.

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andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

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Bay

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Chesapeake Bay The stingaree swam slowly through the warm waters of Chesapeake Bay.

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betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

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black

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The sting ray's color was an olive brown, so dark in tone that he looked like wet black leather.

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brown

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The sting ray's color was an olive brown, so dark in tone that he looked like wet black leather.

Pending verification
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

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channel

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Pending verification
Chesapeake

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Chesapeake Bay The stingaree swam slowly through the warm waters of Chesapeake Bay.

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color

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The sting ray's color was an olive brown, so dark in tone that he looked like wet black leather.

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cruising

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The ray was also directly in the path of an odd-looking cruising houseboat, the _Spindrift_, that had just rounded the north point of Poplar Island and entered the channel.

Pending verification
dark

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The sting ray's color was an olive brown, so dark in tone that he looked like wet black leather.

Pending verification
diamond-shaped

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He was roughly diamond-shaped, like a kite, with rounded sides.

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directly

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The ray was also directly in the path of an odd-looking cruising houseboat, the _Spindrift_, that had just rounded the north point of Poplar Island and entered the channel.

Pending verification
Eastern

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Pending verification
entered

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The ray was also directly in the path of an odd-looking cruising houseboat, the _Spindrift_, that had just rounded the north point of Poplar Island and entered the channel.

Pending verification
food

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Pending verification
Geography

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Pending verification
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

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hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

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hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

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houseboat

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The ray was also directly in the path of an odd-looking cruising houseboat, the _Spindrift_, that had just rounded the north point of Poplar Island and entered the channel.

Pending verification
inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

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interest

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Pending verification
Island

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Pending verification
itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

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just

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The ray was also directly in the path of an odd-looking cruising houseboat, the _Spindrift_, that had just rounded the north point of Poplar Island and entered the channel.

Pending verification
kite

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He was roughly diamond-shaped, like a kite, with rounded sides.

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known

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Pending verification
leather

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The sting ray's color was an olive brown, so dark in tone that he looked like wet black leather.

Pending verification
life

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Pending verification
like

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The sting ray's color was an olive brown, so dark in tone that he looked like wet black leather.

Pending verification
looked

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The sting ray's color was an olive brown, so dark in tone that he looked like wet black leather.

Pending verification
Maryland

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Pending verification
meant

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Pending verification
north

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The ray was also directly in the path of an odd-looking cruising houseboat, the _Spindrift_, that had just rounded the north point of Poplar Island and entered the channel.

Pending verification
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

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odd-looking

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The ray was also directly in the path of an odd-looking cruising houseboat, the _Spindrift_, that had just rounded the north point of Poplar Island and entered the channel.

Pending verification
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Chesapeake Bay The stingaree swam slowly through the warm waters of Chesapeake Bay.

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olive

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The sting ray's color was an olive brown, so dark in tone that he looked like wet black leather.

Pending verification
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

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path

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The ray was also directly in the path of an odd-looking cruising houseboat, the _Spindrift_, that had just rounded the north point of Poplar Island and entered the channel.

Pending verification
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/

the main matter or purpose being discussed

From this reading The ray was also directly in the path of an odd-looking cruising houseboat, the _Spindrift_, that had just rounded the north point of Poplar Island and entered the channel.

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Poplar

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Pending verification
position

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Pending verification
ray

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Pending verification
ray's

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The sting ray's color was an olive brown, so dark in tone that he looked like wet black leather.

Pending verification
roughly

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He was roughly diamond-shaped, like a kite, with rounded sides.

Pending verification
rounded

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The ray was also directly in the path of an odd-looking cruising houseboat, the _Spindrift_, that had just rounded the north point of Poplar Island and entered the channel.

Pending verification
runs

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Pending verification
Shore

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Pending verification
sides

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He was roughly diamond-shaped, like a kite, with rounded sides.

Pending verification
slowly

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Chesapeake Bay The stingaree swam slowly through the warm waters of Chesapeake Bay.

Pending verification
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading The sting ray's color was an olive brown, so dark in tone that he looked like wet black leather.

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sole

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Pending verification
Spindrift

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The ray was also directly in the path of an odd-looking cruising houseboat, the _Spindrift_, that had just rounded the north point of Poplar Island and entered the channel.

Pending verification
sting

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The sting ray's color was an olive brown, so dark in tone that he looked like wet black leather.

Pending verification
stingaree

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Chesapeake Bay The stingaree swam slowly through the warm waters of Chesapeake Bay.

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swam

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Chesapeake Bay The stingaree swam slowly through the warm waters of Chesapeake Bay.

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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

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ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Chesapeake Bay The stingaree swam slowly through the warm waters of Chesapeake Bay.

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throughprepositionUS /θruː/

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading Chesapeake Bay The stingaree swam slowly through the warm waters of Chesapeake Bay.

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toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

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tone

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The sting ray's color was an olive brown, so dark in tone that he looked like wet black leather.

Pending verification
town

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Pending verification
warm

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Chesapeake Bay The stingaree swam slowly through the warm waters of Chesapeake Bay.

Pending verification
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

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waters

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Chesapeake Bay The stingaree swam slowly through the warm waters of Chesapeake Bay.

Pending verification
wet

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The sting ray's color was an olive brown, so dark in tone that he looked like wet black leather.

Pending verification
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

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withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading He was roughly diamond-shaped, like a kite, with rounded sides.

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Wittman

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was food, but his position--had he known it--was in the channel that runs between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Pending verification