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Chapter 11 of The Gentleman: A Romance of the Sea is here in full — 388 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FAT GEORGE & CO. Kit's heart brought up with an appalling jerk. He dropped behind a boulder. A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away. In the mist Kit thought at first that he was paddling with a child.
Chapter 11 of The Gentleman: A Romance of the Sea is here in full — 388 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an experience that appalls
From this reading “Kit's heart brought up with an appalling jerk.”
a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin
From this reading “He dropped behind a boulder.”
disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
From this reading “A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away.”
pull, or move with a sudden movement
From this reading “Kit's heart brought up with an appalling jerk.”
a case for containing a set of articles
From this reading “Kit's heart brought up with an appalling jerk.”
-ing form of “paddle” — propel with a paddle
From this reading “In the mist Kit thought at first that he was paddling with a child.”
an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
From this reading “A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away.”
(usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately
From this reading “A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He dropped behind a boulder.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Kit's heart brought up with an appalling jerk.
an experience that appalls
From this reading Kit's heart brought up with an appalling jerk.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In the mist Kit thought at first that he was paddling with a child.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading He dropped behind a boulder.
a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origin
From this reading He dropped behind a boulder.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Kit's heart brought up with an appalling jerk.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away.
a young person of either sex
From this reading In the mist Kit thought at first that he was paddling with a child.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading FAT GEORGE & CO.
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading He dropped behind a boulder.
having an (over)abundance of flesh
From this reading FAT GEORGE & CO.
disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter
From this reading A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading In the mist Kit thought at first that he was paddling with a child.
Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading FAT GEORGE & CO.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He dropped behind a boulder.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Kit's heart brought up with an appalling jerk.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away.
the act of retaining something
From this reading A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away.
pull, or move with a sudden movement
From this reading Kit's heart brought up with an appalling jerk.
a case for containing a set of articles
From this reading In the mist Kit thought at first that he was paddling with a child.
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From this reading Kit's heart brought up with an appalling jerk.
hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
From this reading A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away.
become covered with mist
From this reading In the mist Kit thought at first that he was paddling with a child.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away.
-ing form of “paddle” — propel with a paddle
From this reading In the mist Kit thought at first that he was paddling with a child.
especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
From this reading A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away.
an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
From this reading A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away.
having a supporting base
From this reading A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In the mist Kit thought at first that he was paddling with a child.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading In the mist Kit thought at first that he was paddling with a child.
(usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately
From this reading A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Kit's heart brought up with an appalling jerk.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Kit's heart brought up with an appalling jerk.
plural of “yard” — a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading A filthy little scarecrow of a man, trousers rolled about his knee, was standing in the sea, holding some one by the hand not ten yards away.
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