Chapter 16 of The Gentleman: A Romance of the Sea is here in full — 80 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Gentleman: A Romance of the Sea is here in full — 80 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE FACE ON THE WALL "It's a long story," said Kit. The Parson took him by the arm, and led the way into the kitchen. It was more like a guard-room than a parlour. Clearly no woman reigned here. All was wood, or stone, or steel, clean as a ship, and as comfortless.
Chapter 16 of The Gentleman: A Romance of the Sea is here in full — 80 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
From this reading “All was wood, or stone, or steel, clean as a ship, and as comfortless.”
without doubt or question
From this reading “Clearly no woman reigned here.”
a case for containing a set of articles
From this reading “THE FACE ON THE WALL "It's a long story," said Kit.”
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading “The Parson took him by the arm, and led the way into the kitchen.”
reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
From this reading “It was more like a guard-room than a parlour.”
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading “The Parson took him by the arm, and led the way into the kitchen.”
past form of “reign” — have sovereign power
From this reading “Clearly no woman reigned here.”
an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
From this reading “All was wood, or stone, or steel, clean as a ship, and as comfortless.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE FACE ON THE WALL "It's a long story," said Kit.
(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 All was wood, or stone, or steel, clean as a ship, and as comfortless.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Parson took him by the arm, and led the way into the kitchen.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading The Parson took him by the arm, and led the way into the kitchen.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading All was wood, or stone, or steel, clean as a ship, and as comfortless.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The Parson took him by the arm, and led the way into the kitchen.
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
From this reading All was wood, or stone, or steel, clean as a ship, and as comfortless.
without doubt or question
From this reading Clearly no woman reigned here.
without comfort
From this reading All was wood, or stone, or steel, clean as a ship, and as comfortless.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading THE FACE ON THE WALL "It's a long story," said Kit.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was more like a guard-room than a parlour.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Clearly no woman reigned here.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Parson took him by the arm, and led the way into the kitchen.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The Parson took him by the arm, and led the way into the kitchen.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was more like a guard-room than a parlour.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE FACE ON THE WALL "It's a long story," said Kit.
a case for containing a set of articles
From this reading THE FACE ON THE WALL "It's a long story," said Kit.
a room equipped for preparing meals
From this reading The Parson took him by the arm, and led the way into the kitchen.
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading The Parson took him by the arm, and led the way into the kitchen.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading It was more like a guard-room than a parlour.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading THE FACE ON THE WALL "It's a long story," said Kit.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading It was more like a guard-room than a parlour.
not any; not one
From this reading Clearly no woman reigned here.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE FACE ON THE WALL "It's a long story," said Kit.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading All was wood, or stone, or steel, clean as a ship, and as comfortless.
reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
From this reading It was more like a guard-room than a parlour.
a person authorized to conduct religious worship
From this reading The Parson took him by the arm, and led the way into the kitchen.
past form of “reign” — have sovereign power
From this reading Clearly no woman reigned here.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading THE FACE ON THE WALL "It's a long story," said Kit.
transport commercially
From this reading All was wood, or stone, or steel, clean as a ship, and as comfortless.
an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
From this reading All was wood, or stone, or steel, clean as a ship, and as comfortless.
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading All was wood, or stone, or steel, clean as a ship, and as comfortless.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading THE FACE ON THE WALL "It's a long story," said Kit.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It was more like a guard-room than a parlour.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FACE ON THE WALL "It's a long story," said Kit.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading The Parson took him by the arm, and led the way into the kitchen.
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading THE FACE ON THE WALL "It's a long story," said Kit.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was more like a guard-room than a parlour.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading The Parson took him by the arm, and led the way into the kitchen.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Clearly no woman reigned here.
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
From this reading All was wood, or stone, or steel, clean as a ship, and as comfortless.
Chapter 16 of The Gentleman: A Romance of the Sea by Alfred Ollivant holds 80 sentences, grouped into 16 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 16 holds 80 sentences of The Gentleman: A Romance of the Sea, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
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