Chapter 10 of The Harbor of Doubt is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Harbor of Doubt is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A MYSTERY "AUGUST 29: "Clear. Wind W.S.W., canting to W. Moderate breeze. Knots logged to twelve, noon, 153. Position, 20 miles south, a little east of Cape Sable. End of this day."
Chapter 10 of The Harbor of Doubt is here in full — 109 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the month following July and preceding September
From this reading “A MYSTERY "AUGUST 29: "Clear.”
a slight wind (usually refreshing)
From this reading “Wind W.S.W., canting to W. Moderate breeze.”
a strip of land projecting into a body of water
From this reading “Position, 20 miles south, a little east of Cape Sable.”
plural of “knot” — a tight cluster of people or things
From this reading “Knots logged to twelve, noon, 153.”
inflected form of “log” — enter into a log, as on ships and planes
From this reading “Knots logged to twelve, noon, 153.”
preside over
From this reading “Wind W.S.W., canting to W. Moderate breeze.”
the middle of the day
From this reading “Knots logged to twelve, noon, 153.”
an artist's brush made of sable hairs
From this reading “Position, 20 miles south, a little east of Cape Sable.”
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In this reading “Position, 20 miles south, a little east of Cape Sable.”
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From this reading Knots logged to twelve, noon, 153.
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From this reading Position, 20 miles south, a little east of Cape Sable.
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From this reading A MYSTERY "AUGUST 29: "Clear.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A MYSTERY "AUGUST 29: "Clear.
the month following July and preceding September
From this reading A MYSTERY "AUGUST 29: "Clear.
a slight wind (usually refreshing)
From this reading Wind W.S.W., canting to W. Moderate breeze.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wind W.S.W., canting to W. Moderate breeze.
a strip of land projecting into a body of water
From this reading Position, 20 miles south, a little east of Cape Sable.
rid of obstructions
From this reading A MYSTERY "AUGUST 29: "Clear.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading End of this day."
the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
From this reading Position, 20 miles south, a little east of Cape Sable.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading End of this day."
plural of “knot” — a tight cluster of people or things
From this reading Knots logged to twelve, noon, 153.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Position, 20 miles south, a little east of Cape Sable.
inflected form of “log” — enter into a log, as on ships and planes
From this reading Knots logged to twelve, noon, 153.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading Position, 20 miles south, a little east of Cape Sable.
preside over
From this reading Wind W.S.W., canting to W. Moderate breeze.
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading A MYSTERY "AUGUST 29: "Clear.
the middle of the day
From this reading Knots logged to twelve, noon, 153.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Position, 20 miles south, a little east of Cape Sable.
the particular portion of space occupied by something
From this reading Position, 20 miles south, a little east of Cape Sable.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Wind W.S.W., canting to W. Moderate breeze.
an artist's brush made of sable hairs
From this reading Position, 20 miles south, a little east of Cape Sable.
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading Position, 20 miles south, a little east of Cape Sable.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading End of this day."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Wind W.S.W., canting to W. Moderate breeze.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading Knots logged to twelve, noon, 153.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading Wind W.S.W., canting to W. Moderate breeze.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading Wind W.S.W., canting to W. Moderate breeze.
Chapter 10 of The Harbor of Doubt by Francis William Sullivan holds 109 sentences, grouped into 22 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.
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