Chapter 11 of The Harbor of Doubt is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of The Harbor of Doubt is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
IN THE FOG BANK "SQUID ho! Squid ho! Tumble up, all hands!" Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch. Behind him on the deck a queer marine creature squirmed in a pool of water and sought vainly to disentangle itself from the apparatus that had caught it.
Chapter 11 of The Harbor of Doubt is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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equipment designed to serve a specific function
From this reading “Behind him on the deck a queer marine creature squirmed in a pool of water and sought vainly to disentangle itself from the apparatus that had caught it.”
release from entanglement of difficulty
From this reading “Behind him on the deck a queer marine creature squirmed in a pool of water and sought vainly to disentangle itself from the apparatus that had caught it.”
-ing form of “experiment” — to conduct a test or investigation
From this reading “Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch.”
emerge from the eggs
From this reading “Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch.”
a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans
From this reading “Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch.”
of or relating to the sea
From this reading “Behind him on the deck a queer marine creature squirmed in a pool of water and sought vainly to disentangle itself from the apparatus that had caught it.”
(Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food
From this reading “IN THE FOG BANK "SQUID ho!”
fall down, as if collapsing
From this reading “Tumble up, all hands!"”
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In this reading “Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch.”
In this reading “IN THE FOG BANK "SQUID ho!”
In this reading “Behind him on the deck a queer marine creature squirmed in a pool of water and sought vainly to disentangle itself from the apparatus that had caught it.”
In this reading “Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch.”
In this reading “IN THE FOG BANK "SQUID ho!”
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 Behind him on the deck a queer marine creature squirmed in a pool of water and sought vainly to disentangle itself from the apparatus that had caught it.
(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 Tumble up, all hands!"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch.
equipment designed to serve a specific function
From this reading Behind him on the deck a queer marine creature squirmed in a pool of water and sought vainly to disentangle itself from the apparatus that had caught it.
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading IN THE FOG BANK "SQUID ho!
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Behind him on the deck a queer marine creature squirmed in a pool of water and sought vainly to disentangle itself from the apparatus that had caught it.
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch.
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading Behind him on the deck a queer marine creature squirmed in a pool of water and sought vainly to disentangle itself from the apparatus that had caught it.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading Behind him on the deck a queer marine creature squirmed in a pool of water and sought vainly to disentangle itself from the apparatus that had caught it.
any of various platforms built into a vessel
From this reading Behind him on the deck a queer marine creature squirmed in a pool of water and sought vainly to disentangle itself from the apparatus that had caught it.
release from entanglement of difficulty
From this reading Behind him on the deck a queer marine creature squirmed in a pool of water and sought vainly to disentangle itself from the apparatus that had caught it.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch.
-ing form of “experiment” — to conduct a test or investigation
From this reading Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch.
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading IN THE FOG BANK "SQUID ho!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Behind him on the deck a queer marine creature squirmed in a pool of water and sought vainly to disentangle itself from the apparatus that had caught it.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Tumble up, all hands!"
emerge from the eggs
From this reading Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Behind him on the deck a queer marine creature squirmed in a pool of water and sought vainly to disentangle itself from the apparatus that had caught it.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
From this reading IN THE FOG BANK "SQUID ho!
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN THE FOG BANK "SQUID ho!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Behind him on the deck a queer marine creature squirmed in a pool of water and sought vainly to disentangle itself from the apparatus that had caught it.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Behind him on the deck a queer marine creature squirmed in a pool of water and sought vainly to disentangle itself from the apparatus that had caught it.
a county in southeastern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom, it was the first to be colonized by the Romans
From this reading Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch.
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch.
most important element
From this reading Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch.
of or relating to the sea
From this reading Behind him on the deck a queer marine creature squirmed in a pool of water and sought vainly to disentangle itself from the apparatus that had caught it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Behind him on the deck a queer marine creature squirmed in a pool of water and sought vainly to disentangle itself from the apparatus that had caught it.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Behind him on the deck a queer marine creature squirmed in a pool of water and sought vainly to disentangle itself from the apparatus that had caught it.
above and across; more than
From this reading Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch.
the time that has elapsed
From this reading Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch.
an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
From this reading Behind him on the deck a queer marine creature squirmed in a pool of water and sought vainly to disentangle itself from the apparatus that had caught it.
a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country
From this reading Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading Behind him on the deck a queer marine creature squirmed in a pool of water and sought vainly to disentangle itself from the apparatus that had caught it.
a long thin implement made of metal or wood
From this reading Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch.
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
From this reading Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch.
that is looked for
From this reading Behind him on the deck a queer marine creature squirmed in a pool of water and sought vainly to disentangle itself from the apparatus that had caught it.
(Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food
From this reading IN THE FOG BANK "SQUID ho!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Behind him on the deck a queer marine creature squirmed in a pool of water and sought vainly to disentangle itself from the apparatus that had caught it.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Behind him on the deck a queer marine creature squirmed in a pool of water and sought vainly to disentangle itself from the apparatus that had caught it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN THE FOG BANK "SQUID ho!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Behind him on the deck a queer marine creature squirmed in a pool of water and sought vainly to disentangle itself from the apparatus that had caught it.
fall down, as if collapsing
From this reading Tumble up, all hands!"
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Tumble up, all hands!"
to no avail
From this reading Behind him on the deck a queer marine creature squirmed in a pool of water and sought vainly to disentangle itself from the apparatus that had caught it.
look attentively
From this reading Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Behind him on the deck a queer marine creature squirmed in a pool of water and sought vainly to disentangle itself from the apparatus that had caught it.
which person or people
From this reading Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch.
inflected form of “wake” — be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading Rod Kent, the old salt who had for the past hour been experimenting over the side, leaned down the main cabin hatch and woke the port watch.
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