The History of Margaret Catchpole, a Suffolk Girl

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THE TEMPTATION Laud reached Felixstowe Ferry: he had seen his parent, and then went to the shore to meet the captain.

There they stand under the cliff, by the shore, opposite the harbour and town of Harwich, whilst the light gleams upon the distant beacon of Walton-on-the-Naze.

There is a boat a short distance on the calm wave, and not far ahead a brig is seen standing off and on.

The captain is pointing to the brig, and seems very earnest in his conversation; whilst a sort of cool composure is settled upon the firm attitude of Will Laud, as he listens and seems to remain immovable.

Oh! would that he had so remained!

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Chapter 3 of The History of Margaret Catchpole, a Suffolk Girl is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

THE TEMPTATION Laud reached Felixstowe Ferry: he had seen his parent, and then went to the shore to meet the captain. There they stand under the cliff, by the shore, opposite the harbour and town of Harwich, whilst the light gleams upon the distant beacon of Walton-on-the-Naze. There is a boat a short distance on the calm wave, and not far ahead a brig is seen standing off and on. The captain is pointing to the brig, and seems very earnest in his conversation; whilst a sort of cool composure is settled upon the firm attitude of Will Laud, as he listens and seems to remain immovable. Oh! would that he had so remained!

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Chapter 3 of The History of Margaret Catchpole, a Suffolk Girl is here in full — 150 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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THE TEMPTATION Laud reached Felixstowe Ferry: he had seen his parent, and then went to the shore to meet the captain.

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There they stand under the cliff, by the shore, opposite the harbour and town of Harwich, whilst the light gleams upon the distant beacon of Walton-on-the-Naze.

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There is a boat a short distance on the calm wave, and not far ahead a brig is seen standing off and on.

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Oh! would that he had so remained!

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Under preposition US /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading “There they stand under the cliff, by the shore, opposite the harbour and town of Harwich, whilst the light gleams upon the distant beacon of Walton-on-the-Naze.”

Upon preposition US /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “There they stand under the cliff, by the shore, opposite the harbour and town of Harwich, whilst the light gleams upon the distant beacon of Walton-on-the-Naze.”

Whilst conjunction US /waɪlst/

an old and formal word for “while”

From this reading “There they stand under the cliff, by the shore, opposite the harbour and town of Harwich, whilst the light gleams upon the distant beacon of Walton-on-the-Naze.”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “Oh! would that he had so remained!”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading There is a boat a short distance on the calm wave, and not far ahead a brig is seen standing off and on.

ahead

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From this reading There is a boat a short distance on the calm wave, and not far ahead a brig is seen standing off and on.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading THE TEMPTATION Laud reached Felixstowe Ferry: he had seen his parent, and then went to the shore to meet the captain.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading The captain is pointing to the brig, and seems very earnest in his conversation; whilst a sort of cool composure is settled upon the firm attitude of Will Laud, as he listens and seems to remain immovable.

attitude

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beacon

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From this reading There they stand under the cliff, by the shore, opposite the harbour and town of Harwich, whilst the light gleams upon the distant beacon of Walton-on-the-Naze.

boat

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From this reading There is a boat a short distance on the calm wave, and not far ahead a brig is seen standing off and on.

brig

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From this reading There is a boat a short distance on the calm wave, and not far ahead a brig is seen standing off and on.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading There they stand under the cliff, by the shore, opposite the harbour and town of Harwich, whilst the light gleams upon the distant beacon of Walton-on-the-Naze.

calm

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From this reading There is a boat a short distance on the calm wave, and not far ahead a brig is seen standing off and on.

captain

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From this reading THE TEMPTATION Laud reached Felixstowe Ferry: he had seen his parent, and then went to the shore to meet the captain.

cliff

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From this reading There they stand under the cliff, by the shore, opposite the harbour and town of Harwich, whilst the light gleams upon the distant beacon of Walton-on-the-Naze.

composure

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conversation

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cool

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distance

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distant

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From this reading There they stand under the cliff, by the shore, opposite the harbour and town of Harwich, whilst the light gleams upon the distant beacon of Walton-on-the-Naze.

earnest

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far

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From this reading There is a boat a short distance on the calm wave, and not far ahead a brig is seen standing off and on.

Felixstowe

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From this reading THE TEMPTATION Laud reached Felixstowe Ferry: he had seen his parent, and then went to the shore to meet the captain.

Ferry

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From this reading THE TEMPTATION Laud reached Felixstowe Ferry: he had seen his parent, and then went to the shore to meet the captain.

firm

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gleams

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From this reading There they stand under the cliff, by the shore, opposite the harbour and town of Harwich, whilst the light gleams upon the distant beacon of Walton-on-the-Naze.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

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

From this reading THE TEMPTATION Laud reached Felixstowe Ferry: he had seen his parent, and then went to the shore to meet the captain.

harbour

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From this reading There they stand under the cliff, by the shore, opposite the harbour and town of Harwich, whilst the light gleams upon the distant beacon of Walton-on-the-Naze.

Harwich

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From this reading There they stand under the cliff, by the shore, opposite the harbour and town of Harwich, whilst the light gleams upon the distant beacon of Walton-on-the-Naze.

hepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading THE TEMPTATION Laud reached Felixstowe Ferry: he had seen his parent, and then went to the shore to meet the captain.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading THE TEMPTATION Laud reached Felixstowe Ferry: he had seen his parent, and then went to the shore to meet the captain.

immovable

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inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading There is a boat a short distance on the calm wave, and not far ahead a brig is seen standing off and on.

Laud

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From this reading THE TEMPTATION Laud reached Felixstowe Ferry: he had seen his parent, and then went to the shore to meet the captain.

light

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From this reading There they stand under the cliff, by the shore, opposite the harbour and town of Harwich, whilst the light gleams upon the distant beacon of Walton-on-the-Naze.

listens

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meet

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From this reading THE TEMPTATION Laud reached Felixstowe Ferry: he had seen his parent, and then went to the shore to meet the captain.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading There is a boat a short distance on the calm wave, and not far ahead a brig is seen standing off and on.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading There they stand under the cliff, by the shore, opposite the harbour and town of Harwich, whilst the light gleams upon the distant beacon of Walton-on-the-Naze.

off

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From this reading There is a boat a short distance on the calm wave, and not far ahead a brig is seen standing off and on.

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From this reading Oh! would that he had so remained!

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading There is a boat a short distance on the calm wave, and not far ahead a brig is seen standing off and on.

opposite

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From this reading There they stand under the cliff, by the shore, opposite the harbour and town of Harwich, whilst the light gleams upon the distant beacon of Walton-on-the-Naze.

parent

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From this reading THE TEMPTATION Laud reached Felixstowe Ferry: he had seen his parent, and then went to the shore to meet the captain.

pointing

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reached

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From this reading THE TEMPTATION Laud reached Felixstowe Ferry: he had seen his parent, and then went to the shore to meet the captain.

remain

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remained

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seems

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seen

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From this reading THE TEMPTATION Laud reached Felixstowe Ferry: he had seen his parent, and then went to the shore to meet the captain.

settled

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shore

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From this reading THE TEMPTATION Laud reached Felixstowe Ferry: he had seen his parent, and then went to the shore to meet the captain.

short

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From this reading There is a boat a short distance on the calm wave, and not far ahead a brig is seen standing off and on.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Oh! would that he had so remained!

sort

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stand

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From this reading There they stand under the cliff, by the shore, opposite the harbour and town of Harwich, whilst the light gleams upon the distant beacon of Walton-on-the-Naze.

standing

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From this reading There is a boat a short distance on the calm wave, and not far ahead a brig is seen standing off and on.

TEMPTATION

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From this reading THE TEMPTATION Laud reached Felixstowe Ferry: he had seen his parent, and then went to the shore to meet the captain.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Oh! would that he had so remained!

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading THE TEMPTATION Laud reached Felixstowe Ferry: he had seen his parent, and then went to the shore to meet the captain.

then

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From this reading THE TEMPTATION Laud reached Felixstowe Ferry: he had seen his parent, and then went to the shore to meet the captain.

There

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From this reading There they stand under the cliff, by the shore, opposite the harbour and town of Harwich, whilst the light gleams upon the distant beacon of Walton-on-the-Naze.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading There they stand under the cliff, by the shore, opposite the harbour and town of Harwich, whilst the light gleams upon the distant beacon of Walton-on-the-Naze.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading THE TEMPTATION Laud reached Felixstowe Ferry: he had seen his parent, and then went to the shore to meet the captain.

town

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From this reading There they stand under the cliff, by the shore, opposite the harbour and town of Harwich, whilst the light gleams upon the distant beacon of Walton-on-the-Naze.

underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading There they stand under the cliff, by the shore, opposite the harbour and town of Harwich, whilst the light gleams upon the distant beacon of Walton-on-the-Naze.

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading There they stand under the cliff, by the shore, opposite the harbour and town of Harwich, whilst the light gleams upon the distant beacon of Walton-on-the-Naze.

very

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Walton-on-the-Naze

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From this reading There they stand under the cliff, by the shore, opposite the harbour and town of Harwich, whilst the light gleams upon the distant beacon of Walton-on-the-Naze.

wave

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From this reading There is a boat a short distance on the calm wave, and not far ahead a brig is seen standing off and on.

went

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From this reading THE TEMPTATION Laud reached Felixstowe Ferry: he had seen his parent, and then went to the shore to meet the captain.

whilstconjunctionUS /waɪlst/

an old and formal word for “while”

From this reading There they stand under the cliff, by the shore, opposite the harbour and town of Harwich, whilst the light gleams upon the distant beacon of Walton-on-the-Naze.

Willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Oh! would that he had so remained!

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