Chapter 7 of The Island of Gold: A Sailor's Yarn is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of The Island of Gold: A Sailor's Yarn is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Daddy won't be down for a long, long time?"--that was one. "The poor men, though, how many is drownded?"--another. "The ship did go to the bottom though, didn't it, 'cause I heard the water all rush down?"--a third. "You are quite, quite sure father isn't drownded? And you are sure no awful beasts have come up with long arms?
Chapter 7 of The Island of Gold: A Sailor's Yarn is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading “And you are sure no awful beasts have come up with long arms?”
plural of “beast” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading “And you are sure no awful beasts have come up with long arms?”
the lower side of anything
From this reading “"The ship did go to the bottom though, didn't it, 'cause I heard the water all rush down?"--a third.”
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading “"The ship did go to the bottom though, didn't it, 'cause I heard the water all rush down?"--a third.”
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading “"Daddy won't be down for a long, long time?"--that was one.”
move hurridly
From this reading “"The ship did go to the bottom though, didn't it, 'cause I heard the water all rush down?"--a third.”
transport commercially
From this reading “"The ship did go to the bottom though, didn't it, 'cause I heard the water all rush down?"--a third.”
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading “"The ship did go to the bottom though, didn't it, 'cause I heard the water all rush down?"--a third.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “"You are quite, quite sure father isn't drownded?”
a prolonged period of time
In this reading “"Daddy won't be down for a long, long time?"--that was one.”
bring forth, usually something desirable
In this reading “And you are sure no awful beasts have come up with long arms?”
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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 "Daddy won't be down for a long, long time?"--that was one.
(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 "The ship did go to the bottom though, didn't it, 'cause I heard the water all rush down?"--a third.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And you are sure no awful beasts have come up with long arms?
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading "The poor men, though, how many is drownded?"--another.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "You are quite, quite sure father isn't drownded?
weapons considered collectively
From this reading And you are sure no awful beasts have come up with long arms?
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading And you are sure no awful beasts have come up with long arms?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Daddy won't be down for a long, long time?"--that was one.
plural of “beast” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading And you are sure no awful beasts have come up with long arms?
the lower side of anything
From this reading "The ship did go to the bottom though, didn't it, 'cause I heard the water all rush down?"--a third.
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading "The ship did go to the bottom though, didn't it, 'cause I heard the water all rush down?"--a third.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading And you are sure no awful beasts have come up with long arms?
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading "Daddy won't be down for a long, long time?"--that was one.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "The ship did go to the bottom though, didn't it, 'cause I heard the water all rush down?"--a third.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The ship did go to the bottom though, didn't it, 'cause I heard the water all rush down?"--a third.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "Daddy won't be down for a long, long time?"--that was one.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The poor men, though, how many is drownded?"--another.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading "You are quite, quite sure father isn't drownded?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Daddy won't be down for a long, long time?"--that was one.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "The ship did go to the bottom though, didn't it, 'cause I heard the water all rush down?"--a third.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And you are sure no awful beasts have come up with long arms?
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading "The ship did go to the bottom though, didn't it, 'cause I heard the water all rush down?"--a third.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "The poor men, though, how many is drownded?"--another.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "The ship did go to the bottom though, didn't it, 'cause I heard the water all rush down?"--a third.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "The poor men, though, how many is drownded?"--another.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You are quite, quite sure father isn't drownded?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "The ship did go to the bottom though, didn't it, 'cause I heard the water all rush down?"--a third.
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 "Daddy won't be down for a long, long time?"--that was one.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading "The poor men, though, how many is drownded?"--another.
the force of workers available
From this reading "The poor men, though, how many is drownded?"--another.
not any; not one
From this reading And you are sure no awful beasts have come up with long arms?
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Daddy won't be down for a long, long time?"--that was one.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading "The poor men, though, how many is drownded?"--another.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading "You are quite, quite sure father isn't drownded?
move hurridly
From this reading "The ship did go to the bottom though, didn't it, 'cause I heard the water all rush down?"--a third.
transport commercially
From this reading "The ship did go to the bottom though, didn't it, 'cause I heard the water all rush down?"--a third.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading "You are quite, quite sure father isn't drownded?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Daddy won't be down for a long, long time?"--that was one.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The poor men, though, how many is drownded?"--another.
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading "The ship did go to the bottom though, didn't it, 'cause I heard the water all rush down?"--a third.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading "The poor men, though, how many is drownded?"--another.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading "Daddy won't be down for a long, long time?"--that was one.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "The ship did go to the bottom though, didn't it, 'cause I heard the water all rush down?"--a third.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading And you are sure no awful beasts have come up with long arms?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Daddy won't be down for a long, long time?"--that was one.
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 "The ship did go to the bottom though, didn't it, 'cause I heard the water all rush down?"--a third.
in the company of; together with
From this reading And you are sure no awful beasts have come up with long arms?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Daddy won't be down for a long, long time?"--that was one.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You are quite, quite sure father isn't drownded?
Chapter 7 of The Island of Gold: A Sailor's Yarn by Gordon Stables holds 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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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