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The Life of George Washington. In Words of One Syllable
The Life of George Washington. In Words of One Syllable

Chapter XI

Chapter 11 of The Life of George Washington. In Words of One Syllable is here in full — 92 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Josephine Pollard • Curated US English Learning Edition
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A SAD YEAR.
Christ-mas night was the time set to cross the Del-a-ware, and at sun-set the troops were on the move.
It was a dark, cold night.
The wind was high, the tide strong, and the stream full of cakes of ice which drove the boats out of their course.
It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.
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The Life of George Washington. In Words of One Syllable

Chapter XI

Chapter 11 of The Life of George Washington. In Words of One Syllable is here in full — 92 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/18 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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A SAD YEAR.
/ə sæd jɪr/
Line 2
Christ-mas night was the time set to cross the Del-a-ware, and at sun-set the troops were on the move.
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It was a dark, cold night.
/ɪt wɑːz ə dɑːrk koʊld naɪt/
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The wind was high, the tide strong, and the stream full of cakes of ice which drove the boats out of their course.
/ðə waɪnd wɑːz haɪ ðə taɪd strɔːŋ ənd ðə striːm fʊl ʌv keɪks ʌv aɪs wɪtʃ droʊv ðə boʊts aʊt ʌv ðer kɔːrs/
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It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.
/ɪt siːmd æt taɪmz æz ɪf ðə boʊts wʊd biː krʌʃt tuː bɪts men huː wɜːr juːzd tuː boʊts ənd hæd bɪn brɔːt ʌp ɑːn ðə siː ənd hæd fɔːt wɪð fɪrs stɔːrmz ənd waɪld ɡeɪlz faʊnd ɪt hɑːrd wɜːrk wɪð ɔːl ðer skɪl tuː meɪk ðer weɪ frʌm ʃɔːr tuː ʃɔːr/

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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

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bits noun US /bɪts/

plural of “bit” — a small piece or quantity of something

From this reading “It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
cakes noun US /keɪks/

plural of “cake” — a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)

From this reading “The wind was high, the tide strong, and the stream full of cakes of ice which drove the boats out of their course.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
crushed adjective US /krʌʃt/

treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance

From this reading “It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
gales noun US /ɡeɪlz/

plural of “gale” — a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale

From this reading “It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
skill noun US /skɪl/

an ability that has been acquired by training

From this reading “It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
storms noun US /stɔːrmz/

plural of “storm” — a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning

From this reading “It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
tide noun US /taɪd/

the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon

From this reading “The wind was high, the tide strong, and the stream full of cakes of ice which drove the boats out of their course.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
troops noun US /truːps/

soldiers collectively

From this reading “Christ-mas night was the time set to cross the Del-a-ware, and at sun-set the troops were on the move.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

Word partnerships in these lines

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.

at times preposition + noun

sporadically and infrequently

In this reading “It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.”

30,289 times in 426,212 chapters
brought up verb + adjective counted as “bring up”

summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic

In this reading “It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.”

29,347 times in 426,212 chapters
fought with verb + particle counted as “fight with”

In this reading “It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.”

11,617 times in 426,212 chapters

All words in this reading · 68

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.

AdeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading A SAD YEAR.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(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 It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Christ-mas night was the time set to cross the Del-a-ware, and at sun-set the troops were on the move.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Christ-mas night was the time set to cross the Del-a-ware, and at sun-set the troops were on the move.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
bitsnounUS /bɪts/

plural of “bit” — a small piece or quantity of something

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
boatsnounUS /boʊts/

plural of “boat” — a small vessel for travel on water

From this reading The wind was high, the tide strong, and the stream full of cakes of ice which drove the boats out of their course.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
broughtverbUS /brɔːt/

inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
cakesnounUS /keɪks/

plural of “cake” — a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)

From this reading The wind was high, the tide strong, and the stream full of cakes of ice which drove the boats out of their course.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Christ-mas

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From this reading Christ-mas night was the time set to cross the Del-a-ware, and at sun-set the troops were on the move.

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coldadjectiveUS /koʊld/

having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

From this reading It was a dark, cold night.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
coursenounUS /kɔːrs/

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading The wind was high, the tide strong, and the stream full of cakes of ice which drove the boats out of their course.

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crossverbUS /krɔːs/

travel across or pass over

From this reading Christ-mas night was the time set to cross the Del-a-ware, and at sun-set the troops were on the move.

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crushedadjectiveUS /krʌʃt/

treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
darknounUS /dɑːrk/

absence of light or illumination

From this reading It was a dark, cold night.

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Del-a-ware

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From this reading Christ-mas night was the time set to cross the Del-a-ware, and at sun-set the troops were on the move.

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drovenounUS /droʊv/

a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together

From this reading The wind was high, the tide strong, and the stream full of cakes of ice which drove the boats out of their course.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
fierceadjectiveUS /fɪrs/

marked by extreme and violent energy

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
foughtverbUS /fɔːt/

inflected form of “fight” — be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
foundverbUS /faʊnd/

set up or found

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
fulladjectiveUS /fʊl/

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading The wind was high, the tide strong, and the stream full of cakes of ice which drove the boats out of their course.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
galesnounUS /ɡeɪlz/

plural of “gale” — a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

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

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
hardadjectiveUS /hɑːrd/

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
highadjectiveUS /haɪ/

greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading The wind was high, the tide strong, and the stream full of cakes of ice which drove the boats out of their course.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
icenounUS /aɪs/

water frozen in the solid state

From this reading The wind was high, the tide strong, and the stream full of cakes of ice which drove the boats out of their course.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was a dark, cold night.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
makeverbUS /meɪk/

engage in

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
MennounUS /men/

the force of workers available

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
moveverbUS /muːv/

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading Christ-mas night was the time set to cross the Del-a-ware, and at sun-set the troops were on the move.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
nightnounUS /naɪt/

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading Christ-mas night was the time set to cross the Del-a-ware, and at sun-set the troops were on the move.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The wind was high, the tide strong, and the stream full of cakes of ice which drove the boats out of their course.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Christ-mas night was the time set to cross the Del-a-ware, and at sun-set the troops were on the move.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
outadjectiveUS /aʊt/

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading The wind was high, the tide strong, and the stream full of cakes of ice which drove the boats out of their course.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
SADadjectiveUS /sæd/

experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness

From this reading A SAD YEAR.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
seanounUS /siː/

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
seemedverbUS /siːmd/

past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
setverbUS /set/

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading Christ-mas night was the time set to cross the Del-a-ware, and at sun-set the troops were on the move.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
shorenounUS /ʃɔːr/

the land along the edge of a body of water

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
skillnounUS /skɪl/

an ability that has been acquired by training

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
stormsnounUS /stɔːrmz/

plural of “storm” — a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
streamnounUS /striːm/

a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth

From this reading The wind was high, the tide strong, and the stream full of cakes of ice which drove the boats out of their course.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
strongadjectiveUS /strɔːŋ/

having strength or power greater than average or expected

From this reading The wind was high, the tide strong, and the stream full of cakes of ice which drove the boats out of their course.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
sun-set

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From this reading Christ-mas night was the time set to cross the Del-a-ware, and at sun-set the troops were on the move.

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thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Christ-mas night was the time set to cross the Del-a-ware, and at sun-set the troops were on the move.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading The wind was high, the tide strong, and the stream full of cakes of ice which drove the boats out of their course.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
tidenounUS /taɪd/

the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon

From this reading The wind was high, the tide strong, and the stream full of cakes of ice which drove the boats out of their course.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
timenounUS /taɪm/

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading Christ-mas night was the time set to cross the Del-a-ware, and at sun-set the troops were on the move.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
timesnounUS /taɪmz/

a more or less definite period of time now or previously present

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Christ-mas night was the time set to cross the Del-a-ware, and at sun-set the troops were on the move.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
troopsnounUS /truːps/

soldiers collectively

From this reading Christ-mas night was the time set to cross the Del-a-ware, and at sun-set the troops were on the move.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
upadjectiveUS /ʌp/

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
usedadjectiveUS /juːzd/

employed in accomplishing something

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading Christ-mas night was the time set to cross the Del-a-ware, and at sun-set the troops were on the move.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
waynounUS /weɪ/

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Christ-mas night was the time set to cross the Del-a-ware, and at sun-set the troops were on the move.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The wind was high, the tide strong, and the stream full of cakes of ice which drove the boats out of their course.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
wildadjectiveUS /waɪld/

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
windnounUS /waɪnd/

air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

From this reading The wind was high, the tide strong, and the stream full of cakes of ice which drove the boats out of their course.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
workverbUS /wɜːrk/

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

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

From this reading It seemed at times as if the boats would be crushed to bits, Men who were used to boats, and had been brought up on the sea, and had fought with fierce storms and wild gales, found it hard work, with all their skill, to make their way from shore to shore.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
YEARnounUS /jɪr/

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading A SAD YEAR.

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Chapter 11 of The Life of George Washington. In Words of One Syllable by Josephine Pollard holds 92 sentences, grouped into 19 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.

What does chapter 11 of The Life of George Washington. In Words of One Syllable contain?

Chapter 11 holds 92 sentences of The Life of George Washington. In Words of One Syllable, unabridged, divided into 19 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 11 of The Life of George Washington. In Words of One Syllable by Josephine Pollard exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 92 sentences, grouped into 19 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 11 of The Life of George Washington. In Words of One Syllable?

Work through the 19 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 19 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 11 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 11 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Common questions about reading The Life of George Washington. In Words of One Syllable by Josephine Pollard on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Life of George Washington. In Words of One Syllable?

Yes. All 1819 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #36183 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Life of George Washington. In Words of One Syllable is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #36183, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Life of George Washington. In Words of One Syllable take to read?

About 151 minutes of reading across 364 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Life of George Washington. In Words of One Syllable

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Life of George Washington. In Words of One Syllable, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

George
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Life of George Washington. In Words of One Syllable; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Washington
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Life of George Washington. In Words of One Syllable; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Words
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Life of George Washington. In Words of One Syllable; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Syllable
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Life of George Washington. In Words of One Syllable; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.