Chapter 9 of The Lifeboat is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Lifeboat is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The tone of this man's voice thrilled to Guy's heart. He sprang forward and seized him by the arm. One glance was sufficient. "Bax!" "Guy!"
Chapter 9 of The Lifeboat is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading “One glance was sufficient.”
an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading “The tone of this man's voice thrilled to Guy's heart.”
possessive form of “guy” — an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading “The tone of this man's voice thrilled to Guy's heart.”
possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “The tone of this man's voice thrilled to Guy's heart.”
past form of “seize” — take hold of; grab
From this reading “He sprang forward and seized him by the arm.”
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “He sprang forward and seized him by the arm.”
of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant
From this reading “One glance was sufficient.”
feeling intense pleasurable excitement
From this reading “The tone of this man's voice thrilled to Guy's heart.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He sprang forward and seized him by the arm.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading He sprang forward and seized him by the arm.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Bax!"
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He sprang forward and seized him by the arm.
at or to or toward the front
From this reading He sprang forward and seized him by the arm.
throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading One glance was sufficient.
an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading "Guy!"
possessive form of “guy” — an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading The tone of this man's voice thrilled to Guy's heart.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He sprang forward and seized him by the arm.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading The tone of this man's voice thrilled to Guy's heart.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He sprang forward and seized him by the arm.
possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading The tone of this man's voice thrilled to Guy's heart.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The tone of this man's voice thrilled to Guy's heart.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One glance was sufficient.
past form of “seize” — take hold of; grab
From this reading He sprang forward and seized him by the arm.
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading He sprang forward and seized him by the arm.
of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant
From this reading One glance was sufficient.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The tone of this man's voice thrilled to Guy's heart.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The tone of this man's voice thrilled to Guy's heart.
feeling intense pleasurable excitement
From this reading The tone of this man's voice thrilled to Guy's heart.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The tone of this man's voice thrilled to Guy's heart.
the quality of a person's voice
From this reading The tone of this man's voice thrilled to Guy's heart.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading The tone of this man's voice thrilled to Guy's heart.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One glance was sufficient.
Chapter 9 of The Lifeboat by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne holds 446 sentences, grouped into 90 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.
Chapter 9 holds 446 sentences of The Lifeboat, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of The Lifeboat by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 446 sentences, grouped into 90 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.
Work through the 90 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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