Chapter 31 of The Ocean Wireless Boys on the Atlantic is here in full — 80 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 31 of The Ocean Wireless Boys on the Atlantic is here in full — 80 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE COLLISION. At the same instant a voice boomed out from the fore-peak: “Something dead ahead, sir!” And then the next moment a heart-chilling hail from the crow’s nest: “Ice ahead!
Chapter 31 of The Ocean Wireless Boys on the Atlantic is here in full — 80 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at or in the front
From this reading ““Something dead ahead, sir!””
past form of “boom” — make a resonant sound, like artillery
From this reading “At the same instant a voice boomed out from the fore-peak:”
(physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
From this reading “THE COLLISION.”
possessive form of “crow” — black birds having a raucous call
praise vociferously
From this reading “And then the next moment a heart-chilling hail from the crow’s nest:”
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading ““Ice ahead!”
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
From this reading “At the same instant a voice boomed out from the fore-peak:”
a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
From this reading “And then the next moment a heart-chilling hail from the crow’s nest:”
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In this reading “At the same instant a voice boomed out from the fore-peak:”
In this reading “And then the next moment a heart-chilling hail from the crow’s nest:”
In this reading “And then the next moment a heart-chilling hail from the crow’s nest:”
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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 At the same instant a voice boomed out from the fore-peak:
at or in the front
From this reading “Something dead ahead, sir!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And then the next moment a heart-chilling hail from the crow’s nest:
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the same instant a voice boomed out from the fore-peak:
past form of “boom” — make a resonant sound, like artillery
From this reading At the same instant a voice boomed out from the fore-peak:
(physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
From this reading THE COLLISION.
possessive form of “crow” — black birds having a raucous call
From this reading And then the next moment a heart-chilling hail from the crow’s nest:
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading “Something dead ahead, sir!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading At the same instant a voice boomed out from the fore-peak:
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading At the same instant a voice boomed out from the fore-peak:
praise vociferously
From this reading And then the next moment a heart-chilling hail from the crow’s nest:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And then the next moment a heart-chilling hail from the crow’s nest:
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading “Ice ahead!
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
From this reading At the same instant a voice boomed out from the fore-peak:
a particular point in time
From this reading And then the next moment a heart-chilling hail from the crow’s nest:
a structure in which animals lay eggs or give birth to their young
From this reading And then the next moment a heart-chilling hail from the crow’s nest:
immediately following in time or order
From this reading And then the next moment a heart-chilling hail from the crow’s nest:
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading At the same instant a voice boomed out from the fore-peak:
Identical; not different.
From this reading At the same instant a voice boomed out from the fore-peak:
term of address for a man
From this reading “Something dead ahead, sir!”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Something dead ahead, sir!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE COLLISION.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading And then the next moment a heart-chilling hail from the crow’s nest:
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading At the same instant a voice boomed out from the fore-peak:
Chapter 31 of The Ocean Wireless Boys on the Atlantic by John Henry Goldfrap holds 80 sentences, grouped into 16 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 31 holds 80 sentences of The Ocean Wireless Boys on the Atlantic, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
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