Chapter 14 of The Ocean Wireless Boys on War Swept Seas is here in full — 54 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIV
Chapter 14 of The Ocean Wireless Boys on War Swept Seas is here in full — 54 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JACK'S BRAVE LEAP. What happened after the leap, Jack never knew clearly. He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him. Down, down, down he plunged. It seemed as if he would never rise.
Chapter 14 of The Ocean Wireless Boys on War Swept Seas is here in full — 54 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/10 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
Causing difficulty in breathing.
From this reading “He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.”
possessive form of “jack” — a small worthless amount
From this reading “JACK'S BRAVE LEAP.”
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
From this reading “JACK'S BRAVE LEAP.”
past form of “plunge” — thrust or throw into
From this reading “Down, down, down he plunged.”
move hurridly
From this reading “He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.”
an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
From this reading “He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.”
forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
From this reading “He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.”
the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
From this reading “He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.”
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 “He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.
later than; following
From this reading What happened after the leap, Jack never knew clearly.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.
possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
From this reading JACK'S BRAVE LEAP.
Causing difficulty in breathing.
From this reading He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.
without doubt or question
From this reading What happened after the leap, Jack never knew clearly.
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 He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Down, down, down he plunged.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading What happened after the leap, Jack never knew clearly.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It seemed as if he would never rise.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It seemed as if he would never rise.
a small worthless amount
From this reading What happened after the leap, Jack never knew clearly.
possessive form of “jack” — a small worthless amount
From this reading JACK'S BRAVE LEAP.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading What happened after the leap, Jack never knew clearly.
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
From this reading JACK'S BRAVE LEAP.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading What happened after the leap, Jack never knew clearly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.
past form of “plunge” — thrust or throw into
From this reading Down, down, down he plunged.
compacted by ironing
From this reading He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.
move upward
From this reading It seemed as if he would never rise.
move hurridly
From this reading He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading It seemed as if he would never rise.
an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
From this reading He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.
forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
From this reading He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.
the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
From this reading He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What happened after the leap, Jack never knew clearly.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.
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 He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.
the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
From this reading He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What happened after the leap, Jack never knew clearly.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading He felt a wild, half-suffocating rush through the air and then a sensation of choking and strangling as a cold, stifling weight of water pressed in on him.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It seemed as if he would never rise.
Chapter 14 of The Ocean Wireless Boys on War Swept Seas by John Henry Goldfrap holds 54 sentences, grouped into 11 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 14 holds 54 sentences of The Ocean Wireless Boys on War Swept Seas, unabridged, divided into 11 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 14 of The Ocean Wireless Boys on War Swept Seas by John Henry Goldfrap exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 54 sentences, grouped into 11 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 11 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 11 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 14 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.
Common questions about reading The Ocean Wireless Boys on War Swept Seas by John Henry Goldfrap on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 3149 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #45841 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #45841, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 262 minutes of reading across 630 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Ocean Wireless Boys on War Swept Seas section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 39 chapters of The Ocean Wireless Boys on War Swept Seas to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Ocean Wireless Boys on War Swept Seas, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
