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Chapter 6 of The odyssey of a torpedoed tramp is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“How unhappy I am! Oh, how unhappy I am!” Well, Fourgues took off his cap, went over to her, put his hand under her chin like a kind papa, and said: “So it’s true, little girl, all this stuff that you have been telling me? Well, you’re in luck--there’s an empty cabin!
Chapter 6 of The odyssey of a torpedoed tramp is here in full — 446 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading “Well, you’re in luck--there’s an empty cabin!”
a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading “Well, Fourgues took off his cap, went over to her, put his hand under her chin like a kind papa, and said:”
the protruding part of the lower jaw
From this reading “Well, Fourgues took off his cap, went over to her, put his hand under her chin like a kind papa, and said:”
make void or empty of contents
From this reading “Well, you’re in luck--there’s an empty cabin!”
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading “Well, you’re in luck--there’s an empty cabin!”
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading “Well, Fourgues took off his cap, went over to her, put his hand under her chin like a kind papa, and said:”
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
From this reading ““So it’s true, little girl, all this stuff that you have been telling me?”
experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
From this reading ““How unhappy I am!”
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.
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a youthful female person
In this reading ““So it’s true, little girl, all this stuff that you have been telling me?”
leave
In this reading “Well, Fourgues took off his cap, went over to her, put his hand under her chin like a kind papa, and said:”
hold a review (of troops)
In this reading “Well, Fourgues took off his cap, went over to her, put his hand under her chin like a kind papa, and said:”
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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 Well, Fourgues took off his cap, went over to her, put his hand under her chin like a kind papa, and said:
(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 “So it’s true, little girl, all this stuff that you have been telling me?
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “How unhappy I am!
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Well, you’re in luck--there’s an empty cabin!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Well, Fourgues took off his cap, went over to her, put his hand under her chin like a kind papa, and said:
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “So it’s true, little girl, all this stuff that you have been telling me?
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading Well, you’re in luck--there’s an empty cabin!
a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading Well, Fourgues took off his cap, went over to her, put his hand under her chin like a kind papa, and said:
the protruding part of the lower jaw
From this reading Well, Fourgues took off his cap, went over to her, put his hand under her chin like a kind papa, and said:
make void or empty of contents
From this reading Well, you’re in luck--there’s an empty cabin!
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From this reading Well, Fourgues took off his cap, went over to her, put his hand under her chin like a kind papa, and said:
a young female
From this reading “So it’s true, little girl, all this stuff that you have been telling me?
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Well, Fourgues took off his cap, went over to her, put his hand under her chin like a kind papa, and said:
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “So it’s true, little girl, all this stuff that you have been telling me?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Well, Fourgues took off his cap, went over to her, put his hand under her chin like a kind papa, and said:
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
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the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading Well, Fourgues took off his cap, went over to her, put his hand under her chin like a kind papa, and said:
prefer or wish to do something
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limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “So it’s true, little girl, all this stuff that you have been telling me?
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading Well, you’re in luck--there’s an empty cabin!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “So it’s true, little girl, all this stuff that you have been telling me?
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Well, Fourgues took off his cap, went over to her, put his hand under her chin like a kind papa, and said:
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, how unhappy I am!”
above and across; more than
From this reading Well, Fourgues took off his cap, went over to her, put his hand under her chin like a kind papa, and said:
an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
From this reading Well, Fourgues took off his cap, went over to her, put his hand under her chin like a kind papa, and said:
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Well, Fourgues took off his cap, went over to her, put his hand under her chin like a kind papa, and said:
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Well, Fourgues took off his cap, went over to her, put his hand under her chin like a kind papa, and said:
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So it’s true, little girl, all this stuff that you have been telling me?
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
From this reading “So it’s true, little girl, all this stuff that you have been telling me?
disclosing unintentionally something concealed
From this reading “So it’s true, little girl, all this stuff that you have been telling me?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “So it’s true, little girl, all this stuff that you have been telling me?
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From this reading Well, you’re in luck--there’s an empty cabin!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
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used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Well, Fourgues took off his cap, went over to her, put his hand under her chin like a kind papa, and said:
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading Well, Fourgues took off his cap, went over to her, put his hand under her chin like a kind papa, and said:
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading “So it’s true, little girl, all this stuff that you have been telling me?
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Well, Fourgues took off his cap, went over to her, put his hand under her chin like a kind papa, and said:
experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent
From this reading “How unhappy I am!
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, Fourgues took off his cap, went over to her, put his hand under her chin like a kind papa, and said:
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Well, Fourgues took off his cap, went over to her, put his hand under her chin like a kind papa, and said:
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “So it’s true, little girl, all this stuff that you have been telling me?
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From this reading Well, you’re in luck--there’s an empty cabin!
Chapter 6 of The odyssey of a torpedoed tramp by Maurice Larrouy 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.
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