Chapter 15 of The Pirate of Panama is here in full — 192 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The Pirate of Panama is here in full — 192 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE MORNING AFTER My opening eyes fell upon Evelyn. She was putting the last touches to the bandage on my arm, which was already dressed and bound. Evidently I had been unconscious some time. "It's all right. We won," were my first words to her.
Chapter 15 of The Pirate of Panama is here in full — 192 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
From this reading “She was putting the last touches to the bandage on my arm, which was already dressed and bound.”
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
From this reading “She was putting the last touches to the bandage on my arm, which was already dressed and bound.”
unmistakably (“plain” is often used informally for “plainly”)
From this reading “Evidently I had been unconscious some time.”
an open or empty space in or between things
From this reading “THE MORNING AFTER My opening eyes fell upon Evelyn.”
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading “She was putting the last touches to the bandage on my arm, which was already dressed and bound.”
plural of “touch” — the event of something coming in contact with the body
From this reading “She was putting the last touches to the bandage on my arm, which was already dressed and bound.”
not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
From this reading “Evidently I had been unconscious some time.”
the basic unit of money in South Korea
From this reading “We won," were my first words to her.”
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.
later than; following
From this reading THE MORNING AFTER My opening eyes fell upon Evelyn.
(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's all right.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading She was putting the last touches to the bandage on my arm, which was already dressed and bound.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was putting the last touches to the bandage on my arm, which was already dressed and bound.
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 She was putting the last touches to the bandage on my arm, which was already dressed and bound.
a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
From this reading She was putting the last touches to the bandage on my arm, which was already dressed and bound.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Evidently I had been unconscious some time.
confined by bonds
From this reading She was putting the last touches to the bandage on my arm, which was already dressed and bound.
dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination
From this reading She was putting the last touches to the bandage on my arm, which was already dressed and bound.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE MORNING AFTER My opening eyes fell upon Evelyn.
unmistakably (“plain” is often used informally for “plainly”)
From this reading Evidently I had been unconscious some time.
opinion or judgment
From this reading THE MORNING AFTER My opening eyes fell upon Evelyn.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading THE MORNING AFTER My opening eyes fell upon Evelyn.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading We won," were my first words to her.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Evidently I had been unconscious some time.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading We won," were my first words to her.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Evidently I had been unconscious some time.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's all right.
immediately past
From this reading She was putting the last touches to the bandage on my arm, which was already dressed and bound.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading THE MORNING AFTER My opening eyes fell upon Evelyn.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading THE MORNING AFTER My opening eyes fell upon Evelyn.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She was putting the last touches to the bandage on my arm, which was already dressed and bound.
an open or empty space in or between things
From this reading THE MORNING AFTER My opening eyes fell upon Evelyn.
hitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter
From this reading She was putting the last touches to the bandage on my arm, which was already dressed and bound.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "It's all right.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was putting the last touches to the bandage on my arm, which was already dressed and bound.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Evidently I had been unconscious some time.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MORNING AFTER My opening eyes fell upon Evelyn.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Evidently I had been unconscious some time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was putting the last touches to the bandage on my arm, which was already dressed and bound.
plural of “touch” — the event of something coming in contact with the body
From this reading She was putting the last touches to the bandage on my arm, which was already dressed and bound.
not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
From this reading Evidently I had been unconscious some time.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading THE MORNING AFTER My opening eyes fell upon Evelyn.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was putting the last touches to the bandage on my arm, which was already dressed and bound.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We won," were my first words to her.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We won," were my first words to her.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She was putting the last touches to the bandage on my arm, which was already dressed and bound.
the basic unit of money in South Korea
From this reading We won," were my first words to her.
the words that are spoken
From this reading We won," were my first words to her.
Chapter 15 of The Pirate of Panama by William MacLeod Raine holds 192 sentences, grouped into 39 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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