Chapter 2 of The pirate shark is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The pirate shark is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JERRY SMITH, QUARTERMASTER "How's she coming? It's 'most noon, Mart." "Huh? Oh, she's great. I can't find anything wrong, except a little rust.
Chapter 2 of The pirate shark is here in full — 147 sentences across 30 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
apart from; not including
From this reading “I can't find anything wrong, except a little rust.”
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading “JERRY SMITH, QUARTERMASTER "How's she coming?”
an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
From this reading “It's 'most noon, Mart."”
the middle of the day
From this reading “It's 'most noon, Mart."”
an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops
From this reading “JERRY SMITH, QUARTERMASTER "How's she coming?”
become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid
From this reading “I can't find anything wrong, except a little rust.”
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading “JERRY SMITH, QUARTERMASTER "How's she coming?”
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading “I can't find anything wrong, except a little rust.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 I can't find anything wrong, except a little rust.
any thing at all
From this reading I can't find anything wrong, except a little rust.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can't find anything wrong, except a little rust.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading JERRY SMITH, QUARTERMASTER "How's she coming?
apart from; not including
From this reading I can't find anything wrong, except a little rust.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading I can't find anything wrong, except a little rust.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading Oh, she's great.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JERRY SMITH, QUARTERMASTER "How's she coming?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Huh?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I can't find anything wrong, except a little rust.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's 'most noon, Mart."
offensive term for a person of German descent
From this reading JERRY SMITH, QUARTERMASTER "How's she coming?
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading I can't find anything wrong, except a little rust.
an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
From this reading It's 'most noon, Mart."
used to form the superlative
From this reading It's 'most noon, Mart."
the middle of the day
From this reading It's 'most noon, Mart."
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, she's great.
an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops
From this reading JERRY SMITH, QUARTERMASTER "How's she coming?
become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid
From this reading I can't find anything wrong, except a little rust.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading JERRY SMITH, QUARTERMASTER "How's she coming?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, she's great.
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading JERRY SMITH, QUARTERMASTER "How's she coming?
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading I can't find anything wrong, except a little rust.
Chapter 2 of The pirate shark by Elliott Whitney holds 147 sentences, grouped into 30 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 2 holds 147 sentences of The pirate shark, unabridged, divided into 30 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The pirate shark by Elliott Whitney exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 147 sentences, grouped into 30 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.
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