Chapter 8 of The Pirates of Shan is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The Pirates of Shan is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk. "We want a boat," Zircon stated. "Not a sailboat. That would be too slow. We want something reasonably fast, and with enough room for comfort.
Chapter 8 of The Pirates of Shan is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/30 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
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someone who drives or rides in a boat
From this reading “The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.”
a place where boats are built or maintained or stored
From this reading “The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.”
a native or inhabitant of the Philippines
From this reading “The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.”
the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
From this reading “The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.”
a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
From this reading “The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.”
a small sailing vessel; usually with a single mast
From this reading “"Not a sailboat.”
a port city in southwestern Brazil on an offshore island near Sao Paulo
From this reading “The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.”
a common mineral occurring in small crystals; chief source of zirconium; used as a refractory when opaque and as a gem when transparent
From this reading “"We want a boat," Zircon stated.”
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 “That would be too slow.”
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 The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We want something reasonably fast, and with enough room for comfort.
a mark to indicate a direction or relation
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That would be too slow.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading "We want a boat," Zircon stated.
someone who drives or rides in a boat
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
a place where boats are built or maintained or stored
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
From this reading We want something reasonably fast, and with enough room for comfort.
the skilled practice of a practical occupation
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading We want something reasonably fast, and with enough room for comfort.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading We want something reasonably fast, and with enough room for comfort.
a native or inhabitant of the Philippines
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We want something reasonably fast, and with enough room for comfort.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
to certain extent or degree
From this reading We want something reasonably fast, and with enough room for comfort.
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (“rick” and “wrick” are British)
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading We want something reasonably fast, and with enough room for comfort.
a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
a small sailing vessel; usually with a single mast
From this reading "Not a sailboat.
a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
a port city in southwestern Brazil on an offshore island near Sao Paulo
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
From this reading That would be too slow.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading We want something reasonably fast, and with enough room for comfort.
declared as fact; explicitly stated
From this reading "We want a boat," Zircon stated.
moving very fast
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That would be too slow.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading That would be too slow.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "We want a boat," Zircon stated.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The "Swift Arrow" Jose Santos' boatyard was not large, but to Rick it seemed as though the Filipino boatman had a sample of every kind of craft from a rowboat to a Chinese junk.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We want a boat," Zircon stated.
in the company of; together with
From this reading We want something reasonably fast, and with enough room for comfort.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading That would be too slow.
a common mineral occurring in small crystals; chief source of zirconium; used as a refractory when opaque and as a gem when transparent
From this reading "We want a boat," Zircon stated.
Chapter 8 of The Pirates of Shan by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin holds 151 sentences, grouped into 31 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 8 holds 151 sentences of The Pirates of Shan, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
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