Chapter 36 of The Raft is here in full — 656 sentences across 132 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 36 of The Raft is here in full — 656 sentences across 132 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I wonder why he doesn't come!” Peter stepped out of the college-lodge, gazing up and down the cobbled street. Harry, always undisturbed and good-natured, laughed. “One can never be sure of Lorie. Looks as though it was going to rain.
Chapter 36 of The Raft is here in full — 656 sentences across 132 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/131 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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past form of “cobble” — pave with cobblestones
From this reading “Peter stepped out of the college-lodge, gazing up and down the cobbled street.”
-ing form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “Peter stepped out of the college-lodge, gazing up and down the cobbled street.”
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading “Harry, always undisturbed and good-natured, laughed.”
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading “Looks as though it was going to rain.”
disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading “Peter stepped out of the college-lodge, gazing up and down the cobbled street.”
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading “Looks as though it was going to rain.”
inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step
From this reading “Peter stepped out of the college-lodge, gazing up and down the cobbled street.”
untroubled by interference or disturbance
From this reading “Harry, always undisturbed and good-natured, laughed.”
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 “I wonder why he doesn't come!””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading Harry, always undisturbed and good-natured, laughed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Peter stepped out of the college-lodge, gazing up and down the cobbled street.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Looks as though it was going to rain.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “One can never be sure of Lorie.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “One can never be sure of Lorie.
past form of “cobble” — pave with cobblestones
From this reading Peter stepped out of the college-lodge, gazing up and down the cobbled street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Peter stepped out of the college-lodge, gazing up and down the cobbled street.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading I wonder why he doesn't come!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I wonder why he doesn't come!”
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Peter stepped out of the college-lodge, gazing up and down the cobbled street.
-ing form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Peter stepped out of the college-lodge, gazing up and down the cobbled street.
the act of departing
From this reading Looks as though it was going to rain.
having an easygoing and cheerful disposition
From this reading Harry, always undisturbed and good-natured, laughed.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading Harry, always undisturbed and good-natured, laughed.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I wonder why he doesn't come!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I wonder why he doesn't come!”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Looks as though it was going to rain.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading Harry, always undisturbed and good-natured, laughed.
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading Looks as though it was going to rain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “One can never be sure of Lorie.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “One can never be sure of Lorie.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Peter stepped out of the college-lodge, gazing up and down the cobbled street.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “One can never be sure of Lorie.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Peter stepped out of the college-lodge, gazing up and down the cobbled street.
disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope
From this reading Peter stepped out of the college-lodge, gazing up and down the cobbled street.
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading Looks as though it was going to rain.
inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step
From this reading Peter stepped out of the college-lodge, gazing up and down the cobbled street.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading Peter stepped out of the college-lodge, gazing up and down the cobbled street.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “One can never be sure of Lorie.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Peter stepped out of the college-lodge, gazing up and down the cobbled street.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Looks as though it was going to rain.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Looks as though it was going to rain.
untroubled by interference or disturbance
From this reading Harry, always undisturbed and good-natured, laughed.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Peter stepped out of the college-lodge, gazing up and down the cobbled street.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Looks as though it was going to rain.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading I wonder why he doesn't come!”
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading I wonder why he doesn't come!”
Chapter 36 of The Raft by Coningsby Dawson holds 656 sentences, grouped into 132 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 36 holds 656 sentences of The Raft, unabridged, divided into 132 reading sections.
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