Chapter 16 of The Red Rover: A Tale is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 16 of The Red Rover: A Tale is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Yet again? What do you here? Shal we give o’er, an drown? Have you a mind to sink?” _Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.
Chapter 16 of The Red Rover: A Tale is here in full — 191 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a person who enjoys taking risks
From this reading “_Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.”
cover completely or make imperceptible
From this reading “Shal we give o’er, an drown?”
plural of “omen” — a sign of something about to happen
From this reading “_Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.”
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
From this reading “_Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.”
fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading “Have you a mind to sink?””
a violent commotion or disturbance
engaged in or accustomed to close observation
From this reading “_Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.”
widely or fully known
From this reading “_Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.”
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 Have you a mind to sink?”
a person who enjoys taking risks
From this reading _Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.
anew
From this reading “Yet again?
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Shal we give o’er, an drown?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading _Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What do you here?
cover completely or make imperceptible
From this reading Shal we give o’er, an drown?
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Shal we give o’er, an drown?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have you a mind to sink?”
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading What do you here?
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Have you a mind to sink?”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.
throughout a period of time
From this reading Shal we give o’er, an drown?
plural of “omen” — a sign of something about to happen
From this reading _Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading _Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Shal we give o’er, an drown?
threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
From this reading _Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.
fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading Have you a mind to sink?”
a violent commotion or disturbance
From this reading _Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading _Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Have you a mind to sink?”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.
engaged in or accustomed to close observation
From this reading _Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Shal we give o’er, an drown?
widely or fully known
From this reading _Tempest._ Our watchful adventurer was not blind to these well-known and sinister omens.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What do you here?
but in spite of that
From this reading “Yet again?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What do you here?
Chapter 16 of The Red Rover: A Tale by James Fenimore Cooper holds 191 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.
Chapter 16 holds 191 sentences of The Red Rover: A Tale, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.
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