Chapter 6 of The Rover is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Rover is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Yes,” groaned Peyrol. “A French-built ship!” He struck his breast a resounding blow. “It hurts one there to see her. It seemed to me I could jump down on her deck single-handed.”
Chapter 6 of The Rover is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
exhale hard
From this reading “He struck his breast a resounding blow.”
the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
From this reading “He struck his breast a resounding blow.”
any of various platforms built into a vessel
From this reading “It seemed to me I could jump down on her deck single-handed.””
past form of “groan” — indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
From this reading ““Yes,” groaned Peyrol.”
plural of “hurt” — any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading ““It hurts one there to see her.”
move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “It seemed to me I could jump down on her deck single-handed.””
characterized by resonance
From this reading “He struck his breast a resounding blow.”
unsupported by other people
From this reading “It seemed to me I could jump down on her deck single-handed.””
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 “It seemed to me I could jump down on her deck single-handed.””
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 “A French-built ship!”
exhale hard
From this reading He struck his breast a resounding blow.
the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
From this reading He struck his breast a resounding blow.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It seemed to me I could jump down on her deck single-handed.”
any of various platforms built into a vessel
From this reading It seemed to me I could jump down on her deck single-handed.”
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading It seemed to me I could jump down on her deck single-handed.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “A French-built ship!”
past form of “groan” — indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
From this reading “Yes,” groaned Peyrol.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He struck his breast a resounding blow.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “It hurts one there to see her.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He struck his breast a resounding blow.
plural of “hurt” — any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
From this reading “It hurts one there to see her.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It seemed to me I could jump down on her deck single-handed.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It hurts one there to see her.
move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading It seemed to me I could jump down on her deck single-handed.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It seemed to me I could jump down on her deck single-handed.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It seemed to me I could jump down on her deck single-handed.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “It hurts one there to see her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes,” groaned Peyrol.
characterized by resonance
From this reading He struck his breast a resounding blow.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “It hurts one there to see her.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading It seemed to me I could jump down on her deck single-handed.”
transport commercially
From this reading “A French-built ship!”
unsupported by other people
From this reading It seemed to me I could jump down on her deck single-handed.”
(used in combination) affected by something overwhelming
From this reading He struck his breast a resounding blow.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “It hurts one there to see her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “It hurts one there to see her.
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes,” groaned Peyrol.
Chapter 6 of The Rover by Joseph Conrad holds 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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 6 holds 424 sentences of The Rover, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of The Rover by Joseph Conrad exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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.
Work through the 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 85 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 6 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Rover, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
