Chapter 2 of The Sandman: His Sea Stories is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of The Sandman: His Sea Stories is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"No, oh no," answered little Sol. "It's on the water--on the surface. We've almost got to one of 'em." So little Jacob looked again, and he saw what looked, at first, like a calm streak on the water. There seemed to be little sticks sticking up out of the calm streak.
Chapter 2 of The Sandman: His Sea Stories is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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make calm or still
From this reading “So little Jacob looked again, and he saw what looked, at first, like a calm streak on the water.”
French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)
From this reading “So little Jacob looked again, and he saw what looked, at first, like a calm streak on the water.”
a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
From this reading “"No, oh no," answered little Sol.”
extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
From this reading “There seemed to be little sticks sticking up out of the calm streak.”
plural of “stick” — an implement consisting of a length of wood
From this reading “There seemed to be little sticks sticking up out of the calm streak.”
an unbroken series of events
From this reading “So little Jacob looked again, and he saw what looked, at first, like a calm streak on the water.”
the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
From this reading “"It's on the water--on the surface.”
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading “"It's on the water--on the surface.”
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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 So little Jacob looked again, and he saw what looked, at first, like a calm streak on the water.
anew
From this reading So little Jacob looked again, and he saw what looked, at first, like a calm streak on the water.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading We've almost got to one of 'em."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So little Jacob looked again, and he saw what looked, at first, like a calm streak on the water.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading "No, oh no," answered little Sol.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading So little Jacob looked again, and he saw what looked, at first, like a calm streak on the water.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There seemed to be little sticks sticking up out of the calm streak.
make calm or still
From this reading So little Jacob looked again, and he saw what looked, at first, like a calm streak on the water.
a quad with a square body
From this reading We've almost got to one of 'em."
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading So little Jacob looked again, and he saw what looked, at first, like a calm streak on the water.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading We've almost got to one of 'em."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So little Jacob looked again, and he saw what looked, at first, like a calm streak on the water.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "It's on the water--on the surface.
French biochemist who (with Jacques Monod) studied regulatory processes in cells (born in 1920)
From this reading So little Jacob looked again, and he saw what looked, at first, like a calm streak on the water.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading So little Jacob looked again, and he saw what looked, at first, like a calm streak on the water.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "No, oh no," answered little Sol.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading So little Jacob looked again, and he saw what looked, at first, like a calm streak on the water.
not any; not one
From this reading "No, oh no," answered little Sol.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We've almost got to one of 'em."
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "No, oh no," answered little Sol.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "It's on the water--on the surface.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading We've almost got to one of 'em."
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading There seemed to be little sticks sticking up out of the calm streak.
cut with a saw
From this reading So little Jacob looked again, and he saw what looked, at first, like a calm streak on the water.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading There seemed to be little sticks sticking up out of the calm streak.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So little Jacob looked again, and he saw what looked, at first, like a calm streak on the water.
a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid
From this reading "No, oh no," answered little Sol.
extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary
From this reading There seemed to be little sticks sticking up out of the calm streak.
plural of “stick” — an implement consisting of a length of wood
From this reading There seemed to be little sticks sticking up out of the calm streak.
an unbroken series of events
From this reading So little Jacob looked again, and he saw what looked, at first, like a calm streak on the water.
the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
From this reading "It's on the water--on the surface.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "It's on the water--on the surface.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There seemed to be little sticks sticking up out of the calm streak.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We've almost got to one of 'em."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading There seemed to be little sticks sticking up out of the calm streak.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading "It's on the water--on the surface.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We've almost got to one of 'em."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading So little Jacob looked again, and he saw what looked, at first, like a calm streak on the water.
Chapter 2 of The Sandman: His Sea Stories by William John Hopkins holds 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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 415 sentences of The Sandman: His Sea Stories, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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