Chapter 8 of The sea girl is here in full — 332 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of The sea girl is here in full — 332 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MYSTERY OF THE SEA. Dr. Plantet would have landed at once upon Maui, and warned them, but Arturo dissuaded him. “It is not necessary, father. That has been going on down there for weeks. There is no hurry that way.
Chapter 8 of The sea girl is here in full — 332 sentences across 67 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “dissuade” — turn away from by persuasion
From this reading “Dr. Plantet would have landed at once upon Maui, and warned them, but Arturo dissuaded him.”
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading “There is no hurry that way.”
owning or consisting of land or real estate
From this reading “Dr. Plantet would have landed at once upon Maui, and warned them, but Arturo dissuaded him.”
the second largest of the Hawaiian Islands
From this reading “Dr. Plantet would have landed at once upon Maui, and warned them, but Arturo dissuaded him.”
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading “MYSTERY OF THE SEA.”
absolutely essential
From this reading ““It is not necessary, father.”
past form of “warn” — notify of danger, potential harm, or risk
From this reading “Dr. Plantet would have landed at once upon Maui, and warned them, but Arturo dissuaded him.”
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading “That has been going on down there for weeks.”
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without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
In this reading “Dr. Plantet would have landed at once upon Maui, and warned them, but Arturo dissuaded him.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dr. Plantet would have landed at once upon Maui, and warned them, but Arturo dissuaded him.
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From this reading Dr. Plantet would have landed at once upon Maui, and warned them, but Arturo dissuaded him.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Dr. Plantet would have landed at once upon Maui, and warned them, but Arturo dissuaded him.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading That has been going on down there for weeks.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Dr. Plantet would have landed at once upon Maui, and warned them, but Arturo dissuaded him.
past form of “dissuade” — turn away from by persuasion
From this reading Dr. Plantet would have landed at once upon Maui, and warned them, but Arturo dissuaded him.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading That has been going on down there for weeks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dr. Plantet would have landed at once upon Maui, and warned them, but Arturo dissuaded him.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “It is not necessary, father.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading That has been going on down there for weeks.
the act of departing
From this reading That has been going on down there for weeks.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That has been going on down there for weeks.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Dr. Plantet would have landed at once upon Maui, and warned them, but Arturo dissuaded him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Dr. Plantet would have landed at once upon Maui, and warned them, but Arturo dissuaded him.
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading There is no hurry that way.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “It is not necessary, father.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It is not necessary, father.
owning or consisting of land or real estate
From this reading Dr. Plantet would have landed at once upon Maui, and warned them, but Arturo dissuaded him.
the second largest of the Hawaiian Islands
From this reading Dr. Plantet would have landed at once upon Maui, and warned them, but Arturo dissuaded him.
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading MYSTERY OF THE SEA.
absolutely essential
From this reading “It is not necessary, father.
not any; not one
From this reading There is no hurry that way.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “It is not necessary, father.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MYSTERY OF THE SEA.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading That has been going on down there for weeks.
on one occasion
From this reading Dr. Plantet would have landed at once upon Maui, and warned them, but Arturo dissuaded him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dr. Plantet would have landed at once upon Maui, and warned them, but Arturo dissuaded him.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading MYSTERY OF THE SEA.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That has been going on down there for weeks.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MYSTERY OF THE SEA.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Dr. Plantet would have landed at once upon Maui, and warned them, but Arturo dissuaded him.
in or at that place or location
From this reading That has been going on down there for weeks.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Dr. Plantet would have landed at once upon Maui, and warned them, but Arturo dissuaded him.
past form of “warn” — notify of danger, potential harm, or risk
From this reading Dr. Plantet would have landed at once upon Maui, and warned them, but Arturo dissuaded him.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading There is no hurry that way.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading That has been going on down there for weeks.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Dr. Plantet would have landed at once upon Maui, and warned them, but Arturo dissuaded him.
Chapter 8 of The sea girl by Ray Cummings holds 332 sentences, grouped into 67 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 332 sentences of The sea girl, unabridged, divided into 67 reading sections.
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