Chapter 18 of The Voodoo Gold Trail is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of The Voodoo Gold Trail is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me. I felt like hugging the mainmast. Captain Marat and Carlos were there, and Rufe. Rufe fairly blubbered with happiness. "Oh, Lordy!" he said, "somebody clap foh me, I jes' got to dance."
Chapter 18 of The Voodoo Gold Trail is here in full — 128 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949)
From this reading “Captain Marat and Carlos were there, and Rufe.”
put quickly or forcibly
From this reading “"Oh, Lordy!" he said, "somebody clap foh me, I jes' got to dance."”
affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
From this reading “I felt like hugging the mainmast.”
a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
a column of light (as from a beacon)
From this reading “OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.”
past form of “scuttle” — to move about or proceed hurriedly
From this reading “OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “"Oh, Lordy!" he said, "somebody clap foh me, I jes' got to dance."”
the swift release of a store of affective force
From this reading “OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.”
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In this reading “OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.”
In this reading “OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.
anew
From this reading OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Rufe fairly blubbered with happiness.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading Captain Marat and Carlos were there, and Rufe.
Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949)
From this reading Captain Marat and Carlos were there, and Rufe.
put quickly or forcibly
From this reading "Oh, Lordy!" he said, "somebody clap foh me, I jes' got to dance."
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
From this reading "Oh, Lordy!" he said, "somebody clap foh me, I jes' got to dance."
any of various platforms built into a vessel
From this reading OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.
to certain extent or degree
From this reading Rufe fairly blubbered with happiness.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, Lordy!" he said, "somebody clap foh me, I jes' got to dance."
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Oh, Lordy!" he said, "somebody clap foh me, I jes' got to dance."
state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
From this reading Rufe fairly blubbered with happiness.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Oh, Lordy!" he said, "somebody clap foh me, I jes' got to dance."
affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs)
From this reading I felt like hugging the mainmast.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, Lordy!" he said, "somebody clap foh me, I jes' got to dance."
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I felt like hugging the mainmast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, Lordy!" he said, "somebody clap foh me, I jes' got to dance."
the chief mast of a sailing vessel with two or more masts
From this reading I felt like hugging the mainmast.
French revolutionary leader (born in Switzerland) who was a leader in overthrowing the Girondists and was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday (1743-1793)
From this reading Captain Marat and Carlos were there, and Rufe.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading "Oh, Lordy!" he said, "somebody clap foh me, I jes' got to dance."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.
a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
From this reading OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.
a column of light (as from a beacon)
From this reading OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Captain Marat and Carlos were there, and Rufe.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Oh, Lordy!" he said, "somebody clap foh me, I jes' got to dance."
past form of “scuttle” — to move about or proceed hurriedly
From this reading OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.
a person, without saying who
From this reading "Oh, Lordy!" he said, "somebody clap foh me, I jes' got to dance."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Captain Marat and Carlos were there, and Rufe.
the swift release of a store of affective force
From this reading OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Oh, Lordy!" he said, "somebody clap foh me, I jes' got to dance."
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Captain Marat and Carlos were there, and Rufe.
at the time that
From this reading OUR BOAT IS SCUTTLED When Ray and I set our feet on the deck of the _Pearl_ again, I felt a thrill go all through me.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Rufe fairly blubbered with happiness.
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