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Chapter 2 of The Voyages of Captain Scott is here in full — 169 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SOUTHWARD HO! They saw the cables loosened, they saw the gangways cleared, They heard the women weeping, they heard the men who cheered. Far off-far off the tumult faded and died away. And all alone the sea wind came singing up the Bay. --NEWBOLT.
Chapter 2 of The Voyages of Captain Scott is here in full — 169 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “cable” — a telegram sent abroad
From this reading “They saw the cables loosened, they saw the gangways cleared, They heard the women weeping, they heard the men who cheered.”
past form of “cheer” — give encouragement to
From this reading “They saw the cables loosened, they saw the gangways cleared, They heard the women weeping, they heard the men who cheered.”
rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush
From this reading “They saw the cables loosened, they saw the gangways cleared, They heard the women weeping, they heard the men who cheered.”
having lost freshness or brilliance of color
From this reading “Far off-far off the tumult faded and died away.”
straightened out
From this reading “They saw the cables loosened, they saw the gangways cleared, They heard the women weeping, they heard the men who cheered.”
toward the south
From this reading “SOUTHWARD HO!”
a state of commotion and noise and confusion
From this reading “Far off-far off the tumult faded and died away.”
showing sorrow
From this reading “They saw the cables loosened, they saw the gangways cleared, They heard the women weeping, they heard the men who cheered.”
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(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 And all alone the sea wind came singing up the Bay.
Having no one else present.
From this reading And all alone the sea wind came singing up the Bay.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Far off-far off the tumult faded and died away.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Far off-far off the tumult faded and died away.
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading And all alone the sea wind came singing up the Bay.
plural of “cable” — a telegram sent abroad
From this reading They saw the cables loosened, they saw the gangways cleared, They heard the women weeping, they heard the men who cheered.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading And all alone the sea wind came singing up the Bay.
past form of “cheer” — give encouragement to
From this reading They saw the cables loosened, they saw the gangways cleared, They heard the women weeping, they heard the men who cheered.
rid of objects or obstructions such as e.g. trees and brush
From this reading They saw the cables loosened, they saw the gangways cleared, They heard the women weeping, they heard the men who cheered.
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Far off-far off the tumult faded and died away.
having lost freshness or brilliance of color
From this reading Far off-far off the tumult faded and died away.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading Far off-far off the tumult faded and died away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They saw the cables loosened, they saw the gangways cleared, They heard the women weeping, they heard the men who cheered.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading They saw the cables loosened, they saw the gangways cleared, They heard the women weeping, they heard the men who cheered.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
From this reading SOUTHWARD HO!
straightened out
From this reading They saw the cables loosened, they saw the gangways cleared, They heard the women weeping, they heard the men who cheered.
the force of workers available
From this reading They saw the cables loosened, they saw the gangways cleared, They heard the women weeping, they heard the men who cheered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading --NEWBOLT.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Far off-far off the tumult faded and died away.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Far off-far off the tumult faded and died away.
cut with a saw
From this reading They saw the cables loosened, they saw the gangways cleared, They heard the women weeping, they heard the men who cheered.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading And all alone the sea wind came singing up the Bay.
the act of singing vocal music
From this reading And all alone the sea wind came singing up the Bay.
toward the south
From this reading SOUTHWARD HO!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They saw the cables loosened, they saw the gangways cleared, They heard the women weeping, they heard the men who cheered.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They saw the cables loosened, they saw the gangways cleared, They heard the women weeping, they heard the men who cheered.
a state of commotion and noise and confusion
From this reading Far off-far off the tumult faded and died away.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading And all alone the sea wind came singing up the Bay.
showing sorrow
From this reading They saw the cables loosened, they saw the gangways cleared, They heard the women weeping, they heard the men who cheered.
which person or people
From this reading They saw the cables loosened, they saw the gangways cleared, They heard the women weeping, they heard the men who cheered.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading And all alone the sea wind came singing up the Bay.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading They saw the cables loosened, they saw the gangways cleared, They heard the women weeping, they heard the men who cheered.
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