Chapter 5 of The Voyages of Captain Scott is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Voyages of Captain Scott is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE START OF THE SOUTHERN JOURNEY Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To its full height... ...Shew us here That you are worth your breeding, which I doubt not. For there is none so mean or base That have not noble lustre in your eyes. I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. --SHAKESPEARE.
Chapter 5 of The Voyages of Captain Scott is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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form a curve
From this reading “THE START OF THE SOUTHERN JOURNEY Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To its full height...”
elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
From this reading “...Shew us here That you are worth your breeding, which I doubt not.”
a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain
From this reading “For there is none so mean or base That have not noble lustre in your eyes.”
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
From this reading “--SHAKESPEARE.”
establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
From this reading “...Shew us here That you are worth your breeding, which I doubt not.”
plural of “slip” — a socially awkward or tactless act
From this reading “I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start.”
in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading “THE START OF THE SOUTHERN JOURNEY Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To its full height...”
an intense or violent exertion
From this reading “I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE START OF THE SOUTHERN JOURNEY Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To its full height...
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading ...Shew us here That you are worth your breeding, which I doubt not.
installation from which a military force initiates operations
From this reading For there is none so mean or base That have not noble lustre in your eyes.
form a curve
From this reading THE START OF THE SOUTHERN JOURNEY Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To its full height...
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading THE START OF THE SOUTHERN JOURNEY Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To its full height...
elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
From this reading ...Shew us here That you are worth your breeding, which I doubt not.
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading ...Shew us here That you are worth your breeding, which I doubt not.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading THE START OF THE SOUTHERN JOURNEY Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To its full height...
opinion or judgment
From this reading For there is none so mean or base That have not noble lustre in your eyes.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For there is none so mean or base That have not noble lustre in your eyes.
containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
From this reading THE START OF THE SOUTHERN JOURNEY Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To its full height...
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading THE START OF THE SOUTHERN JOURNEY Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To its full height...
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading For there is none so mean or base That have not noble lustre in your eyes.
the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top
From this reading THE START OF THE SOUTHERN JOURNEY Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To its full height...
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading ...Shew us here That you are worth your breeding, which I doubt not.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading THE START OF THE SOUTHERN JOURNEY Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To its full height...
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ...Shew us here That you are worth your breeding, which I doubt not.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For there is none so mean or base That have not noble lustre in your eyes.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For there is none so mean or base That have not noble lustre in your eyes.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading THE START OF THE SOUTHERN JOURNEY Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To its full height...
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading THE START OF THE SOUTHERN JOURNEY Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To its full height...
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start.
a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain
From this reading For there is none so mean or base That have not noble lustre in your eyes.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading For there is none so mean or base That have not noble lustre in your eyes.
impressive in appearance
From this reading For there is none so mean or base That have not noble lustre in your eyes.
not one, and not any
From this reading For there is none so mean or base That have not noble lustre in your eyes.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ...Shew us here That you are worth your breeding, which I doubt not.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE START OF THE SOUTHERN JOURNEY Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To its full height...
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading For there is none so mean or base That have not noble lustre in your eyes.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start.
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
From this reading --SHAKESPEARE.
establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
From this reading ...Shew us here That you are worth your breeding, which I doubt not.
plural of “slip” — a socially awkward or tactless act
From this reading I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading For there is none so mean or base That have not noble lustre in your eyes.
in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading THE START OF THE SOUTHERN JOURNEY Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To its full height...
the vital principle or animating force within living things
From this reading THE START OF THE SOUTHERN JOURNEY Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To its full height...
be standing; be upright
From this reading I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading THE START OF THE SOUTHERN JOURNEY Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To its full height...
an intense or violent exertion
From this reading I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ...Shew us here That you are worth your breeding, which I doubt not.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE START OF THE SOUTHERN JOURNEY Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To its full height...
in or at that place or location
From this reading For there is none so mean or base That have not noble lustre in your eyes.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE START OF THE SOUTHERN JOURNEY Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To its full height...
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading THE START OF THE SOUTHERN JOURNEY Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit To its full height...
a formal word for “on”
From this reading I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ...Shew us here That you are worth your breeding, which I doubt not.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading ...Shew us here That you are worth your breeding, which I doubt not.
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading ...Shew us here That you are worth your breeding, which I doubt not.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ...Shew us here That you are worth your breeding, which I doubt not.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ...Shew us here That you are worth your breeding, which I doubt not.
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