Chapter 6 of The Weathercock is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Weathercock is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Indeed! Then what do you call an Atlantic liner, with the propeller in its tail?" "But that swims on the top of the water." "Of course it does, because the people on board require air to breathe. Otherwise it could be made to swim beneath the water as a fish does, and at twenty miles an hour."
Chapter 6 of The Weathercock is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east
From this reading “Then what do you call an Atlantic liner, with the propeller in its tail?"”
draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
From this reading “"Of course it does, because the people on board require air to breathe.”
(baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter
From this reading “Then what do you call an Atlantic liner, with the propeller in its tail?"”
a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water
From this reading “Then what do you call an Atlantic liner, with the propeller in its tail?"”
require as useful, just, or proper
From this reading “"Of course it does, because the people on board require air to breathe.”
travel through water
From this reading “Otherwise it could be made to swim beneath the water as a fish does, and at twenty miles an hour."”
plural of “swim” — the act of swimming
From this reading “"But that swims on the top of the water."”
the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
From this reading “Then what do you call an Atlantic liner, with the propeller in its tail?"”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Otherwise it could be made to swim beneath the water as a fish does, and at twenty miles an hour."
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading "Of course it does, because the people on board require air to breathe.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Then what do you call an Atlantic liner, with the propeller in its tail?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Otherwise it could be made to swim beneath the water as a fish does, and at twenty miles an hour."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Otherwise it could be made to swim beneath the water as a fish does, and at twenty miles an hour."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Otherwise it could be made to swim beneath the water as a fish does, and at twenty miles an hour."
the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east
From this reading Then what do you call an Atlantic liner, with the propeller in its tail?"
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Otherwise it could be made to swim beneath the water as a fish does, and at twenty miles an hour."
for the reason that
From this reading "Of course it does, because the people on board require air to breathe.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Otherwise it could be made to swim beneath the water as a fish does, and at twenty miles an hour."
a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading "Of course it does, because the people on board require air to breathe.
draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
From this reading "Of course it does, because the people on board require air to breathe.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But that swims on the top of the water."
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Then what do you call an Atlantic liner, with the propeller in its tail?"
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Otherwise it could be made to swim beneath the water as a fish does, and at twenty miles an hour."
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading "Of course it does, because the people on board require air to breathe.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Then what do you call an Atlantic liner, with the propeller in its tail?"
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Of course it does, because the people on board require air to breathe.
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading Otherwise it could be made to swim beneath the water as a fish does, and at twenty miles an hour."
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading Otherwise it could be made to swim beneath the water as a fish does, and at twenty miles an hour."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then what do you call an Atlantic liner, with the propeller in its tail?"
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading "Indeed!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Of course it does, because the people on board require air to breathe.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Then what do you call an Atlantic liner, with the propeller in its tail?"
(baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter
From this reading Then what do you call an Atlantic liner, with the propeller in its tail?"
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Otherwise it could be made to swim beneath the water as a fish does, and at twenty miles an hour."
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading Otherwise it could be made to swim beneath the water as a fish does, and at twenty miles an hour."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "But that swims on the top of the water."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "But that swims on the top of the water."
in other respects or ways
From this reading Otherwise it could be made to swim beneath the water as a fish does, and at twenty miles an hour."
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading "Of course it does, because the people on board require air to breathe.
a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water
From this reading Then what do you call an Atlantic liner, with the propeller in its tail?"
require as useful, just, or proper
From this reading "Of course it does, because the people on board require air to breathe.
travel through water
From this reading Otherwise it could be made to swim beneath the water as a fish does, and at twenty miles an hour."
plural of “swim” — the act of swimming
From this reading "But that swims on the top of the water."
the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
From this reading Then what do you call an Atlantic liner, with the propeller in its tail?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "But that swims on the top of the water."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then what do you call an Atlantic liner, with the propeller in its tail?"
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then what do you call an Atlantic liner, with the propeller in its tail?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Of course it does, because the people on board require air to breathe.
the upper part of anything
From this reading "But that swims on the top of the water."
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading Otherwise it could be made to swim beneath the water as a fish does, and at twenty miles an hour."
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 "But that swims on the top of the water."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Then what do you call an Atlantic liner, with the propeller in its tail?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then what do you call an Atlantic liner, with the propeller in its tail?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Then what do you call an Atlantic liner, with the propeller in its tail?"
Chapter 6 of The Weathercock by George Manville Fenn holds 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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 6 holds 406 sentences of The Weathercock, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of The Weathercock by George Manville Fenn exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 406 sentences, grouped into 82 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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