Chapter 10 of The Wizard of the Sea is here in full — 87 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Wizard of the Sea is here in full — 87 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ON THE BACK OF THE MONSTER. Mont was alone on the ocean with nothing but water in sight. Yet his heart did not fail him. "Well," he said aloud, "I like adventures, and now I have met with a beautiful one. Perhaps I shall be picked up.
Chapter 10 of The Wizard of the Sea is here in full — 87 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “adventure” — a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
From this reading “"Well," he said aloud, "I like adventures, and now I have met with a beautiful one.”
using the voice; not silently
From this reading “"Well," he said aloud, "I like adventures, and now I have met with a beautiful one.”
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading “"Well," he said aloud, "I like adventures, and now I have met with a beautiful one.”
fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading “Yet his heart did not fail him.”
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading “"Well," he said aloud, "I like adventures, and now I have met with a beautiful one.”
an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
From this reading “ON THE BACK OF THE MONSTER.”
a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
From this reading “Mont was alone on the ocean with nothing but water in sight.”
past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group
From this reading “Perhaps I shall be picked up.”
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 "Well," he said aloud, "I like adventures, and now I have met with a beautiful one.
plural of “adventure” — a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
From this reading "Well," he said aloud, "I like adventures, and now I have met with a beautiful one.
Having no one else present.
From this reading Mont was alone on the ocean with nothing but water in sight.
using the voice; not silently
From this reading "Well," he said aloud, "I like adventures, and now I have met with a beautiful one.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Well," he said aloud, "I like adventures, and now I have met with a beautiful one.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading ON THE BACK OF THE MONSTER.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Perhaps I shall be picked up.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading "Well," he said aloud, "I like adventures, and now I have met with a beautiful one.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Mont was alone on the ocean with nothing but water in sight.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Yet his heart did not fail him.
fail to do something; leave something undone
From this reading Yet his heart did not fail him.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Well," he said aloud, "I like adventures, and now I have met with a beautiful one.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Well," he said aloud, "I like adventures, and now I have met with a beautiful one.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading Yet his heart did not fail him.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Yet his heart did not fail him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Yet his heart did not fail him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Well," he said aloud, "I like adventures, and now I have met with a beautiful one.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mont was alone on the ocean with nothing but water in sight.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "Well," he said aloud, "I like adventures, and now I have met with a beautiful one.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading "Well," he said aloud, "I like adventures, and now I have met with a beautiful one.
an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts
From this reading ON THE BACK OF THE MONSTER.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mont was alone on the ocean with nothing but water in sight.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Yet his heart did not fail him.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Mont was alone on the ocean with nothing but water in sight.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Well," he said aloud, "I like adventures, and now I have met with a beautiful one.
a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
From this reading Mont was alone on the ocean with nothing but water in sight.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ON THE BACK OF THE MONSTER.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON THE BACK OF THE MONSTER.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Well," he said aloud, "I like adventures, and now I have met with a beautiful one.
by chance
From this reading Perhaps I shall be picked up.
past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group
From this reading Perhaps I shall be picked up.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Well," he said aloud, "I like adventures, and now I have met with a beautiful one.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Perhaps I shall be picked up.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading Mont was alone on the ocean with nothing but water in sight.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ON THE BACK OF THE MONSTER.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Perhaps I shall be picked up.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mont was alone on the ocean with nothing but water in sight.
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 Mont was alone on the ocean with nothing but water in sight.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well," he said aloud, "I like adventures, and now I have met with a beautiful one.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mont was alone on the ocean with nothing but water in sight.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet his heart did not fail him.
Chapter 10 of The Wizard of the Sea by Roy Rockwood holds 87 sentences, grouped into 18 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 10 holds 87 sentences of The Wizard of the Sea, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
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