Chapter 15 of Tom Fairfield at Sea is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Tom Fairfield at Sea is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MAKING A BOAT “Say, what’s the matter with you?” burst out Abe. “Do you think I’m crazy, Joe?” “There, there now. It’s all right. You’ll be over it in a little while.
Chapter 15 of Tom Fairfield at Sea is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading “MAKING A BOAT “Say, what’s the matter with you?” burst out Abe.”
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading “MAKING A BOAT “Say, what’s the matter with you?” burst out Abe.”
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading ““Do you think I’m crazy, Joe?””
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading “MAKING A BOAT “Say, what’s the matter with you?” burst out Abe.”
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading “MAKING A BOAT “Say, what’s the matter with you?” burst out Abe.”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “It’s all right.”
express in words
From this reading “MAKING A BOAT “Say, what’s the matter with you?” burst out Abe.”
during the time that
From this reading “You’ll be over it in a little while.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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give sudden release to an expression
In this reading “MAKING A BOAT “Say, what’s the matter with you?” burst out Abe.”
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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 MAKING A BOAT “Say, what’s the matter with you?” burst out Abe.
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From this reading MAKING A BOAT “Say, what’s the matter with you?” burst out Abe.
(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 It’s all right.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading You’ll be over it in a little while.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading MAKING A BOAT “Say, what’s the matter with you?” burst out Abe.
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading MAKING A BOAT “Say, what’s the matter with you?” burst out Abe.
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading “Do you think I’m crazy, Joe?”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Do you think I’m crazy, Joe?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Do you think I’m crazy, Joe?”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You’ll be over it in a little while.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading You’ll be over it in a little while.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Do you think I’m crazy, Joe?”
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading You’ll be over it in a little while.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading MAKING A BOAT “Say, what’s the matter with you?” burst out Abe.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading MAKING A BOAT “Say, what’s the matter with you?” burst out Abe.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “There, there now.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading MAKING A BOAT “Say, what’s the matter with you?” burst out Abe.
above and across; more than
From this reading You’ll be over it in a little while.
precisely, exactly
From this reading It’s all right.
express in words
From this reading MAKING A BOAT “Say, what’s the matter with you?” burst out Abe.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MAKING A BOAT “Say, what’s the matter with you?” burst out Abe.
in or at that place or location
From this reading “There, there now.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading “Do you think I’m crazy, Joe?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MAKING A BOAT “Say, what’s the matter with you?” burst out Abe.
during the time that
From this reading You’ll be over it in a little while.
in the company of; together with
From this reading MAKING A BOAT “Say, what’s the matter with you?” burst out Abe.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading MAKING A BOAT “Say, what’s the matter with you?” burst out Abe.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You’ll be over it in a little while.
Chapter 15 of Tom Fairfield at Sea by Allen Chapman holds 158 sentences, grouped into 32 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 15 holds 158 sentences of Tom Fairfield at Sea, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of Tom Fairfield at Sea by Allen Chapman exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 158 sentences, grouped into 32 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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