Chapter 6 of Two little travellers is here in full — 137 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Two little travellers is here in full — 137 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CRUISE OF H.M.S. "DREADNOUGHT." "Shall we call this a boat out at sea, We four sailors rowing? Can you fancy it? Well, as for me, I feel the salt wind blowing.
Chapter 6 of Two little travellers is here in full — 137 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/27 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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processing that involves blowing a gas
From this reading “Well, as for me, I feel the salt wind blowing.”
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading “"Shall we call this a boat out at sea, We four sailors rowing?”
drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure
From this reading “THE CRUISE OF H.M.S.”
battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber
From this reading “"DREADNOUGHT."”
something many people believe that is false
From this reading “Can you fancy it?”
the act of rowing as a sport
From this reading “"Shall we call this a boat out at sea, We four sailors rowing?”
plural of “sailor” — any member of a ship's crew
From this reading “"Shall we call this a boat out at sea, We four sailors rowing?”
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
From this reading “Well, as for me, I feel the salt wind blowing.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 "Shall we call this a boat out at sea, We four sailors rowing?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Well, as for me, I feel the salt wind blowing.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Shall we call this a boat out at sea, We four sailors rowing?
processing that involves blowing a gas
From this reading Well, as for me, I feel the salt wind blowing.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading "Shall we call this a boat out at sea, We four sailors rowing?
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "Shall we call this a boat out at sea, We four sailors rowing?
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Can you fancy it?
drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure
From this reading THE CRUISE OF H.M.S.
battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber
From this reading "DREADNOUGHT."
something many people believe that is false
From this reading Can you fancy it?
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading Well, as for me, I feel the salt wind blowing.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Well, as for me, I feel the salt wind blowing.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading "Shall we call this a boat out at sea, We four sailors rowing?
a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe
From this reading THE CRUISE OF H.M.S.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Well, as for me, I feel the salt wind blowing.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Can you fancy it?
the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)
From this reading THE CRUISE OF H.M.S.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Well, as for me, I feel the salt wind blowing.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE CRUISE OF H.M.S.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "Shall we call this a boat out at sea, We four sailors rowing?
the act of rowing as a sport
From this reading "Shall we call this a boat out at sea, We four sailors rowing?
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading THE CRUISE OF H.M.S.
plural of “sailor” — any member of a ship's crew
From this reading "Shall we call this a boat out at sea, We four sailors rowing?
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
From this reading Well, as for me, I feel the salt wind blowing.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading "Shall we call this a boat out at sea, We four sailors rowing?
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "Shall we call this a boat out at sea, We four sailors rowing?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CRUISE OF H.M.S.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Shall we call this a boat out at sea, We four sailors rowing?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Shall we call this a boat out at sea, We four sailors rowing?
(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, as for me, I feel the salt wind blowing.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading Well, as for me, I feel the salt wind blowing.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Can you fancy it?
Chapter 6 of Two little travellers by Frances Browne Arthur holds 137 sentences, grouped into 28 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.
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