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Chapter 10 of With Drake on the Spanish Main is here in full — 200 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Amos Tells his Story "Body o' me! Will 'ee squall like babbies? Make for the boat, you howling knaves!" And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction. Dennis rose, and staggered towards the sailor.
Chapter 10 of With Drake on the Spanish Main is here in full — 200 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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treat badly
From this reading “And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction.”
a Hebrew shepherd and minor prophet
From this reading “Amos Tells his Story "Body o' me!”
a long loud emotional utterance
From this reading “Make for the boat, you howling knaves!"”
a message describing how something is to be done
From this reading “And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction.”
plural of “knave” — a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading “Make for the boat, you howling knaves!"”
past form of “launch” — set up or found
From this reading “And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction.”
make high-pitched, whiney noises
From this reading “Will 'ee squall like babbies?”
a speech of violent denunciation
From this reading “And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Dennis rose, and staggered towards the sailor.”
In this reading “And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction.”
In this reading “And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction.”
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 And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction.
treat badly
From this reading And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction.
a Hebrew shepherd and minor prophet
From this reading Amos Tells his Story "Body o' me!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Will 'ee squall like babbies?
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading Make for the boat, you howling knaves!"
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading Amos Tells his Story "Body o' me!
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dennis rose, and staggered towards the sailor.
the branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication
From this reading Will 'ee squall like babbies?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Make for the boat, you howling knaves!"
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Amos Tells his Story "Body o' me!
a long loud emotional utterance
From this reading Make for the boat, you howling knaves!"
a message describing how something is to be done
From this reading And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction.
plural of “knave” — a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
From this reading Make for the boat, you howling knaves!"
past form of “launch” — set up or found
From this reading And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Will 'ee squall like babbies?
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction.
engage in
From this reading Make for the boat, you howling knaves!"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Amos Tells his Story "Body o' me!
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Amos Tells his Story "Body o' me!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading Dennis rose, and staggered towards the sailor.
any member of a ship's crew
From this reading Dennis rose, and staggered towards the sailor.
plural of “sentence” — a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
From this reading And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction.
to a small degree or extent
From this reading And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction.
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
From this reading And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction.
the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain
From this reading And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction.
make high-pitched, whiney noises
From this reading Will 'ee squall like babbies?
past form of “stagger” — walk as if unable to control one's movements
From this reading Dennis rose, and staggered towards the sailor.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading Amos Tells his Story "Body o' me!
plural of “tell” — a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer
From this reading Amos Tells his Story "Body o' me!
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Make for the boat, you howling knaves!"
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction.
a speech of violent denunciation
From this reading And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction.
in the direction of
From this reading Dennis rose, and staggered towards the sailor.
moving with quick light steps
From this reading And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And then Turnpenny launched into a tirade of Spanish abuse, which came somewhat more trippingly from his lips than sentences of sound instruction.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Will 'ee squall like babbies?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Make for the boat, you howling knaves!"
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