Chapter 16 of Young Peggy McQueen is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Young Peggy McQueen is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
White Wings upon the Waves. There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt. “That’s a blackbirder,” said Stransom, “as sure as I’m a sailor. But we shall stop her game, shan’t we, Fitzroy?” There was no time to lose.
Chapter 16 of Young Peggy McQueen is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading “There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.”
very pleasing to the eye
From this reading “There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.”
inflected form of “dwell” — think moodily or anxiously about something
From this reading “There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.”
plural of “native” — an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
From this reading “There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.”
(mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals
From this reading “There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.”
any member of a ship's crew
From this reading ““That’s a blackbirder,” said Stransom, “as sure as I’m a sailor.”
plural of “wave” — one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading “White Wings upon the Waves.”
a means of flight or ascent
From this reading “White Wings upon the Waves.”
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 “White Wings upon the Waves.”
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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 “That’s a blackbirder,” said Stransom, “as sure as I’m a sailor.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “That’s a blackbirder,” said Stransom, “as sure as I’m a sailor.
a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That’s a blackbirder,” said Stransom, “as sure as I’m a sailor.
very pleasing to the eye
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But we shall stop her game, shan’t we, Fitzroy?”
inflected form of “dwell” — think moodily or anxiously about something
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But we shall stop her game, shan’t we, Fitzroy?”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading But we shall stop her game, shan’t we, Fitzroy?”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But we shall stop her game, shan’t we, Fitzroy?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That’s a blackbirder,” said Stransom, “as sure as I’m a sailor.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
and nothing more
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading There was no time to lose.
plural of “native” — an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
not any; not one
From this reading There was no time to lose.
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
(mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “That’s a blackbirder,” said Stransom, “as sure as I’m a sailor.
any member of a ship's crew
From this reading “That’s a blackbirder,” said Stransom, “as sure as I’m a sailor.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading But we shall stop her game, shan’t we, Fitzroy?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But we shall stop her game, shan’t we, Fitzroy?”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
having a supporting base
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
come to a halt, stop moving
From this reading But we shall stop her game, shan’t we, Fitzroy?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That’s a blackbirder,” said Stransom, “as sure as I’m a sailor.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “That’s a blackbirder,” said Stransom, “as sure as I’m a sailor.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That’s a blackbirder,” said Stransom, “as sure as I’m a sailor.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading White Wings upon the Waves.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading There was no time to lose.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading White Wings upon the Waves.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
plural of “wave” — one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
From this reading White Wings upon the Waves.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading But we shall stop her game, shan’t we, Fitzroy?”
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
a Caucasian
From this reading White Wings upon the Waves.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There she was, just rounding the point--the bonnie, white-winged barque--and standing in for the beach near to which the natives dwelt.
a means of flight or ascent
From this reading White Wings upon the Waves.
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