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Chapter XV · Gore and Dreams

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It was a two-masted felucca with lateen sails!
The craft was long and low.
In it were more than fifty men, twenty or thirty of whom were at oars with which the craft was being propelled from the lee of the land.
I was dumbfounded.
Could it be that the savage, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed?
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Pellucidar

Chapter XV · Gore and Dreams

Reading 1/42 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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It was a two-masted felucca with lateen sails!
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The craft was long and low.
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In it were more than fifty men, twenty or thirty of whom were at oars with which the craft was being propelled from the lee of the land.
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I was dumbfounded.
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Could it be that the savage, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed?

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Art auxiliary verb US /ɑːrt/

an old form of “are”, used with “thou”

From this reading “Could it be that the savage, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed?”

Being auxiliary verb US /ˈbiːɪŋ/

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading “In it were more than fifty men, twenty or thirty of whom were at oars with which the craft was being propelled from the lee of the land.”

Could modal verb US /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading “Could it be that the savage, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed?”

Craft noun US /kræft/

a boat or ship in this chapter’s sailing situation

From this reading “The craft was long and low.”

Long noun US /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The craft was long and low.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading It was a two-masted felucca with lateen sails!

advanced

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From this reading Could it be that the savage, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed?

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The craft was long and low.

artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/

an old form of “are”, used with “thou”

From this reading Could it be that the savage, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed?

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Could it be that the savage, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed?

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading In it were more than fifty men, twenty or thirty of whom were at oars with which the craft was being propelled from the lee of the land.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Could it be that the savage, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed?

beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading In it were more than fifty men, twenty or thirty of whom were at oars with which the craft was being propelled from the lee of the land.

building

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From this reading Could it be that the savage, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed?

Couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading Could it be that the savage, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed?

craftnounUS /kræft/

a boat or ship in this chapter’s sailing situation

From this reading The craft was long and low.

dumbfounded

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From this reading I was dumbfounded.

felucca

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From this reading It was a two-masted felucca with lateen sails!

fifty

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From this reading In it were more than fifty men, twenty or thirty of whom were at oars with which the craft was being propelled from the lee of the land.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading In it were more than fifty men, twenty or thirty of whom were at oars with which the craft was being propelled from the lee of the land.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Could it be that the savage, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed?

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I was dumbfounded.

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading In it were more than fifty men, twenty or thirty of whom were at oars with which the craft was being propelled from the lee of the land.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was a two-masted felucca with lateen sails!

land

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From this reading In it were more than fifty men, twenty or thirty of whom were at oars with which the craft was being propelled from the lee of the land.

lateen

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From this reading It was a two-masted felucca with lateen sails!

lee

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From this reading In it were more than fifty men, twenty or thirty of whom were at oars with which the craft was being propelled from the lee of the land.

longnounUS /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The craft was long and low.

low

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From this reading The craft was long and low.

masters

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From this reading Could it be that the savage, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed?

men

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From this reading In it were more than fifty men, twenty or thirty of whom were at oars with which the craft was being propelled from the lee of the land.

more

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From this reading In it were more than fifty men, twenty or thirty of whom were at oars with which the craft was being propelled from the lee of the land.

natives

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From this reading Could it be that the savage, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed?

navigation

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From this reading Could it be that the savage, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed?

oars

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From this reading In it were more than fifty men, twenty or thirty of whom were at oars with which the craft was being propelled from the lee of the land.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading In it were more than fifty men, twenty or thirty of whom were at oars with which the craft was being propelled from the lee of the land.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Could it be that the savage, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed?

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading In it were more than fifty men, twenty or thirty of whom were at oars with which the craft was being propelled from the lee of the land.

painted

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From this reading Could it be that the savage, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed?

perfected

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From this reading Could it be that the savage, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed?

proclaimed

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From this reading Could it be that the savage, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed?

propelled

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From this reading In it were more than fifty men, twenty or thirty of whom were at oars with which the craft was being propelled from the lee of the land.

rigging

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From this reading Could it be that the savage, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed?

sails

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From this reading It was a two-masted felucca with lateen sails!

savage

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From this reading Could it be that the savage, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed?

seen

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From this reading Could it be that the savage, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed?

shore

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From this reading Could it be that the savage, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed?

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Could it be that the savage, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed?

suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading Could it be that the savage, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed?

thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading In it were more than fifty men, twenty or thirty of whom were at oars with which the craft was being propelled from the lee of the land.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Could it be that the savage, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed?

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The craft was long and low.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Could it be that the savage, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed?

thirty

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From this reading In it were more than fifty men, twenty or thirty of whom were at oars with which the craft was being propelled from the lee of the land.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Could it be that the savage, painted natives I had seen on shore had so perfected the art of navigation that they were masters of such advanced building and rigging as this craft proclaimed?

twenty

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From this reading In it were more than fifty men, twenty or thirty of whom were at oars with which the craft was being propelled from the lee of the land.

two-masted

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From this reading It was a two-masted felucca with lateen sails!

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It was a two-masted felucca with lateen sails!

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading In it were more than fifty men, twenty or thirty of whom were at oars with which the craft was being propelled from the lee of the land.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading In it were more than fifty men, twenty or thirty of whom were at oars with which the craft was being propelled from the lee of the land.

whompronounUS /huːm/

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading In it were more than fifty men, twenty or thirty of whom were at oars with which the craft was being propelled from the lee of the land.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading It was a two-masted felucca with lateen sails!