Chapter 16 of A Ticket to Adventure is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVI
Chapter 16 of A Ticket to Adventure is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE BLACK SEAL’S TOOTH Florence stopped short in her tracks. It was early next morning. She had wandered some distance from camp. Bending over, she picked something from the snow. That something was brightly colored orange and green.
Chapter 16 of A Ticket to Adventure is here in full — 224 sentences across 45 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
movement that causes the formation of a curve
From this reading “Bending over, she picked something from the snow.”
with brightness
From this reading “That something was brightly colored orange and green.”
having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
From this reading “That something was brightly colored orange and green.”
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading “THE BLACK SEAL’S TOOTH Florence stopped short in her tracks.”
round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
From this reading “That something was brightly colored orange and green.”
possessive form of “seal” — fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense
From this reading “THE BLACK SEAL’S TOOTH Florence stopped short in her tracks.”
plural of “track” — a line or route along which something travels or moves
From this reading “THE BLACK SEAL’S TOOTH Florence stopped short in her tracks.”
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 “That something was brightly colored orange and green.”
In this reading “It was early next morning.”
In this reading “She had wandered some distance from camp.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That something was brightly colored orange and green.
movement that causes the formation of a curve
From this reading Bending over, she picked something from the snow.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading THE BLACK SEAL’S TOOTH Florence stopped short in her tracks.
with brightness
From this reading That something was brightly colored orange and green.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading She had wandered some distance from camp.
having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
From this reading That something was brightly colored orange and green.
the property created by the space between two objects or points
From this reading She had wandered some distance from camp.
at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
From this reading It was early next morning.
a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries
From this reading THE BLACK SEAL’S TOOTH Florence stopped short in her tracks.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She had wandered some distance from camp.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading That something was brightly colored orange and green.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had wandered some distance from camp.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE BLACK SEAL’S TOOTH Florence stopped short in her tracks.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE BLACK SEAL’S TOOTH Florence stopped short in her tracks.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was early next morning.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading It was early next morning.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading It was early next morning.
round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees
From this reading That something was brightly colored orange and green.
above and across; more than
From this reading Bending over, she picked something from the snow.
past form of “pick” — select carefully from a group
From this reading Bending over, she picked something from the snow.
possessive form of “seal” — fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
From this reading THE BLACK SEAL’S TOOTH Florence stopped short in her tracks.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had wandered some distance from camp.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading THE BLACK SEAL’S TOOTH Florence stopped short in her tracks.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading Bending over, she picked something from the snow.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading She had wandered some distance from camp.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Bending over, she picked something from the snow.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading THE BLACK SEAL’S TOOTH Florence stopped short in her tracks.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That something was brightly colored orange and green.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BLACK SEAL’S TOOTH Florence stopped short in her tracks.
hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense
From this reading THE BLACK SEAL’S TOOTH Florence stopped short in her tracks.
plural of “track” — a line or route along which something travels or moves
From this reading THE BLACK SEAL’S TOOTH Florence stopped short in her tracks.
past form of “wander” — move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
From this reading She had wandered some distance from camp.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was early next morning.
Chapter 16 of A Ticket to Adventure by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 224 sentences, grouped into 45 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 16 holds 224 sentences of A Ticket to Adventure, unabridged, divided into 45 reading sections.
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