Chapter 27 of Across the Salt Seas is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 27 of Across the Salt Seas is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"LIAR, I WILL KILL YOU!" He had been left behind--and I was here! He whose escape had been arranged for was still a prisoner--I, whose doom had been fixed, was free. What did it mean? What mystery had taken place?
Chapter 27 of Across the Salt Seas is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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disposed or placed in a particular kind of order
From this reading “He whose escape had been arranged for was still a prisoner--I, whose doom had been fixed, was free.”
decree or designate beforehand
From this reading “He whose escape had been arranged for was still a prisoner--I, whose doom had been fixed, was free.”
the act of escaping physically
From this reading “He whose escape had been arranged for was still a prisoner--I, whose doom had been fixed, was free.”
(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
From this reading “He whose escape had been arranged for was still a prisoner--I, whose doom had been fixed, was free.”
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading “"LIAR, I WILL KILL YOU!"”
a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
From this reading “"LIAR, I WILL KILL YOU!"”
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading “What mystery had taken place?”
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading “He whose escape had been arranged for was still a prisoner--I, whose doom had been fixed, was free.”
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 “What mystery had taken place?”
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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 He whose escape had been arranged for was still a prisoner--I, whose doom had been fixed, was free.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had been left behind--and I was here!
disposed or placed in a particular kind of order
From this reading He whose escape had been arranged for was still a prisoner--I, whose doom had been fixed, was free.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had been left behind--and I was here!
at or toward the back of something
From this reading He had been left behind--and I was here!
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading What did it mean?
decree or designate beforehand
From this reading He whose escape had been arranged for was still a prisoner--I, whose doom had been fixed, was free.
the act of escaping physically
From this reading He whose escape had been arranged for was still a prisoner--I, whose doom had been fixed, was free.
(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
From this reading He whose escape had been arranged for was still a prisoner--I, whose doom had been fixed, was free.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He whose escape had been arranged for was still a prisoner--I, whose doom had been fixed, was free.
grant freedom to; free from confinement
From this reading He whose escape had been arranged for was still a prisoner--I, whose doom had been fixed, was free.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had been left behind--and I was here!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had been left behind--and I was here!
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading He had been left behind--and I was here!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "LIAR, I WILL KILL YOU!"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading What did it mean?
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading "LIAR, I WILL KILL YOU!"
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading He had been left behind--and I was here!
a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
From this reading "LIAR, I WILL KILL YOU!"
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading What did it mean?
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
From this reading What mystery had taken place?
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading What mystery had taken place?
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading He whose escape had been arranged for was still a prisoner--I, whose doom had been fixed, was free.
not in physical motion
From this reading He whose escape had been arranged for was still a prisoner--I, whose doom had been fixed, was free.
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading What mystery had taken place?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He had been left behind--and I was here!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What did it mean?
belonging to which person
From this reading He whose escape had been arranged for was still a prisoner--I, whose doom had been fixed, was free.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "LIAR, I WILL KILL YOU!"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "LIAR, I WILL KILL YOU!"
Chapter 27 of Across the Salt Seas by John Bloundelle-Burton holds 111 sentences, grouped into 23 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 27 holds 111 sentences of Across the Salt Seas, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
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