Chapter 9 of Across Unknown South America is here in full — 623 sentences across 125 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Across Unknown South America is here in full — 623 sentences across 125 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Wild Animals--An Immense Chasm--Interesting Cloud Effects ON May 31st (thermometer min. 56 deg., max. 74 deg. Fahr.) I decided to abandon the missing horse and proceed on my journey. I suspected, with reason, that the animal had been stolen.
Chapter 9 of Across Unknown South America is here in full — 623 sentences across 125 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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forsake, leave behind
From this reading “Fahr.) I decided to abandon the missing horse and proceed on my journey.”
a deep opening in the earth's surface
From this reading “Wild Animals--An Immense Chasm--Interesting Cloud Effects ON May 31st (thermometer min.”
property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business
From this reading “Wild Animals--An Immense Chasm--Interesting Cloud Effects ON May 31st (thermometer min.”
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
From this reading “56 deg., max.”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “Wild Animals--An Immense Chasm--Interesting Cloud Effects ON May 31st (thermometer min.”
not able to be found
From this reading “Fahr.) I decided to abandon the missing horse and proceed on my journey.”
inflected form of “steal” — take without the owner's consent
From this reading “I suspected, with reason, that the animal had been stolen.”
measuring instrument for measuring temperature
From this reading “Wild Animals--An Immense Chasm--Interesting Cloud Effects ON May 31st (thermometer min.”
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From this reading Wild Animals--An Immense Chasm--Interesting Cloud Effects ON May 31st (thermometer min.
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From this reading 56 deg., max.
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From this reading 74 deg.
forsake, leave behind
From this reading Fahr.) I decided to abandon the missing horse and proceed on my journey.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Wild Animals--An Immense Chasm--Interesting Cloud Effects ON May 31st (thermometer min.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Fahr.) I decided to abandon the missing horse and proceed on my journey.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading I suspected, with reason, that the animal had been stolen.
plural of “animal” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading Wild Animals--An Immense Chasm--Interesting Cloud Effects ON May 31st (thermometer min.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I suspected, with reason, that the animal had been stolen.
a deep opening in the earth's surface
From this reading Wild Animals--An Immense Chasm--Interesting Cloud Effects ON May 31st (thermometer min.
make overcast or cloudy
From this reading Wild Animals--An Immense Chasm--Interesting Cloud Effects ON May 31st (thermometer min.
recognizable; marked
From this reading Fahr.) I decided to abandon the missing horse and proceed on my journey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 56 deg., max.
property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business
From this reading Wild Animals--An Immense Chasm--Interesting Cloud Effects ON May 31st (thermometer min.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Fahr.) I decided to abandon the missing horse and proceed on my journey.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I suspected, with reason, that the animal had been stolen.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Fahr.) I decided to abandon the missing horse and proceed on my journey.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Fahr.) I decided to abandon the missing horse and proceed on my journey.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading Wild Animals--An Immense Chasm--Interesting Cloud Effects ON May 31st (thermometer min.
arousing or holding the attention
From this reading Wild Animals--An Immense Chasm--Interesting Cloud Effects ON May 31st (thermometer min.
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading Fahr.) I decided to abandon the missing horse and proceed on my journey.
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
From this reading 56 deg., max.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Wild Animals--An Immense Chasm--Interesting Cloud Effects ON May 31st (thermometer min.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading Wild Animals--An Immense Chasm--Interesting Cloud Effects ON May 31st (thermometer min.
not able to be found
From this reading Fahr.) I decided to abandon the missing horse and proceed on my journey.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Fahr.) I decided to abandon the missing horse and proceed on my journey.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Wild Animals--An Immense Chasm--Interesting Cloud Effects ON May 31st (thermometer min.
continue talking
From this reading Fahr.) I decided to abandon the missing horse and proceed on my journey.
a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading I suspected, with reason, that the animal had been stolen.
inflected form of “steal” — take without the owner's consent
From this reading I suspected, with reason, that the animal had been stolen.
believed likely
From this reading I suspected, with reason, that the animal had been stolen.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I suspected, with reason, that the animal had been stolen.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Fahr.) I decided to abandon the missing horse and proceed on my journey.
measuring instrument for measuring temperature
From this reading Wild Animals--An Immense Chasm--Interesting Cloud Effects ON May 31st (thermometer min.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Fahr.) I decided to abandon the missing horse and proceed on my journey.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading Wild Animals--An Immense Chasm--Interesting Cloud Effects ON May 31st (thermometer min.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I suspected, with reason, that the animal had been stolen.
Chapter 9 of Across Unknown South America by Arnold Henry Savage Landor holds 623 sentences, grouped into 125 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 9 holds 623 sentences of Across Unknown South America, unabridged, divided into 125 reading sections.
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