Chapter 12 of Another Summer is here in full — 24 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Another Summer is here in full — 24 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SITKA. SITKA, July 11, 1892. At six o'clock this morning we arrived here. The weather was warm, tempered by a cool breeze. Not a cloud was in the sky.
Chapter 12 of Another Summer is here in full — 24 sentences across 5 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a slight wind (usually refreshing)
From this reading “The weather was warm, tempered by a cool breeze.”
make overcast or cloudy
From this reading “Not a cloud was in the sky.”
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading “The weather was warm, tempered by a cool breeze.”
the month following June and preceding August
From this reading “SITKA, July 11, 1892.”
according to the clock
From this reading “At six o'clock this morning we arrived here.”
a town in southeastern Alaska that was the capital of Russian America and served as the capital of Alaska from 1867 until 1906
From this reading “SITKA.”
made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
From this reading “The weather was warm, tempered by a cool breeze.”
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading “The weather was warm, tempered by a cool breeze.”
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.
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In this reading “The weather was warm, tempered by a cool breeze.”
In this reading “At six o'clock this morning we arrived here.”
In this reading “At six o'clock this morning we arrived here.”
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From this reading SITKA, July 11, 1892.
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From this reading SITKA, July 11, 1892.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The weather was warm, tempered by a cool breeze.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading At six o'clock this morning we arrived here.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At six o'clock this morning we arrived here.
a slight wind (usually refreshing)
From this reading The weather was warm, tempered by a cool breeze.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The weather was warm, tempered by a cool breeze.
make overcast or cloudy
From this reading Not a cloud was in the sky.
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading The weather was warm, tempered by a cool breeze.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading At six o'clock this morning we arrived here.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Not a cloud was in the sky.
the month following June and preceding August
From this reading SITKA, July 11, 1892.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading At six o'clock this morning we arrived here.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not a cloud was in the sky.
according to the clock
From this reading At six o'clock this morning we arrived here.
a town in southeastern Alaska that was the capital of Russian America and served as the capital of Alaska from 1867 until 1906
From this reading SITKA.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading At six o'clock this morning we arrived here.
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading Not a cloud was in the sky.
made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment
From this reading The weather was warm, tempered by a cool breeze.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The weather was warm, tempered by a cool breeze.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading At six o'clock this morning we arrived here.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading The weather was warm, tempered by a cool breeze.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The weather was warm, tempered by a cool breeze.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading At six o'clock this morning we arrived here.
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading The weather was warm, tempered by a cool breeze.
Chapter 12 of Another Summer by Charles J. Gillis holds 24 sentences, grouped into 5 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 12 holds 24 sentences of Another Summer, unabridged, divided into 5 reading sections.
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