Chapter 9 of At Home with the Patagonians is here in full — 439 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of At Home with the Patagonians is here in full — 439 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GEYLUM TO PATAGONES. A Sick Camp. -- Oerroè Volcanic Hill. -- Crimè's Deathbed. -- Graviel's Promotion.
Chapter 9 of At Home with the Patagonians is here in full — 439 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading “A Sick Camp.”
the last few hours before death
From this reading “-- Crimè's Deathbed.”
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading “-- Oerroè Volcanic Hill.”
a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
From this reading “-- Graviel's Promotion.”
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading “A Sick Camp.”
relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes
From this reading “-- Oerroè Volcanic Hill.”
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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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A Sick Camp.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading A Sick Camp.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading -- Crimè's Deathbed.
the last few hours before death
From this reading -- Crimè's Deathbed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GEYLUM TO PATAGONES.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading -- Graviel's Promotion.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading -- Oerroè Volcanic Hill.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading -- Oerroè Volcanic Hill.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GEYLUM TO PATAGONES.
a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
From this reading -- Graviel's Promotion.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading A Sick Camp.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading GEYLUM TO PATAGONES.
relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes
From this reading -- Oerroè Volcanic Hill.
Chapter 9 of At Home with the Patagonians by George C. Musters holds 439 sentences, grouped into 88 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 439 sentences of At Home with the Patagonians, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of At Home with the Patagonians by George C. Musters exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 439 sentences, grouped into 88 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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