Chapter 2 of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
(ILLUSTRATION: VIEW IN THE GLEN OF PALMS.) Milk thistle. In the glen. A serpentine and rocky road. Name a new creek.
Chapter 2 of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading “Name a new creek.”
a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
From this reading “(ILLUSTRATION: VIEW IN THE GLEN OF PALMS.)”
artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading “(ILLUSTRATION: VIEW IN THE GLEN OF PALMS.)”
a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
From this reading “Milk thistle.”
plural of “palm” — the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
From this reading “(ILLUSTRATION: VIEW IN THE GLEN OF PALMS.)”
abounding in rocks or stones
From this reading “A serpentine and rocky road.”
resembling a serpent in form
From this reading “A serpentine and rocky road.”
any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
From this reading “Milk thistle.”
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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 serpentine and rocky road.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A serpentine and rocky road.
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading Name a new creek.
a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
From this reading (ILLUSTRATION: VIEW IN THE GLEN OF PALMS.)
artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
From this reading (ILLUSTRATION: VIEW IN THE GLEN OF PALMS.)
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading (ILLUSTRATION: VIEW IN THE GLEN OF PALMS.)
a white nutritious liquid secreted by mammals and used as food by human beings
From this reading Milk thistle.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Name a new creek.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Name a new creek.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading (ILLUSTRATION: VIEW IN THE GLEN OF PALMS.)
plural of “palm” — the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers
From this reading (ILLUSTRATION: VIEW IN THE GLEN OF PALMS.)
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading A serpentine and rocky road.
abounding in rocks or stones
From this reading A serpentine and rocky road.
resembling a serpent in form
From this reading A serpentine and rocky road.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading (ILLUSTRATION: VIEW IN THE GLEN OF PALMS.)
any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum having prickly-edged leaves
From this reading Milk thistle.
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
From this reading (ILLUSTRATION: VIEW IN THE GLEN OF PALMS.)
Chapter 2 of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of by Ernest Giles holds 159 sentences, grouped into 32 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 2 holds 159 sentences of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
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