Chapter 4 of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of is here in full — 324 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of is here in full — 324 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Search for the missing horses. Find one. Hot wind and flying sand. Last horse recovered. Annoyed by flies.
Chapter 4 of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of is here in full — 324 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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aroused to impatience or anger
From this reading “Annoyed by flies.”
(theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains)
From this reading “Annoyed by flies.”
moving swiftly
From this reading “Hot wind and flying sand.”
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading “Hot wind and flying sand.”
not able to be found
From this reading “Search for the missing horses.”
freed from illness or injury
From this reading “Last horse recovered.”
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading “Hot wind and flying sand.”
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading “Search for the missing horses.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Hot wind and flying sand.
aroused to impatience or anger
From this reading Annoyed by flies.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Annoyed by flies.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading Find one.
(theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains)
From this reading Annoyed by flies.
moving swiftly
From this reading Hot wind and flying sand.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Search for the missing horses.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Last horse recovered.
plural of “horse” — solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Search for the missing horses.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading Hot wind and flying sand.
immediately past
From this reading Last horse recovered.
not able to be found
From this reading Search for the missing horses.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Find one.
freed from illness or injury
From this reading Last horse recovered.
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading Hot wind and flying sand.
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
From this reading Search for the missing horses.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Search for the missing horses.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading Hot wind and flying sand.
Chapter 4 of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of by Ernest Giles holds 324 sentences, grouped into 65 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 4 holds 324 sentences of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of, unabridged, divided into 65 reading sections.
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