Chapter 6 of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of is here in full — 536 sentences across 108 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of is here in full — 536 sentences across 108 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Move the camp to new creek. Revisit the pass. Hornets and diamond birds. More ornamented caves. Map study.
Chapter 6 of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of is here in full — 536 sentences across 108 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading “Hornets and diamond birds.”
plural of “cave” — a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
From this reading “More ornamented caves.”
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading “Move the camp to new creek.”
a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
From this reading “Hornets and diamond birds.”
plural of “hornet” — large stinging paper wasp
From this reading “Hornets and diamond birds.”
make a map of; show or establish the features of details of
From this reading “Map study.”
past form of “ornament” — make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
From this reading “More ornamented caves.”
visit again
From this reading “Revisit the pass.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Hornets and diamond birds.
plural of “bird” — warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading Hornets and diamond birds.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading Move the camp to new creek.
plural of “cave” — a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
From this reading More ornamented caves.
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading Move the camp to new creek.
a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
From this reading Hornets and diamond birds.
plural of “hornet” — large stinging paper wasp
From this reading Hornets and diamond birds.
make a map of; show or establish the features of details of
From this reading Map study.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading More ornamented caves.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Move the camp to new creek.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Move the camp to new creek.
past form of “ornament” — make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.
From this reading More ornamented caves.
go across or through
From this reading Revisit the pass.
visit again
From this reading Revisit the pass.
a detailed critical inspection
From this reading Map study.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Move the camp to new creek.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Move the camp to new creek.
Chapter 6 of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of by Ernest Giles holds 536 sentences, grouped into 108 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 6 holds 536 sentences of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of, unabridged, divided into 108 reading sections.
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