Chapter 8 of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Leave for the west. Ascend the Alberga. An old building. Rain, thunder, and lightning. Leave Alberga for the north-west.
Chapter 8 of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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travel up
From this reading “Ascend the Alberga.”
a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
From this reading “An old building.”
go away from a place
From this reading “Leave for the west.”
abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
From this reading “Rain, thunder, and lightning.”
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading “An old building.”
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading “Rain, thunder, and lightning.”
move fast, noisily, and heavily
From this reading “Rain, thunder, and lightning.”
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading “Leave for the west.”
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From this reading Ascend the Alberga.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An old building.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Rain, thunder, and lightning.
travel up
From this reading Ascend the Alberga.
a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
From this reading An old building.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Leave for the west.
go away from a place
From this reading Leave for the west.
abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light
From this reading Rain, thunder, and lightning.
to, toward, or in the northwest
From this reading Leave Alberga for the north-west.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading An old building.
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading Rain, thunder, and lightning.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Leave for the west.
move fast, noisily, and heavily
From this reading Rain, thunder, and lightning.
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading Leave for the west.
Chapter 8 of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of by Ernest Giles holds 182 sentences, grouped into 37 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 8 holds 182 sentences of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
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