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Chapter 12 of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of is here in full — 314 sentences across 63 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Alone. Native signs. A stinking pit. Ninety miles from water. Elder's Creek.
Chapter 12 of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of is here in full — 314 sentences across 63 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 “Elder's Creek.”
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading “Ninety miles from water.”
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
From this reading “Native signs.”
being ten more than eighty
From this reading “Ninety miles from water.”
A large hole in the ground, or an abyss of darkness and peril.
From this reading “A stinking pit.”
plural of “sign” — a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading “Native signs.”
very bad
From this reading “A stinking pit.”
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading “Ninety miles from water.”
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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 stinking pit.
Having no one else present.
From this reading Alone.
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading Elder's Creek.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Elder's Creek.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Ninety miles from water.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading Ninety miles from water.
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
From this reading Native signs.
being ten more than eighty
From this reading Ninety miles from water.
A large hole in the ground, or an abyss of darkness and peril.
From this reading A stinking pit.
plural of “sign” — a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
From this reading Native signs.
very bad
From this reading A stinking pit.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Ninety miles from water.
Chapter 12 of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of by Ernest Giles holds 314 sentences, grouped into 63 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 12 holds 314 sentences of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of, unabridged, divided into 63 reading sections.
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