Chapter 17 of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of is here in full — 338 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of is here in full — 338 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Gibson and I depart for the west. His brother with Franklin. Desert oaks. Smoked horse. Ants innumerable.
Chapter 17 of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of is here in full — 338 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “ant” — social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
From this reading “Ants innumerable.”
move away from a place into another direction
From this reading “Gibson and I depart for the west.”
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
From this reading “Desert oaks.”
United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915)
From this reading “His brother with Franklin.”
United States illustrator remembered for his creation of the “Gibson girl” (1867-1944)
From this reading “Gibson and I depart for the west.”
too numerous to be counted
From this reading “Ants innumerable.”
plural of “oak” — the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
From this reading “Desert oaks.”
(used especially of meats and fish) dried and cured by hanging in wood smoke
From this reading “Smoked horse.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Gibson and I depart for the west.
plural of “ant” — social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
From this reading Ants innumerable.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading His brother with Franklin.
move away from a place into another direction
From this reading Gibson and I depart for the west.
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
From this reading Desert oaks.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Gibson and I depart for the west.
United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915)
From this reading His brother with Franklin.
United States illustrator remembered for his creation of the “Gibson girl” (1867-1944)
From this reading Gibson and I depart for the west.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His brother with Franklin.
solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
From this reading Smoked horse.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Gibson and I depart for the west.
too numerous to be counted
From this reading Ants innumerable.
plural of “oak” — the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring
From this reading Desert oaks.
(used especially of meats and fish) dried and cured by hanging in wood smoke
From this reading Smoked horse.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Gibson and I depart for the west.
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
From this reading Gibson and I depart for the west.
in the company of; together with
From this reading His brother with Franklin.
Chapter 17 of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of by Ernest Giles holds 338 sentences, grouped into 68 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 17 holds 338 sentences of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of, unabridged, divided into 68 reading sections.
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