Chapter 23 of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of is here in full — 251 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 23 of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of is here in full — 251 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Depart for Mount Churchman. Yellow-barked trees. Wallaby traps. Sight a low hill. Several salt lakes.
Chapter 23 of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of is here in full — 251 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a clergyman or other person in religious orders
From this reading “Depart for Mount Churchman.”
move away from a place into another direction
From this reading “Depart for Mount Churchman.”
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading “Sight a low hill.”
plural of “lake” — a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading “Several salt lakes.”
attach to a support
From this reading “Depart for Mount Churchman.”
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
From this reading “Several salt lakes.”
plural of “trap” — a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
From this reading “Wallaby traps.”
any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored
From this reading “Wallaby traps.”
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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 Sight a low hill.
a clergyman or other person in religious orders
From this reading Depart for Mount Churchman.
move away from a place into another direction
From this reading Depart for Mount Churchman.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Depart for Mount Churchman.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading Sight a low hill.
plural of “lake” — a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading Several salt lakes.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Sight a low hill.
attach to a support
From this reading Depart for Mount Churchman.
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
From this reading Several salt lakes.
(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
From this reading Several salt lakes.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading Sight a low hill.
plural of “trap” — a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
From this reading Wallaby traps.
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading Yellow-barked trees.
any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored
From this reading Wallaby traps.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yellow-barked trees.
Chapter 23 of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of by Ernest Giles holds 251 sentences, grouped into 51 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 23 holds 251 sentences of Australia Twice Traversed The Romance of, unabridged, divided into 51 reading sections.
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