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Bomba the jungle boy on Jaguar Island
Bomba the jungle boy on Jaguar Island

Chapter VII

Chapter 7 of Bomba the jungle boy on Jaguar Island is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 7 of Bomba the jungle boy on Jaguar Island by Roy Rockwood holds 127 sentences, grouped into 26 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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.

What does chapter 7 of Bomba the jungle boy on Jaguar Island contain?

Chapter 7 holds 127 sentences of Bomba the jungle boy on Jaguar Island, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 7 of Bomba the jungle boy on Jaguar Island by Roy Rockwood exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 127 sentences, grouped into 26 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

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Work through the 26 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 26 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

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Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #72088, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 259 minutes of reading across 624 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Bomba the jungle boy on Jaguar Island

Words and structures a reader meets early in Bomba the jungle boy on Jaguar Island, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Adrift
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River
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A PERILOUS CROSSING Beneath him the waters roared and thundered.
Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.
Underfoot the trunk was like glass.
The slightest misstep might mean disaster.
But Bomba advanced steadily, scarcely troubled by the light weight of the squaw.
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Bomba the jungle boy on Jaguar Island

Chapter VII

Chapter 7 of Bomba the jungle boy on Jaguar Island is here in full — 127 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/26 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
A PERILOUS CROSSING Beneath him the waters roared and thundered.
Line 2
Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.
Line 3
Underfoot the trunk was like glass.
Line 4
The slightest misstep might mean disaster.
Line 5
But Bomba advanced steadily, scarcely troubled by the light weight of the squaw.

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Beneath preposition US /bɪˈniːθ/

Directly under; in or to a lower position than.

From this reading “A PERILOUS CROSSING Beneath him the waters roared and thundered.”

Might modal verb US /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading “The slightest misstep might mean disaster.”

All words in this reading · 41

Every word is available to listen to. Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading A PERILOUS CROSSING Beneath him the waters roared and thundered.

advanced

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading But Bomba advanced steadily, scarcely troubled by the light weight of the squaw.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading A PERILOUS CROSSING Beneath him the waters roared and thundered.

BeneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/

Directly under; in or to a lower position than.

From this reading A PERILOUS CROSSING Beneath him the waters roared and thundered.

besought

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.

Bomba

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From this reading Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading But Bomba advanced steadily, scarcely troubled by the light weight of the squaw.

cries

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.

CROSSING

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading A PERILOUS CROSSING Beneath him the waters roared and thundered.

deaf

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.

disaster

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The slightest misstep might mean disaster.

ears

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.

glass

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Underfoot the trunk was like glass.

gods

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading A PERILOUS CROSSING Beneath him the waters roared and thundered.

light

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading But Bomba advanced steadily, scarcely troubled by the light weight of the squaw.

like

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Underfoot the trunk was like glass.

mean

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The slightest misstep might mean disaster.

mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading The slightest misstep might mean disaster.

misstep

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The slightest misstep might mean disaster.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.

PERILOUS

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading A PERILOUS CROSSING Beneath him the waters roared and thundered.

Pipina

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.

roared

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading A PERILOUS CROSSING Beneath him the waters roared and thundered.

scarcely

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading But Bomba advanced steadily, scarcely troubled by the light weight of the squaw.

slightest

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The slightest misstep might mean disaster.

squaw

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading But Bomba advanced steadily, scarcely troubled by the light weight of the squaw.

steadily

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading But Bomba advanced steadily, scarcely troubled by the light weight of the squaw.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading A PERILOUS CROSSING Beneath him the waters roared and thundered.

thundered

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading A PERILOUS CROSSING Beneath him the waters roared and thundered.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.

troubled

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading But Bomba advanced steadily, scarcely troubled by the light weight of the squaw.

trunk

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Underfoot the trunk was like glass.

Underfoot

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Underfoot the trunk was like glass.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Underfoot the trunk was like glass.

waters

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading A PERILOUS CROSSING Beneath him the waters roared and thundered.

weight

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading But Bomba advanced steadily, scarcely troubled by the light weight of the squaw.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.

whimpered

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Pipina whimpered and besought her gods, but the ears of Bomba were deaf to her cries.