Chapter 2 of Buried Cities, Volume 1: Pompeii is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Buried Cities, Volume 1: Pompeii is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
So for two hours or more Tetreius and his men fought for safety. Then they came out into fresher air and calmer water. Tetreius left the rudder. "Let the men rest and thank the gods," he said to his overseer. "We have come up out of the grave."
Chapter 2 of Buried Cities, Volume 1: Pompeii is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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comparative of “calm” — not agitated; without losing self-possession
From this reading “Then they came out into fresher air and calmer water.”
inflected form of “fight” — be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading “So for two hours or more Tetreius and his men fought for safety.”
a first-year undergraduate
From this reading “Then they came out into fresher air and calmer water.”
plural of “god” — the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading “"Let the men rest and thank the gods," he said to his overseer.”
death of a person
From this reading “"We have come up out of the grave."”
a person who directs and manages an organization
From this reading “"Let the men rest and thank the gods," he said to his overseer.”
a hinged vertical airfoil mounted at the tail of an aircraft and used to make horizontal course changes
From this reading “Tetreius left the rudder.”
the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
From this reading “So for two hours or more Tetreius and his men fought for safety.”
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a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading Then they came out into fresher air and calmer water.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So for two hours or more Tetreius and his men fought for safety.
comparative of “calm” — not agitated; without losing self-possession
From this reading Then they came out into fresher air and calmer water.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Then they came out into fresher air and calmer water.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "We have come up out of the grave."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading So for two hours or more Tetreius and his men fought for safety.
inflected form of “fight” — be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading So for two hours or more Tetreius and his men fought for safety.
a first-year undergraduate
From this reading Then they came out into fresher air and calmer water.
plural of “god” — the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading "Let the men rest and thank the gods," he said to his overseer.
death of a person
From this reading "We have come up out of the grave."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "We have come up out of the grave."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Let the men rest and thank the gods," he said to his overseer.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading So for two hours or more Tetreius and his men fought for safety.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading So for two hours or more Tetreius and his men fought for safety.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Then they came out into fresher air and calmer water.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Tetreius left the rudder.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "Let the men rest and thank the gods," he said to his overseer.
the force of workers available
From this reading So for two hours or more Tetreius and his men fought for safety.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading So for two hours or more Tetreius and his men fought for safety.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "We have come up out of the grave."
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading So for two hours or more Tetreius and his men fought for safety.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Then they came out into fresher air and calmer water.
a person who directs and manages an organization
From this reading "Let the men rest and thank the gods," he said to his overseer.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading "Let the men rest and thank the gods," he said to his overseer.
a hinged vertical airfoil mounted at the tail of an aircraft and used to make horizontal course changes
From this reading Tetreius left the rudder.
the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
From this reading So for two hours or more Tetreius and his men fought for safety.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Let the men rest and thank the gods," he said to his overseer.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So for two hours or more Tetreius and his men fought for safety.
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From this reading So for two hours or more Tetreius and his men fought for safety.
express gratitude or show appreciation to
From this reading "Let the men rest and thank the gods," he said to his overseer.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Tetreius left the rudder.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then they came out into fresher air and calmer water.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then they came out into fresher air and calmer water.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Let the men rest and thank the gods," he said to his overseer.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading So for two hours or more Tetreius and his men fought for safety.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "We have come up out of the grave."
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 Then they came out into fresher air and calmer water.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We have come up out of the grave."
Chapter 2 of Buried Cities, Volume 1: Pompeii by Jennie Hall holds 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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.
Chapter 2 holds 416 sentences of Buried Cities, Volume 1: Pompeii, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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