Chapter 17 of Crusoe's Island is here in full — 59 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 17 of Crusoe's Island is here in full — 59 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE DOUBTER'S DYSPEPTIC STORY. Once, when the dyspepsia was bad on me, I went to bed rayther low-spirited, and began to think I was going to die. I thought I couldn't live till morning. My stomach was as hard as a brick-bat, and I was cold all over. The more cover I piled on, the colder I got.
Chapter 17 of Crusoe's Island is here in full — 59 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “Once, when the dyspepsia was bad on me, I went to bed rayther low-spirited, and began to think I was going to die.”
comparative of “cold” — having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading “The more cover I piled on, the colder I got.”
provide with a covering or cause to be covered
From this reading “The more cover I piled on, the colder I got.”
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “Once, when the dyspepsia was bad on me, I went to bed rayther low-spirited, and began to think I was going to die.”
suffering from dyspepsia
From this reading “THE DOUBTER'S DYSPEPTIC STORY.”
filled with melancholy and despondency
From this reading “Once, when the dyspepsia was bad on me, I went to bed rayther low-spirited, and began to think I was going to die.”
past form of “pile” — arrange in stacks
From this reading “The more cover I piled on, the colder I got.”
an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
From this reading “My stomach was as hard as a brick-bat, and I was cold all over.”
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In this reading “I thought I couldn't live till morning.”
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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 My stomach was as hard as a brick-bat, and I was cold all over.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading My stomach was as hard as a brick-bat, and I was cold all over.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Once, when the dyspepsia was bad on me, I went to bed rayther low-spirited, and began to think I was going to die.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading My stomach was as hard as a brick-bat, and I was cold all over.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading Once, when the dyspepsia was bad on me, I went to bed rayther low-spirited, and began to think I was going to die.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading Once, when the dyspepsia was bad on me, I went to bed rayther low-spirited, and began to think I was going to die.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Once, when the dyspepsia was bad on me, I went to bed rayther low-spirited, and began to think I was going to die.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My stomach was as hard as a brick-bat, and I was cold all over.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading My stomach was as hard as a brick-bat, and I was cold all over.
comparative of “cold” — having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading The more cover I piled on, the colder I got.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I thought I couldn't live till morning.
provide with a covering or cause to be covered
From this reading The more cover I piled on, the colder I got.
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Once, when the dyspepsia was bad on me, I went to bed rayther low-spirited, and began to think I was going to die.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE DOUBTER'S DYSPEPTIC STORY.
a disorder of digestive function characterized by discomfort or heartburn or nausea
From this reading Once, when the dyspepsia was bad on me, I went to bed rayther low-spirited, and began to think I was going to die.
suffering from dyspepsia
From this reading THE DOUBTER'S DYSPEPTIC STORY.
the act of departing
From this reading Once, when the dyspepsia was bad on me, I went to bed rayther low-spirited, and began to think I was going to die.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading The more cover I piled on, the colder I got.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading My stomach was as hard as a brick-bat, and I was cold all over.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Once, when the dyspepsia was bad on me, I went to bed rayther low-spirited, and began to think I was going to die.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading I thought I couldn't live till morning.
filled with melancholy and despondency
From this reading Once, when the dyspepsia was bad on me, I went to bed rayther low-spirited, and began to think I was going to die.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Once, when the dyspepsia was bad on me, I went to bed rayther low-spirited, and began to think I was going to die.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading The more cover I piled on, the colder I got.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading I thought I couldn't live till morning.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My stomach was as hard as a brick-bat, and I was cold all over.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Once, when the dyspepsia was bad on me, I went to bed rayther low-spirited, and began to think I was going to die.
on one occasion
From this reading Once, when the dyspepsia was bad on me, I went to bed rayther low-spirited, and began to think I was going to die.
above and across; more than
From this reading My stomach was as hard as a brick-bat, and I was cold all over.
past form of “pile” — arrange in stacks
From this reading The more cover I piled on, the colder I got.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Once, when the dyspepsia was bad on me, I went to bed rayther low-spirited, and began to think I was going to die.
an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
From this reading My stomach was as hard as a brick-bat, and I was cold all over.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading THE DOUBTER'S DYSPEPTIC STORY.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DOUBTER'S DYSPEPTIC STORY.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Once, when the dyspepsia was bad on me, I went to bed rayther low-spirited, and began to think I was going to die.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I thought I couldn't live till morning.
up to a particular time
From this reading I thought I couldn't live till morning.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Once, when the dyspepsia was bad on me, I went to bed rayther low-spirited, and began to think I was going to die.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Once, when the dyspepsia was bad on me, I went to bed rayther low-spirited, and began to think I was going to die.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Once, when the dyspepsia was bad on me, I went to bed rayther low-spirited, and began to think I was going to die.
at the time that
From this reading Once, when the dyspepsia was bad on me, I went to bed rayther low-spirited, and began to think I was going to die.
Chapter 17 of Crusoe's Island by J. Ross (John Ross) Browne holds 59 sentences, grouped into 12 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.
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