Chapter 6 of Dagonet Abroad is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Dagonet Abroad is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GRANADA AND THE ALHAMBRA AND CORDOBA. The journey from Seville to Granada is a fearful affair. The distance is only 179 miles, but it takes all day. Directly you come into the province of Granada the train is besieged with beggars. At every station ragged boys leap up on the steps of the carriages and whine for alms.
Chapter 6 of Dagonet Abroad is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a fortified Moorish palace built near Granada by Muslim kings in the Middle Ages
From this reading “GRANADA AND THE ALHAMBRA AND CORDOBA.”
money or goods contributed to the poor
From this reading “At every station ragged boys leap up on the steps of the carriages and whine for alms.”
plural of “beggar” — a pauper who lives by begging
From this reading “Directly you come into the province of Granada the train is besieged with beggars.”
surrounded by hostile forces
From this reading “Directly you come into the province of Granada the train is besieged with beggars.”
the basic unit of money in Nicaragua; equal to 100 centavos
From this reading “GRANADA AND THE ALHAMBRA AND CORDOBA.”
a city in southeastern Spain that was the capital of the Moorish kingdom until it was captured by Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492
From this reading “GRANADA AND THE ALHAMBRA AND CORDOBA.”
a city in southwestern Spain; a major port and cultural center; the capital of bullfighting in Spain
From this reading “The journey from Seville to Granada is a fearful affair.”
move with a whining sound
From this reading “At every station ragged boys leap up on the steps of the carriages and whine for alms.”
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In this reading “At every station ragged boys leap up on the steps of the carriages and whine for alms.”
In this reading “At every station ragged boys leap up on the steps of the carriages and whine for alms.”
obtain, especially accidentally
In this reading “Directly you come into the province of Granada the train is besieged with beggars.”
In this reading “The distance is only 179 miles, but it takes all day.”
In this reading “At every station ragged boys leap up on the steps of the carriages and whine for alms.”
In this reading “The journey from Seville to Granada is a fearful affair.”
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From this reading The distance is only 179 miles, but it takes all day.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The journey from Seville to Granada is a fearful affair.
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading The journey from Seville to Granada is a fearful affair.
a fortified Moorish palace built near Granada by Muslim kings in the Middle Ages
From this reading GRANADA AND THE ALHAMBRA AND CORDOBA.
(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 The distance is only 179 miles, but it takes all day.
money or goods contributed to the poor
From this reading At every station ragged boys leap up on the steps of the carriages and whine for alms.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading GRANADA AND THE ALHAMBRA AND CORDOBA.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At every station ragged boys leap up on the steps of the carriages and whine for alms.
plural of “beggar” — a pauper who lives by begging
From this reading Directly you come into the province of Granada the train is besieged with beggars.
surrounded by hostile forces
From this reading Directly you come into the province of Granada the train is besieged with beggars.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading At every station ragged boys leap up on the steps of the carriages and whine for alms.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The distance is only 179 miles, but it takes all day.
plural of “carriage” — a railcar where passengers ride
From this reading At every station ragged boys leap up on the steps of the carriages and whine for alms.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Directly you come into the province of Granada the train is besieged with beggars.
the basic unit of money in Nicaragua; equal to 100 centavos
From this reading GRANADA AND THE ALHAMBRA AND CORDOBA.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading The distance is only 179 miles, but it takes all day.
without deviation
From this reading Directly you come into the province of Granada the train is besieged with beggars.
the property created by the space between two objects or points
From this reading The distance is only 179 miles, but it takes all day.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading At every station ragged boys leap up on the steps of the carriages and whine for alms.
experiencing or showing fear
From this reading The journey from Seville to Granada is a fearful affair.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading At every station ragged boys leap up on the steps of the carriages and whine for alms.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The journey from Seville to Granada is a fearful affair.
a city in southeastern Spain that was the capital of the Moorish kingdom until it was captured by Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492
From this reading GRANADA AND THE ALHAMBRA AND CORDOBA.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Directly you come into the province of Granada the train is besieged with beggars.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The journey from Seville to Granada is a fearful affair.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The distance is only 179 miles, but it takes all day.
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading The journey from Seville to Granada is a fearful affair.
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
From this reading At every station ragged boys leap up on the steps of the carriages and whine for alms.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading The distance is only 179 miles, but it takes all day.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Directly you come into the province of Granada the train is besieged with beggars.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading At every station ragged boys leap up on the steps of the carriages and whine for alms.
and nothing more
From this reading The distance is only 179 miles, but it takes all day.
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
From this reading Directly you come into the province of Granada the train is besieged with beggars.
being or dressed in clothes that are worn or torn
From this reading At every station ragged boys leap up on the steps of the carriages and whine for alms.
a city in southwestern Spain; a major port and cultural center; the capital of bullfighting in Spain
From this reading The journey from Seville to Granada is a fearful affair.
a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
From this reading At every station ragged boys leap up on the steps of the carriages and whine for alms.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading At every station ragged boys leap up on the steps of the carriages and whine for alms.
plural of “take” — the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
From this reading The distance is only 179 miles, but it takes all day.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading GRANADA AND THE ALHAMBRA AND CORDOBA.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The journey from Seville to Granada is a fearful affair.
create by training and teaching
From this reading Directly you come into the province of Granada the train is besieged with beggars.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading At every station ragged boys leap up on the steps of the carriages and whine for alms.
move with a whining sound
From this reading At every station ragged boys leap up on the steps of the carriages and whine for alms.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Directly you come into the province of Granada the train is besieged with beggars.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Directly you come into the province of Granada the train is besieged with beggars.
Chapter 6 of Dagonet Abroad by George R. (George Robert) Sims holds 141 sentences, grouped into 29 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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