Chapter 15 of Fire Mountain: A Thrilling Sea Story is here in full — 630 sentences across 126 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Fire Mountain: A Thrilling Sea Story is here in full — 630 sentences across 126 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
IN THE LAZARET It seemed to Martin he was wandering in a vast and thirsty desert. To the very core of his being he was dry. Drink! Drink! With his whole life he lusted drink.
Chapter 15 of Fire Mountain: A Thrilling Sea Story is here in full — 630 sentences across 126 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a small group of indispensable persons or things
From this reading “To the very core of his being he was dry.”
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
From this reading “IN THE LAZARET It seemed to Martin he was wandering in a vast and thirsty desert.”
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
From this reading “To the very core of his being he was dry.”
past form of “lust” — have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
From this reading “With his whole life he lusted drink.”
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading “IN THE LAZARET It seemed to Martin he was wandering in a vast and thirsty desert.”
needing moisture
From this reading “IN THE LAZARET It seemed to Martin he was wandering in a vast and thirsty desert.”
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading “IN THE LAZARET It seemed to Martin he was wandering in a vast and thirsty desert.”
migratory
From this reading “IN THE LAZARET It seemed to Martin he was wandering in a vast and thirsty desert.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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In this reading “To the very core of his being he was dry.”
In this reading “With his whole life he lusted drink.”
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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 IN THE LAZARET It seemed to Martin he was wandering in a vast and thirsty desert.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading IN THE LAZARET It seemed to Martin he was wandering in a vast and thirsty desert.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading To the very core of his being he was dry.
a small group of indispensable persons or things
From this reading To the very core of his being he was dry.
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
From this reading IN THE LAZARET It seemed to Martin he was wandering in a vast and thirsty desert.
take in liquids
From this reading Drink!
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
From this reading To the very core of his being he was dry.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading IN THE LAZARET It seemed to Martin he was wandering in a vast and thirsty desert.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading To the very core of his being he was dry.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN THE LAZARET It seemed to Martin he was wandering in a vast and thirsty desert.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading IN THE LAZARET It seemed to Martin he was wandering in a vast and thirsty desert.
hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy)
From this reading IN THE LAZARET It seemed to Martin he was wandering in a vast and thirsty desert.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading With his whole life he lusted drink.
past form of “lust” — have a craving, appetite, or great desire for
From this reading With his whole life he lusted drink.
French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)
From this reading IN THE LAZARET It seemed to Martin he was wandering in a vast and thirsty desert.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To the very core of his being he was dry.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading IN THE LAZARET It seemed to Martin he was wandering in a vast and thirsty desert.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN THE LAZARET It seemed to Martin he was wandering in a vast and thirsty desert.
needing moisture
From this reading IN THE LAZARET It seemed to Martin he was wandering in a vast and thirsty desert.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading IN THE LAZARET It seemed to Martin he was wandering in a vast and thirsty desert.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading IN THE LAZARET It seemed to Martin he was wandering in a vast and thirsty desert.
precisely as stated
From this reading To the very core of his being he was dry.
migratory
From this reading IN THE LAZARET It seemed to Martin he was wandering in a vast and thirsty desert.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IN THE LAZARET It seemed to Martin he was wandering in a vast and thirsty desert.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading With his whole life he lusted drink.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With his whole life he lusted drink.
Chapter 15 of Fire Mountain: A Thrilling Sea Story by Norman Springer holds 630 sentences, grouped into 126 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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