Chapter 6 of Frank Reade Jr.'s Submarine Boat is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Frank Reade Jr.'s Submarine Boat is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
LOST IN AN ICEBERG. But what of Barney? Had a cruel fate dragged him down to an awful death in the crevasse? As fortune would have it, he was spared. But it was a close call.
Chapter 6 of Frank Reade Jr.'s Submarine Boat is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading “Had a cruel fate dragged him down to an awful death in the crevasse?”
a deep fissure
From this reading “Had a cruel fate dragged him down to an awful death in the crevasse?”
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading “Had a cruel fate dragged him down to an awful death in the crevasse?”
inflected form of “drag” — pull, as against a resistance
From this reading “Had a cruel fate dragged him down to an awful death in the crevasse?”
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading “Had a cruel fate dragged him down to an awful death in the crevasse?”
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading “As fortune would have it, he was spared.”
a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier
From this reading “LOST IN AN ICEBERG.”
past form of “spare” — refrain from harming
From this reading “As fortune would have it, he was spared.”
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In this reading “Had a cruel fate dragged him down to an awful death in the crevasse?”
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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 Had a cruel fate dragged him down to an awful death in the crevasse?
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading LOST IN AN ICEBERG.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As fortune would have it, he was spared.
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading Had a cruel fate dragged him down to an awful death in the crevasse?
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From this reading But what of Barney?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But what of Barney?
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading But it was a close call.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading But it was a close call.
a deep fissure
From this reading Had a cruel fate dragged him down to an awful death in the crevasse?
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading Had a cruel fate dragged him down to an awful death in the crevasse?
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading Had a cruel fate dragged him down to an awful death in the crevasse?
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Had a cruel fate dragged him down to an awful death in the crevasse?
inflected form of “drag” — pull, as against a resistance
From this reading Had a cruel fate dragged him down to an awful death in the crevasse?
an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading Had a cruel fate dragged him down to an awful death in the crevasse?
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading As fortune would have it, he was spared.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Had a cruel fate dragged him down to an awful death in the crevasse?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading As fortune would have it, he was spared.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As fortune would have it, he was spared.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Had a cruel fate dragged him down to an awful death in the crevasse?
a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier
From this reading LOST IN AN ICEBERG.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading LOST IN AN ICEBERG.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading As fortune would have it, he was spared.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading LOST IN AN ICEBERG.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But what of Barney?
past form of “spare” — refrain from harming
From this reading As fortune would have it, he was spared.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Had a cruel fate dragged him down to an awful death in the crevasse?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Had a cruel fate dragged him down to an awful death in the crevasse?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As fortune would have it, he was spared.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But what of Barney?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading As fortune would have it, he was spared.
Chapter 6 of Frank Reade Jr.'s Submarine Boat by Luis Senarens holds 166 sentences, grouped into 34 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 6 holds 166 sentences of Frank Reade Jr.'s Submarine Boat, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.
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