Chapter 11 of From Chart House to Bush Hut is here in full — 57 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of From Chart House to Bush Hut is here in full — 57 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HOME AGAIN! I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore. Made my camp that night on the sand just south of Corrumbin. The mosquitoes were as the sands for multitude and tigers for ferocity, and I went to sleep completely covered up, head and all. Damme!
Chapter 11 of From Chart House to Bush Hut is here in full — 57 sentences across 12 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
From this reading “I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.”
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading “I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.”
the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
From this reading “I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.”
the property of being wild or turbulent
From this reading “The mosquitoes were as the sands for multitude and tigers for ferocity, and I went to sleep completely covered up, head and all.”
plural of “mosquito” — two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
From this reading “The mosquitoes were as the sands for multitude and tigers for ferocity, and I went to sleep completely covered up, head and all.”
a large indefinite number
From this reading “The mosquitoes were as the sands for multitude and tigers for ferocity, and I went to sleep completely covered up, head and all.”
the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean
From this reading “The mosquitoes were as the sands for multitude and tigers for ferocity, and I went to sleep completely covered up, head and all.”
a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students
From this reading “The mosquitoes were as the sands for multitude and tigers for ferocity, and I went to sleep completely covered up, head and all.”
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In this reading “The mosquitoes were as the sands for multitude and tigers for ferocity, and I went to sleep completely covered up, head and all.”
In this reading “I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.”
In this reading “I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.”
In this reading “Made my camp that night on the sand just south of Corrumbin.”
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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 I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.
anew
From this reading HOME AGAIN!
(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 mosquitoes were as the sands for multitude and tigers for ferocity, and I went to sleep completely covered up, head and all.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The mosquitoes were as the sands for multitude and tigers for ferocity, and I went to sleep completely covered up, head and all.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.
nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
From this reading I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading Made my camp that night on the sand just south of Corrumbin.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading The mosquitoes were as the sands for multitude and tigers for ferocity, and I went to sleep completely covered up, head and all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Made my camp that night on the sand just south of Corrumbin.
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading The mosquitoes were as the sands for multitude and tigers for ferocity, and I went to sleep completely covered up, head and all.
the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
From this reading I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Damme!
the property of being wild or turbulent
From this reading The mosquitoes were as the sands for multitude and tigers for ferocity, and I went to sleep completely covered up, head and all.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The mosquitoes were as the sands for multitude and tigers for ferocity, and I went to sleep completely covered up, head and all.
the part of the seashore between the highwater mark and the low-water mark
From this reading I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading The mosquitoes were as the sands for multitude and tigers for ferocity, and I went to sleep completely covered up, head and all.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading HOME AGAIN!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.
and nothing more
From this reading Made my camp that night on the sand just south of Corrumbin.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Made my camp that night on the sand just south of Corrumbin.
plural of “mosquito” — two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals
From this reading The mosquitoes were as the sands for multitude and tigers for ferocity, and I went to sleep completely covered up, head and all.
a large indefinite number
From this reading The mosquitoes were as the sands for multitude and tigers for ferocity, and I went to sleep completely covered up, head and all.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Made my camp that night on the sand just south of Corrumbin.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Made my camp that night on the sand just south of Corrumbin.
a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
From this reading I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Made my camp that night on the sand just south of Corrumbin.
above and across; more than
From this reading I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.
the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean
From this reading The mosquitoes were as the sands for multitude and tigers for ferocity, and I went to sleep completely covered up, head and all.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading The mosquitoes were as the sands for multitude and tigers for ferocity, and I went to sleep completely covered up, head and all.
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading Made my camp that night on the sand just south of Corrumbin.
successive (without a break)
From this reading I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.
inflected form of “swing” — move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
From this reading I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.
a terrorist organization in Sri Lanka that began in 1970 as a student protest over the limited university access for Tamil students
From this reading The mosquitoes were as the sands for multitude and tigers for ferocity, and I went to sleep completely covered up, head and all.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The mosquitoes were as the sands for multitude and tigers for ferocity, and I went to sleep completely covered up, head and all.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I went straight across to the ocean beach, and swung along at a good bat over the hard sand of that beautiful curve of foreshore.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The mosquitoes were as the sands for multitude and tigers for ferocity, and I went to sleep completely covered up, head and all.
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