Chapter 8 of Latitude 19° is here in full — 351 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Latitude 19° is here in full — 351 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A VILLAIN MEETS HIS END AND A PRISONER ESCAPES. We had been discovered, then! I lay close against the partition wall. My heart thumped loudly against my ribs, so that it seemed as if the strangers must hear it and find out our hiding place. I looked at the others.
Chapter 8 of Latitude 19° is here in full — 351 sentences across 71 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “escape” — the act of escaping physically
From this reading “A VILLAIN MEETS HIS END AND A PRISONER ESCAPES.”
the activity of keeping something secret
From this reading “My heart thumped loudly against my ribs, so that it seemed as if the strangers must hear it and find out our hiding place.”
with relatively high volume
From this reading “My heart thumped loudly against my ribs, so that it seemed as if the strangers must hear it and find out our hiding place.”
plural of “meet” — a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
From this reading “A VILLAIN MEETS HIS END AND A PRISONER ESCAPES.”
a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
From this reading “I lay close against the partition wall.”
plural of “rib” — support resembling the rib of an animal
From this reading “My heart thumped loudly against my ribs, so that it seemed as if the strangers must hear it and find out our hiding place.”
past form of “thump” — move rhythmically
From this reading “My heart thumped loudly against my ribs, so that it seemed as if the strangers must hear it and find out our hiding place.”
a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
From this reading “A VILLAIN MEETS HIS END AND A PRISONER ESCAPES.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “I lay close against the partition wall.”
a place suitable for hiding something (such as yourself)
In this reading “My heart thumped loudly against my ribs, so that it seemed as if the strangers must hear it and find out our hiding place.”
In this reading “I lay close against the partition wall.”
establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study
In this reading “My heart thumped loudly against my ribs, so that it seemed as if the strangers must hear it and find out our hiding place.”
take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
In this reading “I looked at the others.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A VILLAIN MEETS HIS END AND A PRISONER ESCAPES.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading I lay close against the partition wall.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A VILLAIN MEETS HIS END AND A PRISONER ESCAPES.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading My heart thumped loudly against my ribs, so that it seemed as if the strangers must hear it and find out our hiding place.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I looked at the others.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading We had been discovered, then!
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading I lay close against the partition wall.
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading We had been discovered, then!
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading A VILLAIN MEETS HIS END AND A PRISONER ESCAPES.
plural of “escape” — the act of escaping physically
From this reading A VILLAIN MEETS HIS END AND A PRISONER ESCAPES.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading My heart thumped loudly against my ribs, so that it seemed as if the strangers must hear it and find out our hiding place.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We had been discovered, then!
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading My heart thumped loudly against my ribs, so that it seemed as if the strangers must hear it and find out our hiding place.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading My heart thumped loudly against my ribs, so that it seemed as if the strangers must hear it and find out our hiding place.
the activity of keeping something secret
From this reading My heart thumped loudly against my ribs, so that it seemed as if the strangers must hear it and find out our hiding place.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A VILLAIN MEETS HIS END AND A PRISONER ESCAPES.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I lay close against the partition wall.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading My heart thumped loudly against my ribs, so that it seemed as if the strangers must hear it and find out our hiding place.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading My heart thumped loudly against my ribs, so that it seemed as if the strangers must hear it and find out our hiding place.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading I lay close against the partition wall.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading I looked at the others.
with relatively high volume
From this reading My heart thumped loudly against my ribs, so that it seemed as if the strangers must hear it and find out our hiding place.
plural of “meet” — a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
From this reading A VILLAIN MEETS HIS END AND A PRISONER ESCAPES.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading My heart thumped loudly against my ribs, so that it seemed as if the strangers must hear it and find out our hiding place.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My heart thumped loudly against my ribs, so that it seemed as if the strangers must hear it and find out our hiding place.
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From this reading I looked at the others.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading My heart thumped loudly against my ribs, so that it seemed as if the strangers must hear it and find out our hiding place.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading My heart thumped loudly against my ribs, so that it seemed as if the strangers must hear it and find out our hiding place.
a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)
From this reading I lay close against the partition wall.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading My heart thumped loudly against my ribs, so that it seemed as if the strangers must hear it and find out our hiding place.
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading A VILLAIN MEETS HIS END AND A PRISONER ESCAPES.
plural of “rib” — support resembling the rib of an animal
From this reading My heart thumped loudly against my ribs, so that it seemed as if the strangers must hear it and find out our hiding place.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading My heart thumped loudly against my ribs, so that it seemed as if the strangers must hear it and find out our hiding place.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading My heart thumped loudly against my ribs, so that it seemed as if the strangers must hear it and find out our hiding place.
plural of “stranger” — anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading My heart thumped loudly against my ribs, so that it seemed as if the strangers must hear it and find out our hiding place.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading My heart thumped loudly against my ribs, so that it seemed as if the strangers must hear it and find out our hiding place.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I lay close against the partition wall.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading We had been discovered, then!
past form of “thump” — move rhythmically
From this reading My heart thumped loudly against my ribs, so that it seemed as if the strangers must hear it and find out our hiding place.
a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
From this reading A VILLAIN MEETS HIS END AND A PRISONER ESCAPES.
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading I lay close against the partition wall.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We had been discovered, then!
Chapter 8 of Latitude 19° by Schuyler, Mrs., -1913 Crowninshield holds 351 sentences, grouped into 71 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 8 holds 351 sentences of Latitude 19°, unabridged, divided into 71 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Latitude 19° by Schuyler, Mrs., -1913 Crowninshield exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 351 sentences, grouped into 71 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 71 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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