Chapter 13 of Letters from High Latitudes is here in full — 92 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Letters from High Latitudes is here in full — 92 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
COPENHAGEN--BERGEN--THE BLACK DEATH--SIGURDR--HOMEWARDS. Copenhagen, Sept. 12th, 1856. Our adventures since the date of my last letter have not been of an exciting character. We had fine weather and prosperous winds down the coast, and stayed a day at Christiansund, and another at Bergen.
Chapter 13 of Letters from High Latitudes is here in full — 92 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “adventure” — a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
From this reading “Our adventures since the date of my last letter have not been of an exciting character.”
a port city in southwestern Norway
From this reading “COPENHAGEN--BERGEN--THE BLACK DEATH--SIGURDR--HOMEWARDS.”
the capital and largest city of Denmark; located on the island of Zealand
From this reading “COPENHAGEN--BERGEN--THE BLACK DEATH--SIGURDR--HOMEWARDS.”
the specified day of the month
From this reading “Our adventures since the date of my last letter have not been of an exciting character.”
creating or arousing excitement
From this reading “Our adventures since the date of my last letter have not been of an exciting character.”
in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
From this reading “We had fine weather and prosperous winds down the coast, and stayed a day at Christiansund, and another at Bergen.”
the month following August and preceding October
From this reading “Copenhagen, Sept.”
plural of “wind” — air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading “We had fine weather and prosperous winds down the coast, and stayed a day at Christiansund, and another at Bergen.”
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From this reading 12th, 1856.
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From this reading 12th, 1856.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading We had fine weather and prosperous winds down the coast, and stayed a day at Christiansund, and another at Bergen.
plural of “adventure” — a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)
From this reading Our adventures since the date of my last letter have not been of an exciting character.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Our adventures since the date of my last letter have not been of an exciting character.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We had fine weather and prosperous winds down the coast, and stayed a day at Christiansund, and another at Bergen.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading We had fine weather and prosperous winds down the coast, and stayed a day at Christiansund, and another at Bergen.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We had fine weather and prosperous winds down the coast, and stayed a day at Christiansund, and another at Bergen.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Our adventures since the date of my last letter have not been of an exciting character.
a port city in southwestern Norway
From this reading COPENHAGEN--BERGEN--THE BLACK DEATH--SIGURDR--HOMEWARDS.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading COPENHAGEN--BERGEN--THE BLACK DEATH--SIGURDR--HOMEWARDS.
an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
From this reading Our adventures since the date of my last letter have not been of an exciting character.
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From this reading We had fine weather and prosperous winds down the coast, and stayed a day at Christiansund, and another at Bergen.
the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading We had fine weather and prosperous winds down the coast, and stayed a day at Christiansund, and another at Bergen.
the capital and largest city of Denmark; located on the island of Zealand
From this reading COPENHAGEN--BERGEN--THE BLACK DEATH--SIGURDR--HOMEWARDS.
the specified day of the month
From this reading Our adventures since the date of my last letter have not been of an exciting character.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading We had fine weather and prosperous winds down the coast, and stayed a day at Christiansund, and another at Bergen.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading COPENHAGEN--BERGEN--THE BLACK DEATH--SIGURDR--HOMEWARDS.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading We had fine weather and prosperous winds down the coast, and stayed a day at Christiansund, and another at Bergen.
creating or arousing excitement
From this reading Our adventures since the date of my last letter have not been of an exciting character.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading We had fine weather and prosperous winds down the coast, and stayed a day at Christiansund, and another at Bergen.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We had fine weather and prosperous winds down the coast, and stayed a day at Christiansund, and another at Bergen.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Our adventures since the date of my last letter have not been of an exciting character.
toward home
From this reading COPENHAGEN--BERGEN--THE BLACK DEATH--SIGURDR--HOMEWARDS.
immediately past
From this reading Our adventures since the date of my last letter have not been of an exciting character.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading Our adventures since the date of my last letter have not been of an exciting character.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Our adventures since the date of my last letter have not been of an exciting character.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Our adventures since the date of my last letter have not been of an exciting character.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Our adventures since the date of my last letter have not been of an exciting character.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our adventures since the date of my last letter have not been of an exciting character.
in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich
From this reading We had fine weather and prosperous winds down the coast, and stayed a day at Christiansund, and another at Bergen.
the month following August and preceding October
From this reading Copenhagen, Sept.
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From this reading COPENHAGEN--BERGEN--THE BLACK DEATH--SIGURDR--HOMEWARDS.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Our adventures since the date of my last letter have not been of an exciting character.
past form of “stay” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading We had fine weather and prosperous winds down the coast, and stayed a day at Christiansund, and another at Bergen.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading COPENHAGEN--BERGEN--THE BLACK DEATH--SIGURDR--HOMEWARDS.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We had fine weather and prosperous winds down the coast, and stayed a day at Christiansund, and another at Bergen.
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading We had fine weather and prosperous winds down the coast, and stayed a day at Christiansund, and another at Bergen.
plural of “wind” — air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading We had fine weather and prosperous winds down the coast, and stayed a day at Christiansund, and another at Bergen.
Chapter 13 of Letters from High Latitudes by Frederick Temple Blackwood, Marquis of Dufferin and Ava holds 92 sentences, grouped into 19 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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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