Chapter VI of Loafing Along Death Valley Trails, “Death Valley Geology,” is here in full — 105 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VI
Chapter VI of Loafing Along Death Valley Trails, “Death Valley Geology,” is here in full — 105 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention. For undetermined ages Death Valley was desert. Then rivers and lakes. Rivers dried. Lakes evaporated.
Chapter VI of Loafing Along Death Valley Trails, “Death Valley Geology,” is here in full — 105 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take into custody
From this reading “The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention.”
not still wet
From this reading “Rivers dried.”
increased or intensified in value or beauty or quality
From this reading “The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention.”
drawn off in the form of vapor
From this reading “Lakes evaporated.”
plural of “lake” — a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading “Then rivers and lakes.”
plural of “river” — a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading “Then rivers and lakes.”
relating to or caused by structure, especially political or economic structure
From this reading “The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention.”
not yet having been ascertained or determined
From this reading “For undetermined ages Death Valley was 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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention.
plural of “age” — how long something has existed
From this reading For undetermined ages Death Valley was desert.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then rivers and lakes.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention.
take into custody
From this reading The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention.
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
From this reading The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading For undetermined ages Death Valley was desert.
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
From this reading For undetermined ages Death Valley was desert.
not still wet
From this reading Rivers dried.
increased or intensified in value or beauty or quality
From this reading The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention.
drawn off in the form of vapor
From this reading Lakes evaporated.
plural of “feature” — a prominent attribute or aspect of something
From this reading The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For undetermined ages Death Valley was desert.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention.
plural of “lake” — a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading Then rivers and lakes.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention.
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention.
plural of “river” — a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
From this reading Then rivers and lakes.
fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention.
relating to or caused by structure, especially political or economic structure
From this reading The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then rivers and lakes.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention.
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention.
not yet having been ascertained or determined
From this reading For undetermined ages Death Valley was desert.
a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
From this reading For undetermined ages Death Valley was desert.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For undetermined ages Death Valley was desert.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The pleasure of your trip through the Big Sink will be enhanced if you know something about the structural features which are sure to arrest your attention.
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