Chapter 24 of Lost Island is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of Lost Island is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE PRIZE IS WON “That’s queer!” Tempest exclaimed, coming to his side and prodding aimlessly into the bank of sand with his foot. “It must be some poor beggar who died here after the _Hatteras_ came to grief.” “Sure to be,” agreed the boy, quietly. “I wonder if he――if it happened when he was alone.
Chapter 24 of Lost Island is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/41 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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without aim; in an aimless manner
From this reading “Tempest exclaimed, coming to his side and prodding aimlessly into the bank of sand with his foot.”
a pauper who lives by begging
From this reading ““It must be some poor beggar who died here after the _Hatteras_ came to grief.””
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
From this reading ““It must be some poor beggar who died here after the _Hatteras_ came to grief.””
something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
From this reading “THE PRIZE IS WON “That’s queer!””
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
From this reading “Tempest exclaimed, coming to his side and prodding aimlessly into the bank of sand with his foot.”
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading “THE PRIZE IS WON “That’s queer!””
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading “Tempest exclaimed, coming to his side and prodding aimlessly into the bank of sand with his foot.”
a violent commotion or disturbance
From this reading “Tempest exclaimed, coming to his side and prodding aimlessly into the bank of sand with his foot.”
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 ““It must be some poor beggar who died here after the _Hatteras_ came to grief.””
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later than; following
From this reading “It must be some poor beggar who died here after the _Hatteras_ came to grief.”
united by being of the same opinion
From this reading “Sure to be,” agreed the boy, quietly.
without aim; in an aimless manner
From this reading Tempest exclaimed, coming to his side and prodding aimlessly into the bank of sand with his foot.
Having no one else present.
From this reading “I wonder if he――if it happened when he was alone.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Tempest exclaimed, coming to his side and prodding aimlessly into the bank of sand with his foot.
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading Tempest exclaimed, coming to his side and prodding aimlessly into the bank of sand with his foot.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “It must be some poor beggar who died here after the _Hatteras_ came to grief.”
a pauper who lives by begging
From this reading “It must be some poor beggar who died here after the _Hatteras_ came to grief.”
a youthful male person
From this reading “Sure to be,” agreed the boy, quietly.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “It must be some poor beggar who died here after the _Hatteras_ came to grief.”
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Tempest exclaimed, coming to his side and prodding aimlessly into the bank of sand with his foot.
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “It must be some poor beggar who died here after the _Hatteras_ came to grief.”
past form of “exclaim” — utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy
From this reading Tempest exclaimed, coming to his side and prodding aimlessly into the bank of sand with his foot.
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading Tempest exclaimed, coming to his side and prodding aimlessly into the bank of sand with his foot.
intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)
From this reading “It must be some poor beggar who died here after the _Hatteras_ came to grief.”
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading “I wonder if he――if it happened when he was alone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It must be some poor beggar who died here after the _Hatteras_ came to grief.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I wonder if he――if it happened when he was alone.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading “It must be some poor beggar who died here after the _Hatteras_ came to grief.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Tempest exclaimed, coming to his side and prodding aimlessly into the bank of sand with his foot.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I wonder if he――if it happened when he was alone.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “I wonder if he――if it happened when he was alone.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Tempest exclaimed, coming to his side and prodding aimlessly into the bank of sand with his foot.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE PRIZE IS WON “That’s queer!”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It must be some poor beggar who died here after the _Hatteras_ came to grief.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “It must be some poor beggar who died here after the _Hatteras_ came to grief.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Tempest exclaimed, coming to his side and prodding aimlessly into the bank of sand with his foot.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading “It must be some poor beggar who died here after the _Hatteras_ came to grief.”
something given for victory or superiority in a contest or competition or for winning a lottery
From this reading THE PRIZE IS WON “That’s queer!”
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
From this reading Tempest exclaimed, coming to his side and prodding aimlessly into the bank of sand with his foot.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading THE PRIZE IS WON “That’s queer!”
with low volume
From this reading “Sure to be,” agreed the boy, quietly.
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading Tempest exclaimed, coming to his side and prodding aimlessly into the bank of sand with his foot.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Tempest exclaimed, coming to his side and prodding aimlessly into the bank of sand with his foot.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading “It must be some poor beggar who died here after the _Hatteras_ came to grief.”
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading “Sure to be,” agreed the boy, quietly.
a violent commotion or disturbance
From this reading Tempest exclaimed, coming to his side and prodding aimlessly into the bank of sand with his foot.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE PRIZE IS WON “That’s queer!”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PRIZE IS WON “That’s queer!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Tempest exclaimed, coming to his side and prodding aimlessly into the bank of sand with his foot.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “I wonder if he――if it happened when he was alone.
at the time that
From this reading “I wonder if he――if it happened when he was alone.
which person or people
From this reading “It must be some poor beggar who died here after the _Hatteras_ came to grief.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Tempest exclaimed, coming to his side and prodding aimlessly into the bank of sand with his foot.
the basic unit of money in South Korea
From this reading THE PRIZE IS WON “That’s queer!”
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading “I wonder if he――if it happened when he was alone.
Chapter 24 of Lost Island by Ralph Henry Barbour holds 209 sentences, grouped into 42 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 24 holds 209 sentences of Lost Island, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.
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