Chapter 8 of Mark Twain — Part 2 is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Mark Twain — Part 2 is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The lake is as smooth as glass; a brilliant sun is shining. Our boat is so comfortable and shady with its awning. 11.20. We have crossed the lake and are entering the canal. Shall presently be in the Rhone.
Chapter 8 of Mark Twain — Part 2 is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun
From this reading “Our boat is so comfortable and shady with its awning.”
of surpassing excellence
From this reading “The lake is as smooth as glass; a brilliant sun is shining.”
(astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
From this reading “We have crossed the lake and are entering the canal.”
providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (“comfy” is informal)
From this reading “Our boat is so comfortable and shady with its awning.”
a movement into or inward
From this reading “We have crossed the lake and are entering the canal.”
a major French river; flows into the Mediterranean near Marseilles
From this reading “Shall presently be in the Rhone.”
quiet, dark, or concealed
From this reading “Our boat is so comfortable and shady with its awning.”
having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
From this reading “The lake is as smooth as glass; a brilliant sun is shining.”
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From this reading 11.20.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The lake is as smooth as glass; a brilliant sun is shining.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Our boat is so comfortable and shady with its awning.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We have crossed the lake and are entering the canal.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The lake is as smooth as glass; a brilliant sun is shining.
a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from rain or sun
From this reading Our boat is so comfortable and shady with its awning.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Shall presently be in the Rhone.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading Our boat is so comfortable and shady with its awning.
of surpassing excellence
From this reading The lake is as smooth as glass; a brilliant sun is shining.
(astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
From this reading We have crossed the lake and are entering the canal.
providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (“comfy” is informal)
From this reading Our boat is so comfortable and shady with its awning.
placed crosswise
From this reading We have crossed the lake and are entering the canal.
a movement into or inward
From this reading We have crossed the lake and are entering the canal.
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading The lake is as smooth as glass; a brilliant sun is shining.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We have crossed the lake and are entering the canal.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Shall presently be in the Rhone.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The lake is as smooth as glass; a brilliant sun is shining.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Our boat is so comfortable and shady with its awning.
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading The lake is as smooth as glass; a brilliant sun is shining.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our boat is so comfortable and shady with its awning.
in the near future
From this reading Shall presently be in the Rhone.
a major French river; flows into the Mediterranean near Marseilles
From this reading Shall presently be in the Rhone.
quiet, dark, or concealed
From this reading Our boat is so comfortable and shady with its awning.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Shall presently be in the Rhone.
marked by exceptional merit
From this reading The lake is as smooth as glass; a brilliant sun is shining.
having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities
From this reading The lake is as smooth as glass; a brilliant sun is shining.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Our boat is so comfortable and shady with its awning.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading The lake is as smooth as glass; a brilliant sun is shining.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The lake is as smooth as glass; a brilliant sun is shining.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We have crossed the lake and are entering the canal.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Our boat is so comfortable and shady with its awning.
Chapter 8 of Mark Twain — Part 2 by Albert Bigelow Paine holds 158 sentences, grouped into 32 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.
Chapter 8 holds 158 sentences of Mark Twain — Part 2, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
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