Chapter 7 of Michael's Crag is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 7 of Michael's Crag is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SAFE AT LAST. The night was long. The night was dark. Slowly the fog closed them in. It grew rainier and more dismal.
Chapter 7 of Michael's Crag is here in full — 108 sentences across 22 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.
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading “Slowly the fog closed them in.”
absence of light or illumination
From this reading “The night was dark.”
causing dejection
From this reading “It grew rainier and more dismal.”
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading “Slowly the fog closed them in.”
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading “It grew rainier and more dismal.”
a mountain peak in central Washington; highest peak in the Cascade Range; (14,410 feet high)
From this reading “It grew rainier and more dismal.”
free from danger or the risk of harm
From this reading “SAFE AT LAST.”
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading “Slowly the fog closed them in.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It grew rainier and more dismal.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading SAFE AT LAST.
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading Slowly the fog closed them in.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading The night was dark.
causing dejection
From this reading It grew rainier and more dismal.
droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
From this reading Slowly the fog closed them in.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading It grew rainier and more dismal.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Slowly the fog closed them in.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It grew rainier and more dismal.
immediately past
From this reading SAFE AT LAST.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading The night was long.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading It grew rainier and more dismal.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading The night was long.
a mountain peak in central Washington; highest peak in the Cascade Range; (14,410 feet high)
From this reading It grew rainier and more dismal.
free from danger or the risk of harm
From this reading SAFE AT LAST.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading Slowly the fog closed them in.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The night was long.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Slowly the fog closed them in.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The night was long.
Chapter 7 of Michael's Crag by Grant Allen holds 108 sentences, grouped into 22 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 7 holds 108 sentences of Michael's Crag, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
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