Chapter I
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_DESCRIPTION OF NEW SOUTH WALES_. BY W. B. CRAMP. NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA, &c. &c. &c.
Narrative of a Voyage to India
Chapter I
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_DESCRIPTION
OF
NEW
SOUTH
WALES_.
BY
W.
B.
CRAMP.
NARRATIVE
OF
A
VOYAGE
TO
INDIA,
&c.
&c.
&c.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Narrative of a Voyage to India
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Narrative of a Voyage to India is here in full — 548 sentences across 110 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/109 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
Line 1
_DESCRIPTION
OF
NEW
SOUTH
WALES_.
/dɪˈskrɪpʃən ʌv nuː saʊθ weɪlz/
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BY
W.
B.
CRAMP.
/baɪ ˈdʌbəljuː biː kræmp/
Line 3
NARRATIVE
OF
A
VOYAGE
TO
INDIA,
&c.
/ˈnærətɪv ʌv ə ˈvɔɪədʒ tuː ˈɪndiə siː/
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&c.
/siː/
Line 5
&c.
/siː/
Learner Dictionary
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cramp
noun
US /kræmp/
a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
From this reading “BY W. B. CRAMP.”
a statement that represents something in words
a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
From this reading “NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA, &c.”
narrative
noun
US /ˈnærətɪv/
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA, &c.”
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading “_DESCRIPTION OF NEW SOUTH WALES_.”
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading “_DESCRIPTION OF NEW SOUTH WALES_.”
an act of traveling by water
From this reading “NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA, &c.”
wales
noun
US /weɪlz/
one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA, &c.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading BY W. B. CRAMP.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY W. B. CRAMP.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA, &c.
CRAMPnounUS /kræmp/
a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
From this reading BY W. B. CRAMP.
a statement that represents something in words
From this reading _DESCRIPTION OF NEW SOUTH WALES_.
a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
From this reading NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA, &c.
NARRATIVEnounUS /ˈnærətɪv/
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA, &c.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading _DESCRIPTION OF NEW SOUTH WALES_.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _DESCRIPTION OF NEW SOUTH WALES_.
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading _DESCRIPTION OF NEW SOUTH WALES_.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA, &c.
an act of traveling by water
From this reading NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA, &c.
a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
From this reading BY W. B. CRAMP.
WALESnounUS /weɪlz/
one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria
From this reading _DESCRIPTION OF NEW SOUTH WALES_.
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