Chapter 14 of North-Pole Voyages is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 14 of North-Pole Voyages is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
DRUGGED ESQUIMO. THE visitors left in the morning. We were now all well except Stephenson. Though we had just eaten and were refreshed, in a few days we might be starving, so we renewed our planning. To open a communication with the "Advance" seemed a necessity.
Chapter 14 of North-Pole Voyages is here in full — 151 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
From this reading “To open a communication with the "Advance" seemed a necessity.”
under the influence of narcotics
From this reading “DRUGGED ESQUIMO.”
an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action
From this reading “Though we had just eaten and were refreshed, in a few days we might be starving, so we renewed our planning.”
with restored energy
From this reading “Though we had just eaten and were refreshed, in a few days we might be starving, so we renewed our planning.”
restored to a new condition
From this reading “Though we had just eaten and were refreshed, in a few days we might be starving, so we renewed our planning.”
suffering from lack of food
From this reading “Though we had just eaten and were refreshed, in a few days we might be starving, so we renewed our planning.”
English railway pioneer who built the first passenger railway in 1825 (1781-1848)
From this reading “We were now all well except Stephenson.”
plural of “visitor” — someone who visits
From this reading “THE visitors left in the morning.”
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In this reading “Though we had just eaten and were refreshed, in a few days we might be starving, so we renewed our planning.”
In this reading “THE visitors left in the morning.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Though we had just eaten and were refreshed, in a few days we might be starving, so we renewed our planning.
move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
From this reading To open a communication with the "Advance" seemed a necessity.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading We were now all well except Stephenson.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Though we had just eaten and were refreshed, in a few days we might be starving, so we renewed our planning.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Though we had just eaten and were refreshed, in a few days we might be starving, so we renewed our planning.
the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
From this reading To open a communication with the "Advance" seemed a necessity.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading Though we had just eaten and were refreshed, in a few days we might be starving, so we renewed our planning.
under the influence of narcotics
From this reading DRUGGED ESQUIMO.
inflected form of “eat” — take in solid food
From this reading Though we had just eaten and were refreshed, in a few days we might be starving, so we renewed our planning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading DRUGGED ESQUIMO.
apart from; not including
From this reading We were now all well except Stephenson.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading Though we had just eaten and were refreshed, in a few days we might be starving, so we renewed our planning.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Though we had just eaten and were refreshed, in a few days we might be starving, so we renewed our planning.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE visitors left in the morning.
and nothing more
From this reading Though we had just eaten and were refreshed, in a few days we might be starving, so we renewed our planning.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading THE visitors left in the morning.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Though we had just eaten and were refreshed, in a few days we might be starving, so we renewed our planning.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading THE visitors left in the morning.
the condition of being essential or indispensable
From this reading To open a communication with the "Advance" seemed a necessity.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading We were now all well except Stephenson.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading To open a communication with the "Advance" seemed a necessity.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Though we had just eaten and were refreshed, in a few days we might be starving, so we renewed our planning.
an act of formulating a program for a definite course of action
From this reading Though we had just eaten and were refreshed, in a few days we might be starving, so we renewed our planning.
with restored energy
From this reading Though we had just eaten and were refreshed, in a few days we might be starving, so we renewed our planning.
restored to a new condition
From this reading Though we had just eaten and were refreshed, in a few days we might be starving, so we renewed our planning.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading To open a communication with the "Advance" seemed a necessity.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Though we had just eaten and were refreshed, in a few days we might be starving, so we renewed our planning.
suffering from lack of food
From this reading Though we had just eaten and were refreshed, in a few days we might be starving, so we renewed our planning.
English railway pioneer who built the first passenger railway in 1825 (1781-1848)
From this reading We were now all well except Stephenson.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE visitors left in the morning.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Though we had just eaten and were refreshed, in a few days we might be starving, so we renewed our planning.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To open a communication with the "Advance" seemed a necessity.
plural of “visitor” — someone who visits
From this reading THE visitors left in the morning.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We were now all well except Stephenson.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading We were now all well except Stephenson.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were now all well except Stephenson.
in the company of; together with
From this reading To open a communication with the "Advance" seemed a necessity.
Chapter 14 of North-Pole Voyages by Zachariah Atwell Mudge holds 151 sentences, grouped into 31 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.
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