Chapter 13 of Old Broadbrim Into the Heart of Australia is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of Old Broadbrim Into the Heart of Australia is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BLACK GEORGE'S WARNING. The Yankee spotter was in the treasure house of Ranch Robin. There were shelves in the little room, the walls of which seemed to be made of iron, and the detective leaned forward and looked with all his vision. He saw wealth everywhere. There were sacks of coin and bars of gold.
Chapter 13 of Old Broadbrim Into the Heart of Australia is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights
From this reading “There were sacks of coin and bars of gold.”
make up
From this reading “There were sacks of coin and bars of gold.”
possessive form of “george” — Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading “BLACK GEORGE'S WARNING.”
farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
From this reading “The Yankee spotter was in the treasure house of Ranch Robin.”
plural of “sack” — a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
From this reading “There were sacks of coin and bars of gold.”
Plural of shelf; the vast wooden or stone structures holding archives.
From this reading “There were shelves in the little room, the walls of which seemed to be made of iron, and the detective leaned forward and looked with all his vision.”
a worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots
From this reading “The Yankee spotter was in the treasure house of Ranch Robin.”
an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
From this reading “The Yankee spotter was in the treasure house of Ranch Robin.”
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 “There were shelves in the little room, the walls of which seemed to be made of iron, and the detective leaned forward and looked with all his vision.”
In this reading “There were shelves in the little room, the walls of which seemed to be made of iron, and the detective leaned forward and looked with all his vision.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 There were shelves in the little room, the walls of which seemed to be made of iron, and the detective leaned forward and looked with all his vision.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There were shelves in the little room, the walls of which seemed to be made of iron, and the detective leaned forward and looked with all his vision.
gymnastic apparatus consisting of two parallel wooden rods supported on uprights
From this reading There were sacks of coin and bars of gold.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There were shelves in the little room, the walls of which seemed to be made of iron, and the detective leaned forward and looked with all his vision.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading BLACK GEORGE'S WARNING.
make up
From this reading There were sacks of coin and bars of gold.
a police officer who investigates crimes
From this reading There were shelves in the little room, the walls of which seemed to be made of iron, and the detective leaned forward and looked with all his vision.
to or in any or all places
From this reading He saw wealth everywhere.
at or to or toward the front
From this reading There were shelves in the little room, the walls of which seemed to be made of iron, and the detective leaned forward and looked with all his vision.
possessive form of “george” — Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)
From this reading BLACK GEORGE'S WARNING.
coins made of gold
From this reading There were sacks of coin and bars of gold.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He saw wealth everywhere.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading There were shelves in the little room, the walls of which seemed to be made of iron, and the detective leaned forward and looked with all his vision.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading The Yankee spotter was in the treasure house of Ranch Robin.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Yankee spotter was in the treasure house of Ranch Robin.
a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
From this reading There were shelves in the little room, the walls of which seemed to be made of iron, and the detective leaned forward and looked with all his vision.
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading There were shelves in the little room, the walls of which seemed to be made of iron, and the detective leaned forward and looked with all his vision.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading There were shelves in the little room, the walls of which seemed to be made of iron, and the detective leaned forward and looked with all his vision.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading There were shelves in the little room, the walls of which seemed to be made of iron, and the detective leaned forward and looked with all his vision.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading There were shelves in the little room, the walls of which seemed to be made of iron, and the detective leaned forward and looked with all his vision.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Yankee spotter was in the treasure house of Ranch Robin.
farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
From this reading The Yankee spotter was in the treasure house of Ranch Robin.
small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
From this reading The Yankee spotter was in the treasure house of Ranch Robin.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading There were shelves in the little room, the walls of which seemed to be made of iron, and the detective leaned forward and looked with all his vision.
plural of “sack” — a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
From this reading There were sacks of coin and bars of gold.
cut with a saw
From this reading He saw wealth everywhere.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading There were shelves in the little room, the walls of which seemed to be made of iron, and the detective leaned forward and looked with all his vision.
Plural of shelf; the vast wooden or stone structures holding archives.
From this reading There were shelves in the little room, the walls of which seemed to be made of iron, and the detective leaned forward and looked with all his vision.
a worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots
From this reading The Yankee spotter was in the treasure house of Ranch Robin.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Yankee spotter was in the treasure house of Ranch Robin.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There were shelves in the little room, the walls of which seemed to be made of iron, and the detective leaned forward and looked with all his vision.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There were shelves in the little room, the walls of which seemed to be made of iron, and the detective leaned forward and looked with all his vision.
accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
From this reading The Yankee spotter was in the treasure house of Ranch Robin.
a vivid mental image
From this reading There were shelves in the little room, the walls of which seemed to be made of iron, and the detective leaned forward and looked with all his vision.
plural of “wall” — an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading There were shelves in the little room, the walls of which seemed to be made of iron, and the detective leaned forward and looked with all his vision.
a message informing of danger
From this reading BLACK GEORGE'S WARNING.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Yankee spotter was in the treasure house of Ranch Robin.
the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money
From this reading He saw wealth everywhere.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were shelves in the little room, the walls of which seemed to be made of iron, and the detective leaned forward and looked with all his vision.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There were shelves in the little room, the walls of which seemed to be made of iron, and the detective leaned forward and looked with all his vision.
in the company of; together with
From this reading There were shelves in the little room, the walls of which seemed to be made of iron, and the detective leaned forward and looked with all his vision.
an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
From this reading The Yankee spotter was in the treasure house of Ranch Robin.
Chapter 13 of Old Broadbrim Into the Heart of Australia by St. George Rathborne holds 153 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.
Chapter 13 holds 153 sentences of Old Broadbrim Into the Heart of Australia, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
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