Chapter 13 of On the Banks of the Amazon is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIII
Chapter 13 of On the Banks of the Amazon is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN. VOYAGE DOWN THE AMAZON ON A TREE. All day and another night we drifted on. The flesh of the boa was consumed. Unless a strong breeze should get up which might drive us on shore, we must go on for many days without being able to obtain food.
Chapter 13 of On the Banks of the Amazon is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a large strong and aggressive woman
From this reading “VOYAGE DOWN THE AMAZON ON A TREE.”
a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur
From this reading “The flesh of the boa was consumed.”
a slight wind (usually refreshing)
From this reading “Unless a strong breeze should get up which might drive us on shore, we must go on for many days without being able to obtain food.”
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading “CHAPTER FIFTEEN.”
past form of “consume” — eat up completely, as with great appetite
From this reading “The flesh of the boa was consumed.”
past form of “drift” — be in motion due to some air or water current
From this reading “All day and another night we drifted on.”
come into possession of
From this reading “Unless a strong breeze should get up which might drive us on shore, we must go on for many days without being able to obtain food.”
an act of traveling by water
From this reading “VOYAGE DOWN THE AMAZON ON A TREE.”
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 VOYAGE DOWN THE AMAZON ON A TREE.
(usually followed by “to”) having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something
From this reading Unless a strong breeze should get up which might drive us on shore, we must go on for many days without being able to obtain food.
(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 All day and another night we drifted on.
a large strong and aggressive woman
From this reading VOYAGE DOWN THE AMAZON ON A TREE.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All day and another night we drifted on.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading All day and another night we drifted on.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Unless a strong breeze should get up which might drive us on shore, we must go on for many days without being able to obtain food.
a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur
From this reading The flesh of the boa was consumed.
a slight wind (usually refreshing)
From this reading Unless a strong breeze should get up which might drive us on shore, we must go on for many days without being able to obtain food.
a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled
From this reading CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
past form of “consume” — eat up completely, as with great appetite
From this reading The flesh of the boa was consumed.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading All day and another night we drifted on.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading Unless a strong breeze should get up which might drive us on shore, we must go on for many days without being able to obtain food.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading VOYAGE DOWN THE AMAZON ON A TREE.
past form of “drift” — be in motion due to some air or water current
From this reading All day and another night we drifted on.
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading Unless a strong breeze should get up which might drive us on shore, we must go on for many days without being able to obtain food.
the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one
From this reading CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat
From this reading The flesh of the boa was consumed.
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading Unless a strong breeze should get up which might drive us on shore, we must go on for many days without being able to obtain food.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Unless a strong breeze should get up which might drive us on shore, we must go on for many days without being able to obtain food.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Unless a strong breeze should get up which might drive us on shore, we must go on for many days without being able to obtain food.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Unless a strong breeze should get up which might drive us on shore, we must go on for many days without being able to obtain food.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading Unless a strong breeze should get up which might drive us on shore, we must go on for many days without being able to obtain food.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Unless a strong breeze should get up which might drive us on shore, we must go on for many days without being able to obtain food.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Unless a strong breeze should get up which might drive us on shore, we must go on for many days without being able to obtain food.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading All day and another night we drifted on.
come into possession of
From this reading Unless a strong breeze should get up which might drive us on shore, we must go on for many days without being able to obtain food.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The flesh of the boa was consumed.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading VOYAGE DOWN THE AMAZON ON A TREE.
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading Unless a strong breeze should get up which might drive us on shore, we must go on for many days without being able to obtain food.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Unless a strong breeze should get up which might drive us on shore, we must go on for many days without being able to obtain food.
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading Unless a strong breeze should get up which might drive us on shore, we must go on for many days without being able to obtain food.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading VOYAGE DOWN THE AMAZON ON A TREE.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Unless a strong breeze should get up which might drive us on shore, we must go on for many days without being able to obtain food.
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading VOYAGE DOWN THE AMAZON ON A TREE.
except if; if not
From this reading Unless a strong breeze should get up which might drive us on shore, we must go on for many days without being able to obtain food.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Unless a strong breeze should get up which might drive us on shore, we must go on for many days without being able to obtain food.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Unless a strong breeze should get up which might drive us on shore, we must go on for many days without being able to obtain food.
an act of traveling by water
From this reading VOYAGE DOWN THE AMAZON ON A TREE.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The flesh of the boa was consumed.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading All day and another night we drifted on.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Unless a strong breeze should get up which might drive us on shore, we must go on for many days without being able to obtain food.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Unless a strong breeze should get up which might drive us on shore, we must go on for many days without being able to obtain food.
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