Chapter 4 of Perseverance Island is here in full — 5 sentences across 1 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Perseverance Island is here in full — 5 sentences across 1 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Make a mould for bricks. Build a brick-kiln and make bricks. Build a smelting-house, blast-furnace, kiln for cleansing ore. Meditations. Build water-wheel and fan-wheel, and set my machinery for an air-blast to reduce the ore. 151
Chapter 4 of Perseverance Island is here in full — 5 sentences across 1 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “brick” — rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material
From this reading “Make a mould for bricks.”
cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands
From this reading “Build a smelting-house, blast-furnace, kiln for cleansing ore.”
a furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks
From this reading “Build a brick-kiln and make bricks.”
machines or machine systems collectively
From this reading “Build water-wheel and fan-wheel, and set my machinery for an air-blast to reduce the ore. 151”
plural of “meditation” — continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
From this reading “Meditations.”
form in clay, wax, etc
From this reading “Make a mould for bricks.”
a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
From this reading “Build a smelting-house, blast-furnace, kiln for cleansing ore.”
cut down on; make a reduction in
From this reading “Build water-wheel and fan-wheel, and set my machinery for an air-blast to reduce the ore. 151”
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.
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From this reading Build water-wheel and fan-wheel, and set my machinery for an air-blast to reduce the ore. 151
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Make a mould for bricks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Build water-wheel and fan-wheel, and set my machinery for an air-blast to reduce the ore. 151
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Build water-wheel and fan-wheel, and set my machinery for an air-blast to reduce the ore. 151
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Build a brick-kiln and make bricks.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Build a smelting-house, blast-furnace, kiln for cleansing ore.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Build a brick-kiln and make bricks.
plural of “brick” — rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material
From this reading Make a mould for bricks.
make by combining materials and parts
From this reading Build a brick-kiln and make bricks.
cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands
From this reading Build a smelting-house, blast-furnace, kiln for cleansing ore.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Build water-wheel and fan-wheel, and set my machinery for an air-blast to reduce the ore. 151
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Make a mould for bricks.
a furnace for firing or burning or drying such things as porcelain or bricks
From this reading Build a smelting-house, blast-furnace, kiln for cleansing ore.
machines or machine systems collectively
From this reading Build water-wheel and fan-wheel, and set my machinery for an air-blast to reduce the ore. 151
engage in
From this reading Make a mould for bricks.
plural of “meditation” — continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
From this reading Meditations.
form in clay, wax, etc
From this reading Make a mould for bricks.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Build water-wheel and fan-wheel, and set my machinery for an air-blast to reduce the ore. 151
a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
From this reading Build a smelting-house, blast-furnace, kiln for cleansing ore.
cut down on; make a reduction in
From this reading Build water-wheel and fan-wheel, and set my machinery for an air-blast to reduce the ore. 151
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Build water-wheel and fan-wheel, and set my machinery for an air-blast to reduce the ore. 151
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Build a smelting-house, blast-furnace, kiln for cleansing ore.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Build water-wheel and fan-wheel, and set my machinery for an air-blast to reduce the ore. 151
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Build water-wheel and fan-wheel, and set my machinery for an air-blast to reduce the ore. 151
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Build water-wheel and fan-wheel, and set my machinery for an air-blast to reduce the ore. 151
Chapter 4 of Perseverance Island by Douglas Frazar holds 5 sentences, grouped into 1 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 4 holds 5 sentences of Perseverance Island, unabridged, divided into 1 reading sections.
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