Chapter 8 of Perseverance Island is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of Perseverance Island is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Boyhood and youth of the author. Sailor's life. The "Good Luck." South Pacific Island scheme. Loss of crew off Cape Horn.
Chapter 8 of Perseverance Island is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the childhood of a boy
From this reading “Boyhood and youth of the author.”
a strip of land projecting into a body of water
From this reading “Loss of crew off Cape Horn.”
the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
From this reading “Loss of crew off Cape Horn.”
a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
From this reading “Loss of crew off Cape Horn.”
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading “The "Good Luck."”
the largest ocean in the world
From this reading “South Pacific Island scheme.”
possessive form of “sailor” — any member of a ship's crew
From this reading “Sailor's life.”
an elaborate and systematic plan of action
From this reading “South Pacific Island scheme.”
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.
an auspicious state resulting from favorable outcomes
In this reading “The "Good Luck."”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Boyhood and youth of the author.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading Boyhood and youth of the author.
the childhood of a boy
From this reading Boyhood and youth of the author.
a strip of land projecting into a body of water
From this reading Loss of crew off Cape Horn.
the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)
From this reading Loss of crew off Cape Horn.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading The "Good Luck."
a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
From this reading Loss of crew off Cape Horn.
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading South Pacific Island scheme.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Sailor's life.
something that is lost
From this reading Loss of crew off Cape Horn.
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading The "Good Luck."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Boyhood and youth of the author.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Loss of crew off Cape Horn.
the largest ocean in the world
From this reading South Pacific Island scheme.
possessive form of “sailor” — any member of a ship's crew
From this reading Sailor's life.
an elaborate and systematic plan of action
From this reading South Pacific Island scheme.
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading South Pacific Island scheme.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Boyhood and youth of the author.
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading Boyhood and youth of the author.
Chapter 8 of Perseverance Island by Douglas Frazar holds 126 sentences, grouped into 26 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 8 holds 126 sentences of Perseverance Island, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Perseverance Island by Douglas Frazar exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 126 sentences, grouped into 26 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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