Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of Perseverance Island is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Attempt to make a fire. Distil salt water. First meal. Reflections. Hat-making.
Perseverance Island
Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of Perseverance Island is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Attempt
to
make
a
fire.
Distil
salt
water.
First
meal.
Reflections.
Hat-making.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Perseverance Island
Chapter XI
Chapter 11 of Perseverance Island is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
Line 1
Attempt
to
make
a
fire.
/əˈtempt tuː meɪk ə ˈfaɪər/
Line 2
Distil
salt
water.
/dɪˈstɪl sɔːlt ˈwɔːtər/
Line 3
First
meal.
/fɜːrst miːl/
Line 4
Reflections.
/rɪˈflekʃənz/
Line 5
Hat-making.
Learner Dictionary
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading “Attempt to make a fire.”
Distil
verb
US /dɪˈstɪl/
undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
From this reading “Distil salt water.”
start firing a weapon
From this reading “Attempt to make a fire.”
engage in
From this reading “Attempt to make a fire.”
the food served and eaten at one time
From this reading “First meal.”
Reflections
noun
US /rɪˈflekʃənz/
plural of “reflection” — a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
From this reading “Reflections.”
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
From this reading “Distil salt water.”
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading “Distil salt water.”
Word partnerships in these lines
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.
salt water
noun + noun
In this reading “Distil salt water.”
All words in this reading · 12
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 Attempt to make a fire.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading Attempt to make a fire.
DistilverbUS /dɪˈstɪl/
undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops
From this reading Distil salt water.
start firing a weapon
From this reading Attempt to make a fire.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading First meal.
Hat-making
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hat-making.
engage in
From this reading Attempt to make a fire.
the food served and eaten at one time
From this reading First meal.
ReflectionsnounUS /rɪˈflekʃənz/
plural of “reflection” — a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
From this reading Reflections.
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
From this reading Distil salt water.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Attempt to make a fire.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Distil salt water.
Chapter 11 of Perseverance Island by Douglas Frazar holds 182 sentences, grouped into 37 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.
What does chapter 11 of Perseverance Island contain?
Chapter 11 holds 182 sentences of Perseverance Island, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Perseverance Island by Douglas Frazar exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 182 sentences, grouped into 37 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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About 243 minutes of reading across 585 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Vocabulary met early in Perseverance Island
Words and structures a reader meets early in Perseverance Island, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
- Improve
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Perseverance Island; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Lamp-tower
- A word that appears in the opening chapter of Perseverance Island; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
- Arrow
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- Fish-hooks
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