Chapter 1 of Picked Up Adrift: Illustrated is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Picked Up Adrift: Illustrated is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Author Of “The B. O. W. C.,” “The Boys Of Grand Pré School,” “Lost In The Fog,” “Fire In The Woods,” “The Treasure Of The Seas,” “Among The Brigands,” “The Seven Hills,” Etc. TO BE COMPLETED IN SIX VOLS. 1. The “B. O. W. C.” 2.
Chapter 1 of Picked Up Adrift: Illustrated is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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successfully completed or brought to an end
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droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
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of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
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plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
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plural of “sea” — a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
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accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
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the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
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In this reading “Author Of “The B. O. W. C.,” “The Boys Of Grand Pré School,” “Lost In The Fog,” “Fire In The Woods,” “The Treasure Of The Seas,” “Among The Brigands,” “The Seven Hills,” Etc.”
In this reading “Author Of “The B. O. W. C.,” “The Boys Of Grand Pré School,” “Lost In The Fog,” “Fire In The Woods,” “The Treasure Of The Seas,” “Among The Brigands,” “The Seven Hills,” Etc.”
In this reading “Author Of “The B. O. W. C.,” “The Boys Of Grand Pré School,” “Lost In The Fog,” “Fire In The Woods,” “The Treasure Of The Seas,” “Among The Brigands,” “The Seven Hills,” Etc.”
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surrounded by; in the middle of a group
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
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used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
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plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
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a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
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successfully completed or brought to an end
From this reading TO BE COMPLETED IN SIX VOLS.
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start firing a weapon
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droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground
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of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope
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plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land
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inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
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a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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an educational institution
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plural of “sea” — a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
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the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
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the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
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a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite
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the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
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