Chapter 8 of Planet explorer is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 8 of Planet explorer is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team. Sourdough trailed, swinging widely to one side and another. Huyghens and Bordman moved together. Faro Nell and Nugget brought up the rear. There was only one incident on the way back.
Chapter 8 of Planet explorer is here in full — 398 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box
From this reading “Faro Nell and Nugget brought up the rear.”
-ing form of “grunt” — issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise
From this reading “Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.”
a single distinct event
From this reading “There was only one incident on the way back.”
a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth
From this reading “Faro Nell and Nugget brought up the rear.”
a town in southeastern Alaska that was the capital of Russian America and served as the capital of Alaska from 1867 until 1906
From this reading “Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.”
changing location by moving back and forth
From this reading “Sourdough trailed, swinging widely to one side and another.”
past form of “trail” — to lag or linger behind
From this reading “Sourdough trailed, swinging widely to one side and another.”
to a great degree
From this reading “Sourdough trailed, swinging widely to one side and another.”
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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summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
In this reading “Faro Nell and Nugget brought up the rear.”
pursue or resume
In this reading “Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.”
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 Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.
farther along in physical or mental development
From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Sourdough trailed, swinging widely to one side and another.
inflected form of “arise” — come into existence; take on form or shape
From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading There was only one incident on the way back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Huyghens and Bordman moved together.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Faro Nell and Nugget brought up the rear.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.
plural of “duty” — the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force
From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.
a card game in which players bet against the dealer on the cards he will draw from a dealing box
From this reading Faro Nell and Nugget brought up the rear.
-ing form of “grunt” — issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise
From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Huyghens and Bordman moved together.
a single distinct event
From this reading There was only one incident on the way back.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading Huyghens and Bordman moved together.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Faro Nell and Nugget brought up the rear.
a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth
From this reading Faro Nell and Nugget brought up the rear.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was only one incident on the way back.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Sourdough trailed, swinging widely to one side and another.
and nothing more
From this reading There was only one incident on the way back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.
the back of a military formation or procession
From this reading Faro Nell and Nugget brought up the rear.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Sourdough trailed, swinging widely to one side and another.
a town in southeastern Alaska that was the capital of Russian America and served as the capital of Alaska from 1867 until 1906
From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.
a leaven of dough in which fermentation is active; used by pioneers for making bread
From this reading Sourdough trailed, swinging widely to one side and another.
changing location by moving back and forth
From this reading Sourdough trailed, swinging widely to one side and another.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Faro Nell and Nugget brought up the rear.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was only one incident on the way back.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sourdough trailed, swinging widely to one side and another.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading Huyghens and Bordman moved together.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.
past form of “trail” — to lag or linger behind
From this reading Sourdough trailed, swinging widely to one side and another.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Grunting, Sitka Pete arose and took up his duties as advanced point of a combat-team.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was only one incident on the way back.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading There was only one incident on the way back.
to a great degree
From this reading Sourdough trailed, swinging widely to one side and another.
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