Chapter 29 of Popular Adventure Tales is here in full — 305 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of Popular Adventure Tales is here in full — 305 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WATER! WATER! On moved the little caravan, but not in silence. Swartboy's voice and whip made an almost continual noise. The latter could be plainly heard more than a mile over the plain, like repeated discharges of a musket.
Chapter 29 of Popular Adventure Tales is here in full — 305 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file
From this reading “On moved the little caravan, but not in silence.”
recurring regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series
From this reading “Swartboy's voice and whip made an almost continual noise.”
plural of “discharge” — the sudden giving off of energy
From this reading “The latter could be plainly heard more than a mile over the plain, like repeated discharges of a musket.”
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading “The latter could be plainly heard more than a mile over the plain, like repeated discharges of a musket.”
a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen
From this reading “The latter could be plainly heard more than a mile over the plain, like repeated discharges of a musket.”
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading “Swartboy's voice and whip made an almost continual noise.”
unmistakably (“plain” is often used informally for “plainly”)
From this reading “The latter could be plainly heard more than a mile over the plain, like repeated discharges of a musket.”
beat severely with a whip or rod
From this reading “Swartboy's voice and whip made an almost continual noise.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The latter could be plainly heard more than a mile over the plain, like repeated discharges of a musket.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Swartboy's voice and whip made an almost continual noise.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Swartboy's voice and whip made an almost continual noise.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Swartboy's voice and whip made an almost continual noise.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The latter could be plainly heard more than a mile over the plain, like repeated discharges of a musket.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading On moved the little caravan, but not in silence.
a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file
From this reading On moved the little caravan, but not in silence.
recurring regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series
From this reading Swartboy's voice and whip made an almost continual noise.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The latter could be plainly heard more than a mile over the plain, like repeated discharges of a musket.
plural of “discharge” — the sudden giving off of energy
From this reading The latter could be plainly heard more than a mile over the plain, like repeated discharges of a musket.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading The latter could be plainly heard more than a mile over the plain, like repeated discharges of a musket.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On moved the little caravan, but not in silence.
referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)
From this reading The latter could be plainly heard more than a mile over the plain, like repeated discharges of a musket.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading The latter could be plainly heard more than a mile over the plain, like repeated discharges of a musket.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading On moved the little caravan, but not in silence.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Swartboy's voice and whip made an almost continual noise.
a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading The latter could be plainly heard more than a mile over the plain, like repeated discharges of a musket.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading The latter could be plainly heard more than a mile over the plain, like repeated discharges of a musket.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading On moved the little caravan, but not in silence.
a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen
From this reading The latter could be plainly heard more than a mile over the plain, like repeated discharges of a musket.
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading Swartboy's voice and whip made an almost continual noise.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading On moved the little caravan, but not in silence.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The latter could be plainly heard more than a mile over the plain, like repeated discharges of a musket.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On moved the little caravan, but not in silence.
above and across; more than
From this reading The latter could be plainly heard more than a mile over the plain, like repeated discharges of a musket.
clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
From this reading The latter could be plainly heard more than a mile over the plain, like repeated discharges of a musket.
unmistakably (“plain” is often used informally for “plainly”)
From this reading The latter could be plainly heard more than a mile over the plain, like repeated discharges of a musket.
recurring again and again
From this reading The latter could be plainly heard more than a mile over the plain, like repeated discharges of a musket.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading On moved the little caravan, but not in silence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Swartboy's voice and whip made an almost continual noise.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The latter could be plainly heard more than a mile over the plain, like repeated discharges of a musket.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On moved the little caravan, but not in silence.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Swartboy's voice and whip made an almost continual noise.
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 WATER!
beat severely with a whip or rod
From this reading Swartboy's voice and whip made an almost continual noise.
Chapter 29 of Popular Adventure Tales by Mayne Reid holds 305 sentences, grouped into 61 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 29 holds 305 sentences of Popular Adventure Tales, unabridged, divided into 61 reading sections.
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