Chapter 2 of Schwatka's Search is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Schwatka's Search is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE WINTER CAMP. Meanwhile we had need of patience. Our camp, which was in latitude 63 deg. 51 min. north and 90 deg. 26 min.
Chapter 2 of Schwatka's Search is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading “THE WINTER CAMP.”
the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself
From this reading “Our camp, which was in latitude 63 deg.”
at the same time but in another place
From this reading “Meanwhile we had need of patience.”
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading “51 min. north and 90 deg.”
a condition requiring relief
From this reading “Meanwhile we had need of patience.”
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading “51 min. north and 90 deg.”
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading “Meanwhile we had need of patience.”
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading “THE WINTER CAMP.”
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From this reading 26 min.
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From this reading 51 min. north and 90 deg.
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From this reading Our camp, which was in latitude 63 deg.
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From this reading 51 min. north and 90 deg.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading THE WINTER CAMP.
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From this reading Our camp, which was in latitude 63 deg.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Meanwhile we had need of patience.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Our camp, which was in latitude 63 deg.
the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself
From this reading Our camp, which was in latitude 63 deg.
at the same time but in another place
From this reading Meanwhile we had need of patience.
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading 51 min. north and 90 deg.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading Meanwhile we had need of patience.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading 51 min. north and 90 deg.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Meanwhile we had need of patience.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our camp, which was in latitude 63 deg.
good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence
From this reading Meanwhile we had need of patience.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WINTER CAMP.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Our camp, which was in latitude 63 deg.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Meanwhile we had need of patience.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Our camp, which was in latitude 63 deg.
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading THE WINTER CAMP.
Chapter 2 of Schwatka's Search by William H. (William Henry) Gilder holds 212 sentences, grouped into 43 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 2 holds 212 sentences of Schwatka's Search, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Schwatka's Search by William H. (William Henry) Gilder exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 212 sentences, grouped into 43 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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