Chapter 5 of The Awful Australian is here in full — 52 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Awful Australian is here in full — 52 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
AUSTRALIA FOR THE AUSTRALIANS. This watchword is the motto of "the national newspaper." It is also the top note of all the Labour party screeches. The national weakness of Australia it shows is instinctive. There is a distrust of its own capability; self-reliance is totally absent; there is no vital growth.
Chapter 5 of The Awful Australian is here in full — 52 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
From this reading “AUSTRALIA FOR THE AUSTRALIANS.”
plural of “australian” — a native or inhabitant of Australia
From this reading “AUSTRALIA FOR THE AUSTRALIANS.”
the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally
From this reading “There is a distrust of its own capability; self-reliance is totally absent; there is no vital growth.”
doubt about someone's honesty
From this reading “There is a distrust of its own capability; self-reliance is totally absent; there is no vital growth.”
unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
From this reading “The national weakness of Australia it shows is instinctive.”
a favorite saying of a sect or political group
From this reading “This watchword is the motto of "the national newspaper."”
plural of “screech” — a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
From this reading “It is also the top note of all the Labour party screeches.”
a slogan used to rally support for a cause
From this reading “This watchword is the motto of "the national newspaper."”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 There is a distrust of its own capability; self-reliance is totally absent; there is no vital growth.
not being in a specified place
From this reading There is a distrust of its own capability; self-reliance is totally absent; there is no vital growth.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading It is also the top note of all the Labour party screeches.
in addition
From this reading It is also the top note of all the Labour party screeches.
a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
From this reading AUSTRALIA FOR THE AUSTRALIANS.
plural of “australian” — a native or inhabitant of Australia
From this reading AUSTRALIA FOR THE AUSTRALIANS.
the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally
From this reading There is a distrust of its own capability; self-reliance is totally absent; there is no vital growth.
doubt about someone's honesty
From this reading There is a distrust of its own capability; self-reliance is totally absent; there is no vital growth.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading AUSTRALIA FOR THE AUSTRALIANS.
(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
From this reading There is a distrust of its own capability; self-reliance is totally absent; there is no vital growth.
unthinking; prompted by (or as if by) instinct
From this reading The national weakness of Australia it shows is instinctive.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This watchword is the motto of "the national newspaper."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is also the top note of all the Labour party screeches.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading There is a distrust of its own capability; self-reliance is totally absent; there is no vital growth.
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
From this reading It is also the top note of all the Labour party screeches.
a favorite saying of a sect or political group
From this reading This watchword is the motto of "the national newspaper."
of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country
From this reading This watchword is the motto of "the national newspaper."
a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
From this reading This watchword is the motto of "the national newspaper."
not any; not one
From this reading There is a distrust of its own capability; self-reliance is totally absent; there is no vital growth.
a brief written record
From this reading It is also the top note of all the Labour party screeches.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This watchword is the motto of "the national newspaper."
have ownership or possession of
From this reading There is a distrust of its own capability; self-reliance is totally absent; there is no vital growth.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading It is also the top note of all the Labour party screeches.
plural of “screech” — a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
From this reading It is also the top note of all the Labour party screeches.
personal independence
From this reading There is a distrust of its own capability; self-reliance is totally absent; there is no vital growth.
plural of “show” — the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining
From this reading The national weakness of Australia it shows is instinctive.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AUSTRALIA FOR THE AUSTRALIANS.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There is a distrust of its own capability; self-reliance is totally absent; there is no vital growth.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This watchword is the motto of "the national newspaper."
the upper part of anything
From this reading It is also the top note of all the Labour party screeches.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading There is a distrust of its own capability; self-reliance is totally absent; there is no vital growth.
urgently needed; absolutely necessary
From this reading There is a distrust of its own capability; self-reliance is totally absent; there is no vital growth.
a slogan used to rally support for a cause
From this reading This watchword is the motto of "the national newspaper."
a flaw or weak point
From this reading The national weakness of Australia it shows is instinctive.
Chapter 5 of The Awful Australian by Montague Grover holds 52 sentences, grouped into 11 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.
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