Chapter 6 of The Boy With the U.S. Miners is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Boy With the U.S. Miners is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
NUGGETS! Weeks had passed since the accident, and Jim was still in the hospital. The disaster had been costly to the colliery, but not crippling. The shafts--always the most costly portion of mine development--had not been injured. Many of the galleries had been reopened.
Chapter 6 of The Boy With the U.S. Miners is here in full — 375 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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entailing great loss or sacrifice
From this reading “The disaster had been costly to the colliery, but not crippling.”
that cripples or disables or incapacitates
From this reading “The disaster had been costly to the colliery, but not crippling.”
act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
From this reading “The shafts--always the most costly portion of mine development--had not been injured.”
a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
From this reading “The disaster had been costly to the colliery, but not crippling.”
plural of “gallery” — spectators at a golf or tennis match
From this reading “Many of the galleries had been reopened.”
plural of “nugget” — a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth
From this reading “NUGGETS!”
past form of “reopen” — open again or anew
From this reading “Many of the galleries had been reopened.”
plural of “shaft” — a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
From this reading “The shafts--always the most costly portion of mine development--had not been injured.”
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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In this reading “The shafts--always the most costly portion of mine development--had not been injured.”
In this reading “Weeks had passed since the accident, and Jim was still in the hospital.”
In this reading “Weeks had passed since the accident, and Jim was still in the hospital.”
In this reading “Weeks had passed since the accident, and Jim was still in the hospital.”
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.
an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
From this reading Weeks had passed since the accident, and Jim was still in the hospital.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading The shafts--always the most costly portion of mine development--had not been injured.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Weeks had passed since the accident, and Jim was still in the hospital.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The disaster had been costly to the colliery, but not crippling.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The disaster had been costly to the colliery, but not crippling.
a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it
From this reading The disaster had been costly to the colliery, but not crippling.
entailing great loss or sacrifice
From this reading The disaster had been costly to the colliery, but not crippling.
that cripples or disables or incapacitates
From this reading The disaster had been costly to the colliery, but not crippling.
act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
From this reading The shafts--always the most costly portion of mine development--had not been injured.
a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
From this reading The disaster had been costly to the colliery, but not crippling.
plural of “gallery” — spectators at a golf or tennis match
From this reading Many of the galleries had been reopened.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Weeks had passed since the accident, and Jim was still in the hospital.
a health facility where patients receive treatment
From this reading Weeks had passed since the accident, and Jim was still in the hospital.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Weeks had passed since the accident, and Jim was still in the hospital.
harmed
From this reading The shafts--always the most costly portion of mine development--had not been injured.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Weeks had passed since the accident, and Jim was still in the hospital.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading Many of the galleries had been reopened.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The shafts--always the most costly portion of mine development--had not been injured.
used to form the superlative
From this reading The shafts--always the most costly portion of mine development--had not been injured.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The disaster had been costly to the colliery, but not crippling.
plural of “nugget” — a solid lump of a precious metal (especially gold) as found in the earth
From this reading NUGGETS!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The shafts--always the most costly portion of mine development--had not been injured.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Weeks had passed since the accident, and Jim was still in the hospital.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading The shafts--always the most costly portion of mine development--had not been injured.
past form of “reopen” — open again or anew
From this reading Many of the galleries had been reopened.
plural of “shaft” — a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
From this reading The shafts--always the most costly portion of mine development--had not been injured.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Weeks had passed since the accident, and Jim was still in the hospital.
not in physical motion
From this reading Weeks had passed since the accident, and Jim was still in the hospital.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Weeks had passed since the accident, and Jim was still in the hospital.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The disaster had been costly to the colliery, but not crippling.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Weeks had passed since the accident, and Jim was still in the hospital.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading Weeks had passed since the accident, and Jim was still in the hospital.
Chapter 6 of The Boy With the U.S. Miners by Francis Rolt-Wheeler holds 375 sentences, grouped into 75 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 6 holds 375 sentences of The Boy With the U.S. Miners, unabridged, divided into 75 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of The Boy With the U.S. Miners by Francis Rolt-Wheeler exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 375 sentences, grouped into 75 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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