Chapter 8 of The Cruise of the Kawa is here in full — 96 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
Chapter 8 of The Cruise of the Kawa is here in full — 96 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Our handsome hosts. En route to the interior. Native flora and fauna. We arrive at the capitol. A lecture on Filbertine architecture.
Chapter 8 of The Cruise of the Kawa is here in full — 96 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
an architectural product or work
From this reading “A lecture on Filbertine architecture.”
a building occupied by a state legislature
From this reading “We arrive at the capitol.”
all the animal life in a particular region or period
From this reading “Native flora and fauna.”
all the plant life in a particular region or period
From this reading “Native flora and fauna.”
plural of “host” — a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
From this reading “Our handsome hosts.”
situated within or suitable for inside a building
From this reading “En route to the interior.”
deliver a lecture or talk
From this reading “A lecture on Filbertine architecture.”
an established line of travel or access
From this reading “En route to the interior.”
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 A lecture on Filbertine architecture.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Native flora and fauna.
an architectural product or work
From this reading A lecture on Filbertine architecture.
reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading We arrive at the capitol.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We arrive at the capitol.
a building occupied by a state legislature
From this reading We arrive at the capitol.
half the width of an em
From this reading En route to the interior.
all the animal life in a particular region or period
From this reading Native flora and fauna.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A lecture on Filbertine architecture.
all the plant life in a particular region or period
From this reading Native flora and fauna.
pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
From this reading Our handsome hosts.
plural of “host” — a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
From this reading Our handsome hosts.
situated within or suitable for inside a building
From this reading En route to the interior.
deliver a lecture or talk
From this reading A lecture on Filbertine architecture.
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
From this reading Native flora and fauna.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A lecture on Filbertine architecture.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our handsome hosts.
an established line of travel or access
From this reading En route to the interior.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading En route to the interior.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading En route to the interior.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We arrive at the capitol.
Chapter 8 of The Cruise of the Kawa by George S. (George Shepard) Chappell holds 96 sentences, grouped into 20 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 8 holds 96 sentences of The Cruise of the Kawa, unabridged, divided into 20 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of The Cruise of the Kawa by George S. (George Shepard) Chappell exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 96 sentences, grouped into 20 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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About 118 minutes of reading across 284 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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