Chapter 5 of The Flaming Mountain is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Flaming Mountain is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Seismic Tracings Ruiz, the short, friendly San Luzian, was not dead, but he was only barely alive. Within a half hour he was on his way to the hospital at Calor, crushed and unconscious. Brad Connel was badly shaken. "I thought he was behind me," the geologist explained. "But he had gone back to check the cap connection.
Chapter 5 of The Flaming Mountain is here in full — 179 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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only a very short time before
From this reading “Seismic Tracings Ruiz, the short, friendly San Luzian, was not dead, but he was only barely alive.”
a small nail
From this reading “Brad Connel was badly shaken.”
examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
From this reading “"But he had gone back to check the cap connection.”
a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
From this reading “"But he had gone back to check the cap connection.”
treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance
From this reading “Within a half hour he was on his way to the hospital at Calor, crushed and unconscious.”
a specialist in geology
From this reading “"I thought he was behind me," the geologist explained.”
subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration
From this reading “Seismic Tracings Ruiz, the short, friendly San Luzian, was not dead, but he was only barely alive.”
disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock
From this reading “Brad Connel was badly shaken.”
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.
In this reading “Brad Connel was badly shaken.”
In this reading “Within a half hour he was on his way to the hospital at Calor, crushed and unconscious.”
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 Within a half hour he was on his way to the hospital at Calor, crushed and unconscious.
possessing life
From this reading Seismic Tracings Ruiz, the short, friendly San Luzian, was not dead, but he was only barely alive.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Within a half hour he was on his way to the hospital at Calor, crushed and unconscious.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Within a half hour he was on his way to the hospital at Calor, crushed and unconscious.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "But he had gone back to check the cap connection.
to a severe or serious degree
From this reading Brad Connel was badly shaken.
only a very short time before
From this reading Seismic Tracings Ruiz, the short, friendly San Luzian, was not dead, but he was only barely alive.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading "I thought he was behind me," the geologist explained.
a small nail
From this reading Brad Connel was badly shaken.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Seismic Tracings Ruiz, the short, friendly San Luzian, was not dead, but he was only barely alive.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Within a half hour he was on his way to the hospital at Calor, crushed and unconscious.
a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading "But he had gone back to check the cap connection.
examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
From this reading "But he had gone back to check the cap connection.
a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it)
From this reading "But he had gone back to check the cap connection.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Brad Connel was badly shaken.
treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance
From this reading Within a half hour he was on his way to the hospital at Calor, crushed and unconscious.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Seismic Tracings Ruiz, the short, friendly San Luzian, was not dead, but he was only barely alive.
past form of “explain” — make plain and comprehensible
From this reading "I thought he was behind me," the geologist explained.
characteristic of or befitting a friend
From this reading Seismic Tracings Ruiz, the short, friendly San Luzian, was not dead, but he was only barely alive.
a specialist in geology
From this reading "I thought he was behind me," the geologist explained.
destroyed or killed
From this reading "But he had gone back to check the cap connection.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "But he had gone back to check the cap connection.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading Within a half hour he was on his way to the hospital at Calor, crushed and unconscious.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Seismic Tracings Ruiz, the short, friendly San Luzian, was not dead, but he was only barely alive.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Within a half hour he was on his way to the hospital at Calor, crushed and unconscious.
a health facility where patients receive treatment
From this reading Within a half hour he was on his way to the hospital at Calor, crushed and unconscious.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading Within a half hour he was on his way to the hospital at Calor, crushed and unconscious.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I thought he was behind me," the geologist explained.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Seismic Tracings Ruiz, the short, friendly San Luzian, was not dead, but he was only barely alive.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I thought he was behind me," the geologist explained.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Seismic Tracings Ruiz, the short, friendly San Luzian, was not dead, but he was only barely alive.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Within a half hour he was on his way to the hospital at Calor, crushed and unconscious.
and nothing more
From this reading Seismic Tracings Ruiz, the short, friendly San Luzian, was not dead, but he was only barely alive.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Seismic Tracings Ruiz, the short, friendly San Luzian, was not dead, but he was only barely alive.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Seismic Tracings Ruiz, the short, friendly San Luzian, was not dead, but he was only barely alive.
subject to or caused by an earthquake or earth vibration
From this reading Seismic Tracings Ruiz, the short, friendly San Luzian, was not dead, but he was only barely alive.
disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock
From this reading Brad Connel was badly shaken.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading Seismic Tracings Ruiz, the short, friendly San Luzian, was not dead, but he was only barely alive.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Seismic Tracings Ruiz, the short, friendly San Luzian, was not dead, but he was only barely alive.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "I thought he was behind me," the geologist explained.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Within a half hour he was on his way to the hospital at Calor, crushed and unconscious.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Seismic Tracings Ruiz, the short, friendly San Luzian, was not dead, but he was only barely alive.
not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
From this reading Within a half hour he was on his way to the hospital at Calor, crushed and unconscious.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Seismic Tracings Ruiz, the short, friendly San Luzian, was not dead, but he was only barely alive.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Within a half hour he was on his way to the hospital at Calor, crushed and unconscious.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Within a half hour he was on his way to the hospital at Calor, crushed and unconscious.
Chapter 5 of The Flaming Mountain by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin holds 179 sentences, grouped into 36 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 5 holds 179 sentences of The Flaming Mountain, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The Flaming Mountain by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 179 sentences, grouped into 36 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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