Chapter 20 of The Glacier Gate: An Adventure Story is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The Glacier Gate: An Adventure Story is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land. Lang hoisted himself aboard. A big figure loomed up on the deck, and a big bony hand was thrust out to him. “Did you get him?” Morrison demanded anxiously.
Chapter 20 of The Glacier Gate: An Adventure Story is here in full — 202 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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being very thin
From this reading “A big figure loomed up on the deck, and a big bony hand was thrust out to him.”
a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
From this reading “IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.”
past form of “hoist” — raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
From this reading “Lang hoisted himself aboard.”
past form of “loom” — come into view indistinctly, often threateningly
From this reading “A big figure loomed up on the deck, and a big bony hand was thrust out to him.”
past form of “moor” — secure in or as if in a berth or dock
From this reading “IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.”
United States rock singer (1943-1971)
From this reading “Morrison demanded anxiously.”
a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
From this reading “IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.”
a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
From this reading “IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.”
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 “A big figure loomed up on the deck, and a big bony hand was thrust out to him.”
In this reading “A big figure loomed up on the deck, and a big bony hand was thrust out to him.”
push to thrust outward
In this reading “A big figure loomed up on the deck, and a big bony hand was thrust out to him.”
In this reading “A big figure loomed up on the deck, and a big bony hand was thrust out to him.”
In this reading “IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.”
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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 IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
From this reading Lang hoisted himself aboard.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
with anxiety or apprehension
From this reading Morrison demanded anxiously.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
being joined in close association
From this reading IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake
From this reading IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading A big figure loomed up on the deck, and a big bony hand was thrust out to him.
being very thin
From this reading A big figure loomed up on the deck, and a big bony hand was thrust out to him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
any of various platforms built into a vessel
From this reading A big figure loomed up on the deck, and a big bony hand was thrust out to him.
past form of “demand” — request urgently and forcefully
From this reading Morrison demanded anxiously.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Did you get him?”
a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
From this reading IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading A big figure loomed up on the deck, and a big bony hand was thrust out to him.
a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site)
From this reading IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Did you get him?”
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading A big figure loomed up on the deck, and a big bony hand was thrust out to him.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A big figure loomed up on the deck, and a big bony hand was thrust out to him.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Lang hoisted himself aboard.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
past form of “hoist” — raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help
From this reading Lang hoisted himself aboard.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Lang hoisted himself aboard.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
past form of “loom” — come into view indistinctly, often threateningly
From this reading A big figure loomed up on the deck, and a big bony hand was thrust out to him.
engage in
From this reading IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
past form of “moor” — secure in or as if in a berth or dock
From this reading IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
United States rock singer (1943-1971)
From this reading Morrison demanded anxiously.
a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange
From this reading IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A big figure loomed up on the deck, and a big bony hand was thrust out to him.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading A big figure loomed up on the deck, and a big bony hand was thrust out to him.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
From this reading IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
push forcefully
From this reading A big figure loomed up on the deck, and a big bony hand was thrust out to him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading A big figure loomed up on the deck, and a big bony hand was thrust out to him.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
in the company of; together with
From this reading IN HIS OWN NET The _Chita_ was moored a little way down the beach of the bay, with her dinghy attached to shore and rail so as to make a gangway to the land.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Did you get him?”
Chapter 20 of The Glacier Gate: An Adventure Story by Frank Lillie Pollock holds 202 sentences, grouped into 41 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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