Chapter 22 of The Glacier Gate: An Adventure Story is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 22 of The Glacier Gate: An Adventure Story is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TRONADOR LIGHT “Wild life is plainly what I was made for,” said Lang. “See how I’ve thrived on it. A great adventurer’ll be lost in me when I go back to surgery in Boston. I’ve had maltreatment enough to kill a mule, as I’d have thought once, and it’s brought me to life. What a broken-down wretch I was in Mobile!
Chapter 22 of The Glacier Gate: An Adventure Story is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading “A great adventurer’ll be lost in me when I go back to surgery in Boston.”
cruel or inhumane treatment
From this reading “I’ve had maltreatment enough to kill a mule, as I’d have thought once, and it’s brought me to life.”
migratory
From this reading “What a broken-down wretch I was in Mobile!”
hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
From this reading “I’ve had maltreatment enough to kill a mule, as I’d have thought once, and it’s brought me to life.”
unmistakably (“plain” is often used informally for “plainly”)
From this reading “TRONADOR LIGHT “Wild life is plainly what I was made for,” said Lang.”
the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
From this reading “A great adventurer’ll be lost in me when I go back to surgery in Boston.”
past form of “thrive” — grow vigorously
From this reading ““See how I’ve thrived on it.”
performs some wicked deed
From this reading “What a broken-down wretch I was in Mobile!”
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belong to an earlier time
In this reading “A great adventurer’ll be lost in me when I go back to surgery in Boston.”
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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 great adventurer’ll be lost in me when I go back to surgery in Boston.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A great adventurer’ll be lost in me when I go back to surgery in Boston.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I’ve had maltreatment enough to kill a mule, as I’d have thought once, and it’s brought me to life.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I’ve had maltreatment enough to kill a mule, as I’d have thought once, and it’s brought me to life.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading A great adventurer’ll be lost in me when I go back to surgery in Boston.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading A great adventurer’ll be lost in me when I go back to surgery in Boston.
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading A great adventurer’ll be lost in me when I go back to surgery in Boston.
in deplorable condition
From this reading What a broken-down wretch I was in Mobile!
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading I’ve had maltreatment enough to kill a mule, as I’d have thought once, and it’s brought me to life.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading I’ve had maltreatment enough to kill a mule, as I’d have thought once, and it’s brought me to life.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading TRONADOR LIGHT “Wild life is plainly what I was made for,” said Lang.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading A great adventurer’ll be lost in me when I go back to surgery in Boston.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading A great adventurer’ll be lost in me when I go back to surgery in Boston.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I’ve had maltreatment enough to kill a mule, as I’d have thought once, and it’s brought me to life.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I’ve had maltreatment enough to kill a mule, as I’d have thought once, and it’s brought me to life.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “See how I’ve thrived on it.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading TRONADOR LIGHT “Wild life is plainly what I was made for,” said Lang.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’ve had maltreatment enough to kill a mule, as I’d have thought once, and it’s brought me to life.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “See how I’ve thrived on it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A great adventurer’ll be lost in me when I go back to surgery in Boston.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading TRONADOR LIGHT “Wild life is plainly what I was made for,” said Lang.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “See how I’ve thrived on it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’ve had maltreatment enough to kill a mule, as I’d have thought once, and it’s brought me to life.
cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
From this reading I’ve had maltreatment enough to kill a mule, as I’d have thought once, and it’s brought me to life.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TRONADOR LIGHT “Wild life is plainly what I was made for,” said Lang.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading TRONADOR LIGHT “Wild life is plainly what I was made for,” said Lang.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading TRONADOR LIGHT “Wild life is plainly what I was made for,” said Lang.
no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
From this reading A great adventurer’ll be lost in me when I go back to surgery in Boston.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading TRONADOR LIGHT “Wild life is plainly what I was made for,” said Lang.
cruel or inhumane treatment
From this reading I’ve had maltreatment enough to kill a mule, as I’d have thought once, and it’s brought me to life.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A great adventurer’ll be lost in me when I go back to surgery in Boston.
migratory
From this reading What a broken-down wretch I was in Mobile!
hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
From this reading I’ve had maltreatment enough to kill a mule, as I’d have thought once, and it’s brought me to life.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “See how I’ve thrived on it.
on one occasion
From this reading I’ve had maltreatment enough to kill a mule, as I’d have thought once, and it’s brought me to life.
unmistakably (“plain” is often used informally for “plainly”)
From this reading TRONADOR LIGHT “Wild life is plainly what I was made for,” said Lang.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading TRONADOR LIGHT “Wild life is plainly what I was made for,” said Lang.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “See how I’ve thrived on it.
the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures
From this reading A great adventurer’ll be lost in me when I go back to surgery in Boston.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I’ve had maltreatment enough to kill a mule, as I’d have thought once, and it’s brought me to life.
past form of “thrive” — grow vigorously
From this reading “See how I’ve thrived on it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A great adventurer’ll be lost in me when I go back to surgery in Boston.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading TRONADOR LIGHT “Wild life is plainly what I was made for,” said Lang.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading TRONADOR LIGHT “Wild life is plainly what I was made for,” said Lang.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading TRONADOR LIGHT “Wild life is plainly what I was made for,” said Lang.
at the time that
From this reading A great adventurer’ll be lost in me when I go back to surgery in Boston.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading TRONADOR LIGHT “Wild life is plainly what I was made for,” said Lang.
performs some wicked deed
From this reading What a broken-down wretch I was in Mobile!
Chapter 22 of The Glacier Gate: An Adventure Story by Frank Lillie Pollock holds 78 sentences, grouped into 16 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 22 holds 78 sentences of The Glacier Gate: An Adventure Story, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
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