Chapter 5 of The haunted island is here in full — 82 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The haunted island is here in full — 82 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE ENGLISHMAN’S RELATION (THE ISLAND). “Close and bolt the door,” said the Englishman so soon as we were alone. “That Quartermaster, saintly soul, may be hereabout. So. And now, my lad, get you into your hammock again, and to sleep.”
Chapter 5 of The haunted island is here in full — 82 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
From this reading ““Close and bolt the door,” said the Englishman so soon as we were alone.”
a man who is a native or inhabitant of England
From this reading “THE ENGLISHMAN’S RELATION (THE ISLAND).”
a small natural hill
From this reading “And now, my lad, get you into your hammock again, and to sleep.””
in this general vicinity
From this reading ““That Quartermaster, saintly soul, may be hereabout.”
a boy or man
From this reading “And now, my lad, get you into your hammock again, and to sleep.””
an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops
From this reading ““That Quartermaster, saintly soul, may be hereabout.”
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
From this reading “THE ENGLISHMAN’S RELATION (THE ISLAND).”
marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
From this reading ““That Quartermaster, saintly soul, may be hereabout.”
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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anew
From this reading And now, my lad, get you into your hammock again, and to sleep.”
Having no one else present.
From this reading “Close and bolt the door,” said the Englishman so soon as we were alone.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Close and bolt the door,” said the Englishman so soon as we were alone.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Close and bolt the door,” said the Englishman so soon as we were alone.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “That Quartermaster, saintly soul, may be hereabout.
a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
From this reading “Close and bolt the door,” said the Englishman so soon as we were alone.
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
From this reading “Close and bolt the door,” said the Englishman so soon as we were alone.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading “Close and bolt the door,” said the Englishman so soon as we were alone.
a man who is a native or inhabitant of England
From this reading “Close and bolt the door,” said the Englishman so soon as we were alone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE ENGLISHMAN’S RELATION (THE ISLAND).
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading And now, my lad, get you into your hammock again, and to sleep.”
a small natural hill
From this reading And now, my lad, get you into your hammock again, and to sleep.”
in this general vicinity
From this reading “That Quartermaster, saintly soul, may be hereabout.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading And now, my lad, get you into your hammock again, and to sleep.”
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading THE ENGLISHMAN’S RELATION (THE ISLAND).
a boy or man
From this reading And now, my lad, get you into your hammock again, and to sleep.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “That Quartermaster, saintly soul, may be hereabout.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And now, my lad, get you into your hammock again, and to sleep.”
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading And now, my lad, get you into your hammock again, and to sleep.”
an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops
From this reading “That Quartermaster, saintly soul, may be hereabout.
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
From this reading THE ENGLISHMAN’S RELATION (THE ISLAND).
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Close and bolt the door,” said the Englishman so soon as we were alone.
marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
From this reading “That Quartermaster, saintly soul, may be hereabout.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading And now, my lad, get you into your hammock again, and to sleep.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Close and bolt the door,” said the Englishman so soon as we were alone.
in the near future
From this reading “Close and bolt the door,” said the Englishman so soon as we were alone.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading “That Quartermaster, saintly soul, may be hereabout.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “That Quartermaster, saintly soul, may be hereabout.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE ENGLISHMAN’S RELATION (THE ISLAND).
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And now, my lad, get you into your hammock again, and to sleep.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Close and bolt the door,” said the Englishman so soon as we were alone.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Close and bolt the door,” said the Englishman so soon as we were alone.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And now, my lad, get you into your hammock again, and to sleep.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And now, my lad, get you into your hammock again, and to sleep.”
Chapter 5 of The haunted island by E. H. (Edward Harold) Visiak holds 82 sentences, grouped into 17 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 82 sentences of The haunted island, unabridged, divided into 17 reading sections.
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