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The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies
The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies

Chapter XXI · Chapter 21

Chapter 21 of The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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"For three days I had a baddish time.
We steered by the stars, travelling chiefly by night, and we showed extraordinary skill in missing the water-holes.
I had a touch of fever and got light-headed, and it was all I could do to struggle through the thick grass and wait-a-bit thorns.
My clothes were torn to rags, and I grew so footsore that it was agony to move.
All the same we travelled fast, and there was no chance of our missing the road, for any route due north was bound to cut the railway.
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The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies

Chapter XXI · Chapter 21

Chapter 21 of The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies is here in full — 183 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"For three days I had a baddish time.
Line 2
We steered by the stars, travelling chiefly by night, and we showed extraordinary skill in missing the water-holes.
Line 3
I had a touch of fever and got light-headed, and it was all I could do to struggle through the thick grass and wait-a-bit thorns.
Line 4
My clothes were torn to rags, and I grew so footsore that it was agony to move.
Line 5
All the same we travelled fast, and there was no chance of our missing the road, for any route due north was bound to cut the railway.

Learner Dictionary

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Agony noun US /ˈæɡ.ə.ni/

Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.

From this reading “My clothes were torn to rags, and I grew so footsore that it was agony to move.”

Same adjective US /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading “All the same we travelled fast, and there was no chance of our missing the road, for any route due north was bound to cut the railway.”

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a

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From this reading "For three days I had a baddish time.

agonynounUS /ˈæɡ.ə.ni/

Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.

From this reading My clothes were torn to rags, and I grew so footsore that it was agony to move.

all

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From this reading I had a touch of fever and got light-headed, and it was all I could do to struggle through the thick grass and wait-a-bit thorns.

and

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From this reading We steered by the stars, travelling chiefly by night, and we showed extraordinary skill in missing the water-holes.

any

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From this reading All the same we travelled fast, and there was no chance of our missing the road, for any route due north was bound to cut the railway.

baddish

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From this reading "For three days I had a baddish time.

bound

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From this reading All the same we travelled fast, and there was no chance of our missing the road, for any route due north was bound to cut the railway.

by

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From this reading We steered by the stars, travelling chiefly by night, and we showed extraordinary skill in missing the water-holes.

chance

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From this reading All the same we travelled fast, and there was no chance of our missing the road, for any route due north was bound to cut the railway.

chiefly

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From this reading We steered by the stars, travelling chiefly by night, and we showed extraordinary skill in missing the water-holes.

clothes

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From this reading My clothes were torn to rags, and I grew so footsore that it was agony to move.

could

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From this reading I had a touch of fever and got light-headed, and it was all I could do to struggle through the thick grass and wait-a-bit thorns.

cut

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From this reading All the same we travelled fast, and there was no chance of our missing the road, for any route due north was bound to cut the railway.

days

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From this reading "For three days I had a baddish time.

do

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From this reading I had a touch of fever and got light-headed, and it was all I could do to struggle through the thick grass and wait-a-bit thorns.

due

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From this reading All the same we travelled fast, and there was no chance of our missing the road, for any route due north was bound to cut the railway.

extraordinary

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From this reading We steered by the stars, travelling chiefly by night, and we showed extraordinary skill in missing the water-holes.

fast

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From this reading All the same we travelled fast, and there was no chance of our missing the road, for any route due north was bound to cut the railway.

fever

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From this reading I had a touch of fever and got light-headed, and it was all I could do to struggle through the thick grass and wait-a-bit thorns.

footsore

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From this reading My clothes were torn to rags, and I grew so footsore that it was agony to move.

For

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From this reading "For three days I had a baddish time.

got

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From this reading I had a touch of fever and got light-headed, and it was all I could do to struggle through the thick grass and wait-a-bit thorns.

grass

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From this reading I had a touch of fever and got light-headed, and it was all I could do to struggle through the thick grass and wait-a-bit thorns.

grew

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From this reading My clothes were torn to rags, and I grew so footsore that it was agony to move.

had

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From this reading "For three days I had a baddish time.

I

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From this reading "For three days I had a baddish time.

in

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From this reading We steered by the stars, travelling chiefly by night, and we showed extraordinary skill in missing the water-holes.

it

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From this reading I had a touch of fever and got light-headed, and it was all I could do to struggle through the thick grass and wait-a-bit thorns.

light-headed

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From this reading I had a touch of fever and got light-headed, and it was all I could do to struggle through the thick grass and wait-a-bit thorns.

missing

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From this reading We steered by the stars, travelling chiefly by night, and we showed extraordinary skill in missing the water-holes.

move

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From this reading My clothes were torn to rags, and I grew so footsore that it was agony to move.

My

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From this reading My clothes were torn to rags, and I grew so footsore that it was agony to move.

night

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From this reading We steered by the stars, travelling chiefly by night, and we showed extraordinary skill in missing the water-holes.

no

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From this reading All the same we travelled fast, and there was no chance of our missing the road, for any route due north was bound to cut the railway.

north

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From this reading All the same we travelled fast, and there was no chance of our missing the road, for any route due north was bound to cut the railway.

of

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From this reading I had a touch of fever and got light-headed, and it was all I could do to struggle through the thick grass and wait-a-bit thorns.

our

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From this reading All the same we travelled fast, and there was no chance of our missing the road, for any route due north was bound to cut the railway.

rags

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From this reading My clothes were torn to rags, and I grew so footsore that it was agony to move.

railway

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From this reading All the same we travelled fast, and there was no chance of our missing the road, for any route due north was bound to cut the railway.

road

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From this reading All the same we travelled fast, and there was no chance of our missing the road, for any route due north was bound to cut the railway.

route

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From this reading All the same we travelled fast, and there was no chance of our missing the road, for any route due north was bound to cut the railway.

sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading All the same we travelled fast, and there was no chance of our missing the road, for any route due north was bound to cut the railway.

showed

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From this reading We steered by the stars, travelling chiefly by night, and we showed extraordinary skill in missing the water-holes.

skill

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From this reading We steered by the stars, travelling chiefly by night, and we showed extraordinary skill in missing the water-holes.

so

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From this reading My clothes were torn to rags, and I grew so footsore that it was agony to move.

stars

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From this reading We steered by the stars, travelling chiefly by night, and we showed extraordinary skill in missing the water-holes.

steered

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From this reading We steered by the stars, travelling chiefly by night, and we showed extraordinary skill in missing the water-holes.

struggle

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From this reading I had a touch of fever and got light-headed, and it was all I could do to struggle through the thick grass and wait-a-bit thorns.

that

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From this reading My clothes were torn to rags, and I grew so footsore that it was agony to move.

the

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From this reading We steered by the stars, travelling chiefly by night, and we showed extraordinary skill in missing the water-holes.

there

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From this reading All the same we travelled fast, and there was no chance of our missing the road, for any route due north was bound to cut the railway.

thick

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From this reading I had a touch of fever and got light-headed, and it was all I could do to struggle through the thick grass and wait-a-bit thorns.

thorns

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From this reading I had a touch of fever and got light-headed, and it was all I could do to struggle through the thick grass and wait-a-bit thorns.

three

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From this reading "For three days I had a baddish time.

through

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From this reading I had a touch of fever and got light-headed, and it was all I could do to struggle through the thick grass and wait-a-bit thorns.

time

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From this reading "For three days I had a baddish time.

to

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From this reading I had a touch of fever and got light-headed, and it was all I could do to struggle through the thick grass and wait-a-bit thorns.

torn

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From this reading My clothes were torn to rags, and I grew so footsore that it was agony to move.

touch

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From this reading I had a touch of fever and got light-headed, and it was all I could do to struggle through the thick grass and wait-a-bit thorns.

travelled

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From this reading All the same we travelled fast, and there was no chance of our missing the road, for any route due north was bound to cut the railway.

travelling

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From this reading We steered by the stars, travelling chiefly by night, and we showed extraordinary skill in missing the water-holes.

wait-a-bit

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From this reading I had a touch of fever and got light-headed, and it was all I could do to struggle through the thick grass and wait-a-bit thorns.

was

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From this reading I had a touch of fever and got light-headed, and it was all I could do to struggle through the thick grass and wait-a-bit thorns.

water-holes

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From this reading We steered by the stars, travelling chiefly by night, and we showed extraordinary skill in missing the water-holes.

We

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From this reading We steered by the stars, travelling chiefly by night, and we showed extraordinary skill in missing the water-holes.

were

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From this reading My clothes were torn to rags, and I grew so footsore that it was agony to move.

Chapter 21 of The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by John Buchan holds 183 sentences, grouped into 37 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

What does chapter 21 of The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies contain?

Chapter 21 holds 183 sentences of The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 21 of The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by John Buchan exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 183 sentences, grouped into 37 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.

How do I study chapter 21 of The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies?

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 21 can be played aloud in United States English.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #715, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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Vocabulary met early in The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Pentlands
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Looking
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North
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South
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