Chapter 4 of The Purchase of the North Pole is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Purchase of the North Pole is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OLD ACQUAINTANCES. Barbicane & Co.! The president of the Gun Club! What was the Gun Club going to do with the North Pole? We shall see.
Chapter 4 of The Purchase of the North Pole is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “acquaintance” — personal knowledge or information about someone or something
From this reading “OLD ACQUAINTANCES.”
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading “The president of the Gun Club!”
the act of departing
From this reading “What was the Gun Club going to do with the North Pole?”
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading “The president of the Gun Club!”
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading “What was the Gun Club going to do with the North Pole?”
a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
From this reading “What was the Gun Club going to do with the North Pole?”
an executive officer of a firm or corporation
From this reading “The president of the Gun Club!”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “We shall see.”
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In this reading “OLD ACQUAINTANCES.”
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plural of “acquaintance” — personal knowledge or information about someone or something
From this reading OLD ACQUAINTANCES.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Barbicane & Co.!
a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
From this reading The president of the Gun Club!
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading Barbicane & Co.!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What was the Gun Club going to do with the North Pole?
the act of departing
From this reading What was the Gun Club going to do with the North Pole?
a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading The president of the Gun Club!
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading What was the Gun Club going to do with the North Pole?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The president of the Gun Club!
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading OLD ACQUAINTANCES.
a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
From this reading What was the Gun Club going to do with the North Pole?
an executive officer of a firm or corporation
From this reading The president of the Gun Club!
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading We shall see.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading We shall see.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The president of the Gun Club!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What was the Gun Club going to do with the North Pole?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What was the Gun Club going to do with the North Pole?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We shall see.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What was the Gun Club going to do with the North Pole?
in the company of; together with
From this reading What was the Gun Club going to do with the North Pole?
Chapter 4 of The Purchase of the North Pole by Jules Verne holds 81 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 4 holds 81 sentences of The Purchase of the North Pole, unabridged, divided into 17 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of The Purchase of the North Pole by Jules Verne exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 81 sentences, grouped into 17 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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