Chapter 35 of The Story-Book of Science is here in full — 160 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 35 of The Story-Book of Science is here in full — 160 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE SUBTERRANEAN FURNACE “LET us get back to our subject. At the bottom of mines, I told you, a high temperature prevails, which keeps up during the whole year. There is always the same heat, winter and summer. The deepest excavation miners have ever made is in Bohemia. It is inaccessible to-day.
Chapter 35 of The Story-Book of Science is here in full — 160 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a historical area and former kingdom in the Czech Republic
From this reading “The deepest excavation miners have ever made is in Bohemia.”
the act of digging
From this reading “The deepest excavation miners have ever made is in Bohemia.”
an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
From this reading “THE SUBTERRANEAN FURNACE “LET us get back to our subject.”
capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all
From this reading “It is inaccessible to-day.”
plural of “miner” — laborer who works in a mine
From this reading “The deepest excavation miners have ever made is in Bohemia.”
third-person singular of “prevail” — be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
From this reading “At the bottom of mines, I told you, a high temperature prevails, which keeps up during the whole year.”
Existing, occurring, or done under the earth's surface.
From this reading “THE SUBTERRANEAN FURNACE “LET us get back to our subject.”
the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)
From this reading “At the bottom of mines, I told you, a high temperature prevails, which keeps up during the whole year.”
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the presence of heat
In this reading “At the bottom of mines, I told you, a high temperature prevails, which keeps up during the whole year.”
In this reading “At the bottom of mines, I told you, a high temperature prevails, which keeps up during the whole year.”
In this reading “At the bottom of mines, I told you, a high temperature prevails, which keeps up during the whole year.”
recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost
In this reading “THE SUBTERRANEAN FURNACE “LET us get back to our subject.”
maintain a required pace or level
In this reading “At the bottom of mines, I told you, a high temperature prevails, which keeps up during the whole year.”
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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 At the bottom of mines, I told you, a high temperature prevails, which keeps up during the whole year.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading There is always the same heat, winter and summer.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There is always the same heat, winter and summer.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the bottom of mines, I told you, a high temperature prevails, which keeps up during the whole year.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading THE SUBTERRANEAN FURNACE “LET us get back to our subject.
a historical area and former kingdom in the Czech Republic
From this reading The deepest excavation miners have ever made is in Bohemia.
the lower side of anything
From this reading At the bottom of mines, I told you, a high temperature prevails, which keeps up during the whole year.
superlative of “deep” — relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading The deepest excavation miners have ever made is in Bohemia.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading At the bottom of mines, I told you, a high temperature prevails, which keeps up during the whole year.
at any time
From this reading The deepest excavation miners have ever made is in Bohemia.
the act of digging
From this reading The deepest excavation miners have ever made is in Bohemia.
an enclosed chamber in which heat is produced to heat buildings, destroy refuse, smelt or refine ores, etc.
From this reading THE SUBTERRANEAN FURNACE “LET us get back to our subject.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading THE SUBTERRANEAN FURNACE “LET us get back to our subject.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The deepest excavation miners have ever made is in Bohemia.
a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
From this reading There is always the same heat, winter and summer.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading At the bottom of mines, I told you, a high temperature prevails, which keeps up during the whole year.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading At the bottom of mines, I told you, a high temperature prevails, which keeps up during the whole year.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The deepest excavation miners have ever made is in Bohemia.
capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all
From this reading It is inaccessible to-day.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is always the same heat, winter and summer.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is inaccessible to-day.
plural of “keep” — the financial means whereby one lives
From this reading At the bottom of mines, I told you, a high temperature prevails, which keeps up during the whole year.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading THE SUBTERRANEAN FURNACE “LET us get back to our subject.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading The deepest excavation miners have ever made is in Bohemia.
plural of “miner” — laborer who works in a mine
From this reading The deepest excavation miners have ever made is in Bohemia.
plural of “mine” — excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
From this reading At the bottom of mines, I told you, a high temperature prevails, which keeps up during the whole year.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At the bottom of mines, I told you, a high temperature prevails, which keeps up during the whole year.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading THE SUBTERRANEAN FURNACE “LET us get back to our subject.
third-person singular of “prevail” — be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
From this reading At the bottom of mines, I told you, a high temperature prevails, which keeps up during the whole year.
Identical; not different.
From this reading There is always the same heat, winter and summer.
the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
From this reading THE SUBTERRANEAN FURNACE “LET us get back to our subject.
Existing, occurring, or done under the earth's surface.
From this reading THE SUBTERRANEAN FURNACE “LET us get back to our subject.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading There is always the same heat, winter and summer.
the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)
From this reading At the bottom of mines, I told you, a high temperature prevails, which keeps up during the whole year.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SUBTERRANEAN FURNACE “LET us get back to our subject.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There is always the same heat, winter and summer.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE SUBTERRANEAN FURNACE “LET us get back to our subject.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It is inaccessible to-day.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading At the bottom of mines, I told you, a high temperature prevails, which keeps up during the whole year.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading At the bottom of mines, I told you, a high temperature prevails, which keeps up during the whole year.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE SUBTERRANEAN FURNACE “LET us get back to our subject.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading At the bottom of mines, I told you, a high temperature prevails, which keeps up during the whole year.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading At the bottom of mines, I told you, a high temperature prevails, which keeps up during the whole year.
the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox
From this reading There is always the same heat, winter and summer.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading At the bottom of mines, I told you, a high temperature prevails, which keeps up during the whole year.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading At the bottom of mines, I told you, a high temperature prevails, which keeps up during the whole year.
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