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Chapter 18 of The Voyages of Captain Scott is here in full — 220 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER In thrilling region of thick ribbed ice To be imprison'd in the viewless winds And blown with restless violence round about. --SHAKESPEARE. On the death of the ponies at Camp 31 the party was reorganized, and for some days advanced in the following order: Sledge 1. Scott, Wilson, Oates and P.O. Evans.
Chapter 18 of The Voyages of Captain Scott is here in full — 220 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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United States anatomist who identified four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1882-1971)
From this reading “Scott, Wilson, Oates and P.O. Evans.”
a slowly moving mass of ice
From this reading “ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER In thrilling region of thick ribbed ice To be imprison'd in the viewless winds And blown with restless violence round about.”
English conspirator who claimed that there was a Jesuit plot to assassinate Charles II (1649-1705)
From this reading “Scott, Wilson, Oates and P.O. Evans.”
plural of “pony” — a range horse of the western United States
From this reading “On the death of the ponies at Camp 31 the party was reorganized, and for some days advanced in the following order:”
organized again
From this reading “On the death of the ponies at Camp 31 the party was reorganized, and for some days advanced in the following order:”
furnished or strengthened with ribs
From this reading “ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER In thrilling region of thick ribbed ice To be imprison'd in the viewless winds And blown with restless violence round about.”
transport in a sleigh
From this reading “Sledge 1.”
causing a surge of emotion or excitement
From this reading “ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER In thrilling region of thick ribbed ice To be imprison'd in the viewless winds And blown with restless violence round about.”
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From this reading Sledge 1.
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From this reading On the death of the ponies at Camp 31 the party was reorganized, and for some days advanced in the following order:
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER In thrilling region of thick ribbed ice To be imprison'd in the viewless winds And blown with restless violence round about.
farther along in physical or mental development
From this reading On the death of the ponies at Camp 31 the party was reorganized, and for some days advanced in the following order:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER In thrilling region of thick ribbed ice To be imprison'd in the viewless winds And blown with restless violence round about.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading On the death of the ponies at Camp 31 the party was reorganized, and for some days advanced in the following order:
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER In thrilling region of thick ribbed ice To be imprison'd in the viewless winds And blown with restless violence round about.
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From this reading ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER In thrilling region of thick ribbed ice To be imprison'd in the viewless winds And blown with restless violence round about.
being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor
From this reading ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER In thrilling region of thick ribbed ice To be imprison'd in the viewless winds And blown with restless violence round about.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading On the death of the ponies at Camp 31 the party was reorganized, and for some days advanced in the following order:
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading On the death of the ponies at Camp 31 the party was reorganized, and for some days advanced in the following order:
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading On the death of the ponies at Camp 31 the party was reorganized, and for some days advanced in the following order:
United States anatomist who identified four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1882-1971)
From this reading Scott, Wilson, Oates and P.O. Evans.
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading On the death of the ponies at Camp 31 the party was reorganized, and for some days advanced in the following order:
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading On the death of the ponies at Camp 31 the party was reorganized, and for some days advanced in the following order:
a slowly moving mass of ice
From this reading ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER In thrilling region of thick ribbed ice To be imprison'd in the viewless winds And blown with restless violence round about.
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER In thrilling region of thick ribbed ice To be imprison'd in the viewless winds And blown with restless violence round about.
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From this reading ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER In thrilling region of thick ribbed ice To be imprison'd in the viewless winds And blown with restless violence round about.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER In thrilling region of thick ribbed ice To be imprison'd in the viewless winds And blown with restless violence round about.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Scott, Wilson, Oates and P.O. Evans.
English conspirator who claimed that there was a Jesuit plot to assassinate Charles II (1649-1705)
From this reading Scott, Wilson, Oates and P.O. Evans.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER In thrilling region of thick ribbed ice To be imprison'd in the viewless winds And blown with restless violence round about.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER In thrilling region of thick ribbed ice To be imprison'd in the viewless winds And blown with restless violence round about.
(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading On the death of the ponies at Camp 31 the party was reorganized, and for some days advanced in the following order:
a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
From this reading Scott, Wilson, Oates and P.O. Evans.
an organization to gain political power
From this reading On the death of the ponies at Camp 31 the party was reorganized, and for some days advanced in the following order:
plural of “pony” — a range horse of the western United States
From this reading On the death of the ponies at Camp 31 the party was reorganized, and for some days advanced in the following order:
the extended spatial location of something
From this reading ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER In thrilling region of thick ribbed ice To be imprison'd in the viewless winds And blown with restless violence round about.
organized again
From this reading On the death of the ponies at Camp 31 the party was reorganized, and for some days advanced in the following order:
worried and uneasy
From this reading ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER In thrilling region of thick ribbed ice To be imprison'd in the viewless winds And blown with restless violence round about.
furnished or strengthened with ribs
From this reading ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER In thrilling region of thick ribbed ice To be imprison'd in the viewless winds And blown with restless violence round about.
a charge of ammunition for a single shot
From this reading ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER In thrilling region of thick ribbed ice To be imprison'd in the viewless winds And blown with restless violence round about.
award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999)
From this reading Scott, Wilson, Oates and P.O. Evans.
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
From this reading --SHAKESPEARE.
transport in a sleigh
From this reading Sledge 1.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading On the death of the ponies at Camp 31 the party was reorganized, and for some days advanced in the following order:
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER In thrilling region of thick ribbed ice To be imprison'd in the viewless winds And blown with restless violence round about.
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER In thrilling region of thick ribbed ice To be imprison'd in the viewless winds And blown with restless violence round about.
causing a surge of emotion or excitement
From this reading ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER In thrilling region of thick ribbed ice To be imprison'd in the viewless winds And blown with restless violence round about.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER In thrilling region of thick ribbed ice To be imprison'd in the viewless winds And blown with restless violence round about.
not having or expressing opinions or views
From this reading ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER In thrilling region of thick ribbed ice To be imprison'd in the viewless winds And blown with restless violence round about.
an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
From this reading ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER In thrilling region of thick ribbed ice To be imprison'd in the viewless winds And blown with restless violence round about.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On the death of the ponies at Camp 31 the party was reorganized, and for some days advanced in the following order:
author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)
From this reading Scott, Wilson, Oates and P.O. Evans.
plural of “wind” — air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER In thrilling region of thick ribbed ice To be imprison'd in the viewless winds And blown with restless violence round about.
in the company of; together with
From this reading ON THE BEARDMORE GLACIER In thrilling region of thick ribbed ice To be imprison'd in the viewless winds And blown with restless violence round about.
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