Chapter 4 of The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
This Murua Akipi was the aim of my journey. I had heard of it from native sources. It was a wonderful country where anything might happen. Huge elephant lived there. Bad Abyssinians came there.
Chapter 4 of The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
From this reading “This Murua Akipi was the aim of my journey.”
five-toed pachyderm
From this reading “Huge elephant lived there.”
come to pass
From this reading “It was a wonderful country where anything might happen.”
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading “Huge elephant lived there.”
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading “This Murua Akipi was the aim of my journey.”
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
From this reading “I had heard of it from native sources.”
plural of “source” — the place where something begins, where it springs into being
From this reading “I had heard of it from native sources.”
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading “It was a wonderful country where anything might happen.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Huge elephant lived there.”
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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 It was a wonderful country where anything might happen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bad Abyssinians came there.
point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
From this reading This Murua Akipi was the aim of my journey.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This Murua Akipi was the aim of my journey.
any thing at all
From this reading It was a wonderful country where anything might happen.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading Bad Abyssinians came there.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Bad Abyssinians came there.
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading It was a wonderful country where anything might happen.
five-toed pachyderm
From this reading Huge elephant lived there.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I had heard of it from native sources.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had heard of it from native sources.
come to pass
From this reading It was a wonderful country where anything might happen.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading I had heard of it from native sources.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading Huge elephant lived there.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I had heard of it from native sources.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I had heard of it from native sources.
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading This Murua Akipi was the aim of my journey.
past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Huge elephant lived there.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading It was a wonderful country where anything might happen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This Murua Akipi was the aim of my journey.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading This Murua Akipi was the aim of my journey.
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
From this reading I had heard of it from native sources.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This Murua Akipi was the aim of my journey.
plural of “source” — the place where something begins, where it springs into being
From this reading I had heard of it from native sources.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This Murua Akipi was the aim of my journey.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Huge elephant lived there.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This Murua Akipi was the aim of my journey.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This Murua Akipi was the aim of my journey.
in or at the place that
From this reading It was a wonderful country where anything might happen.
extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers
From this reading It was a wonderful country where anything might happen.
Chapter 4 of The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter by Walter Dalrymple Maitland Bell holds 434 sentences, grouped into 87 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 434 sentences of The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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