Chapter 12 of Torrey's Narrative is here in full — 11 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Torrey's Narrative is here in full — 11 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Proceed to New Brunswick. Encounter a severe storm. Come near losing the ship. Arrived at Delhouse. Sickness of the author.
Chapter 12 of Torrey's Narrative is here in full — 11 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “Sickness of the author.”
a university town in southwestern Maine
From this reading “Proceed to New Brunswick.”
come together
From this reading “Encounter a severe storm.”
-ing form of “lose” — fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “Come near losing the ship.”
continue talking
From this reading “Proceed to New Brunswick.”
intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
From this reading “Encounter a severe storm.”
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
From this reading “Sickness of the author.”
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading “Encounter a severe storm.”
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.
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reach a destination, either real or abstract
In this reading “Arrived at Delhouse.”
almost do or experience something
In this reading “Come near losing the ship.”
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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 Encounter a severe storm.
past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
From this reading Arrived at Delhouse.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Arrived at Delhouse.
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading Sickness of the author.
a university town in southwestern Maine
From this reading Proceed to New Brunswick.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Come near losing the ship.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Arrived at Delhouse.
come together
From this reading Encounter a severe storm.
-ing form of “lose” — fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading Come near losing the ship.
near in time or place or relationship
From this reading Come near losing the ship.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Proceed to New Brunswick.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Sickness of the author.
continue talking
From this reading Proceed to New Brunswick.
intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality
From this reading Encounter a severe storm.
transport commercially
From this reading Come near losing the ship.
impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
From this reading Sickness of the author.
behave violently, as if in state of a great anger
From this reading Encounter a severe storm.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Come near losing the ship.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Proceed to New Brunswick.
Chapter 12 of Torrey's Narrative by William Torrey holds 11 sentences, grouped into 3 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 12 holds 11 sentences of Torrey's Narrative, unabridged, divided into 3 reading sections.
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