Chapter 34 of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas is here in full — 284 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 34 of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas is here in full — 284 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls. We were the Ice Bank’s prisoners! The Canadian banged a table with his fearsome fist. Conseil kept still. I stared at the captain.
Chapter 34 of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas is here in full — 284 sentences across 57 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “bang” — strike violently
From this reading “The Canadian banged a table with his fearsome fist.”
possessive form of “bank” — sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
of or relating to Canada or its people
From this reading “The Canadian banged a table with his fearsome fist.”
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading “The Canadian banged a table with his fearsome fist.”
turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
From this reading “Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.”
not admitting of penetration or passage into or through
From this reading “Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.”
a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power
From this reading “Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.”
the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
From this reading “Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.”
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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 The Canadian banged a table with his fearsome fist.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I stared at the captain.
past form of “bang” — strike violently
From this reading The Canadian banged a table with his fearsome fist.
possessive form of “bank” — sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading We were the Ice Bank’s prisoners!
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
of or relating to Canada or its people
From this reading The Canadian banged a table with his fearsome fist.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading I stared at the captain.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Conseil kept still.
(sentence connectors) because of the reason given
From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading The Canadian banged a table with his fearsome fist.
a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)
From this reading The Canadian banged a table with his fearsome fist.
turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold
From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Canadian banged a table with his fearsome fist.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I stared at the captain.
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading We were the Ice Bank’s prisoners!
not admitting of penetration or passage into or through
From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading Conseil kept still.
a submarine that is propelled by nuclear power
From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
plural of “prisoner” — a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading We were the Ice Bank’s prisoners!
the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading I stared at the captain.
not in physical motion
From this reading Conseil kept still.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading The Canadian banged a table with his fearsome fist.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
plural of “wall” — an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We were the Ice Bank’s prisoners!
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Shortage of Air CONSEQUENTLY, above, below, and around the Nautilus, there were impenetrable frozen walls.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Canadian banged a table with his fearsome fist.
Chapter 34 of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne holds 284 sentences, grouped into 57 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 34 holds 284 sentences of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, unabridged, divided into 57 reading sections.
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