Chapter 7 of Two Thousand Miles Below is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Two Thousand Miles Below is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Into the Crater_ Smithy's agonized face was above him when he came back to life. "God!" Smithy was breathing. "I thought you were gone, Dean! I thought you were dead!"
Chapter 7 of Two Thousand Miles Below is here in full — 187 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading “_Into the Crater_ Smithy's agonized face was above him when he came back to life.”
expressing pain or agony
From this reading “_Into the Crater_ Smithy's agonized face was above him when he came back to life.”
the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
From this reading “Smithy was breathing.”
a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading “I thought you were dead!"”
an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college
From this reading “"I thought you were gone, Dean!”
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading “"God!"”
destroyed or killed
From this reading “"I thought you were gone, Dean!”
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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be restored
In this reading “_Into the Crater_ Smithy's agonized face was above him when he came back to life.”
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading _Into the Crater_ Smithy's agonized face was above him when he came back to life.
expressing pain or agony
From this reading _Into the Crater_ Smithy's agonized face was above him when he came back to life.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading _Into the Crater_ Smithy's agonized face was above him when he came back to life.
the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
From this reading Smithy was breathing.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading _Into the Crater_ Smithy's agonized face was above him when he came back to life.
a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
From this reading _Into the Crater_ Smithy's agonized face was above him when he came back to life.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading I thought you were dead!"
an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college
From this reading "I thought you were gone, Dean!
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading _Into the Crater_ Smithy's agonized face was above him when he came back to life.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading "God!"
destroyed or killed
From this reading "I thought you were gone, Dean!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Into the Crater_ Smithy's agonized face was above him when he came back to life.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Into the Crater_ Smithy's agonized face was above him when he came back to life.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I thought you were gone, Dean!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading _Into the Crater_ Smithy's agonized face was above him when he came back to life.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading _Into the Crater_ Smithy's agonized face was above him when he came back to life.
a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering
From this reading Smithy was breathing.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Into the Crater_ Smithy's agonized face was above him when he came back to life.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Into the Crater_ Smithy's agonized face was above him when he came back to life.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "I thought you were gone, Dean!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Into the Crater_ Smithy's agonized face was above him when he came back to life.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Into the Crater_ Smithy's agonized face was above him when he came back to life.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "I thought you were gone, Dean!
at the time that
From this reading _Into the Crater_ Smithy's agonized face was above him when he came back to life.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I thought you were gone, Dean!
Chapter 7 of Two Thousand Miles Below by Charles Willard Diffin holds 187 sentences, grouped into 38 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 7 holds 187 sentences of Two Thousand Miles Below, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
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