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Chapter XXVII · Baikal and Angara

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LAKE BAIKAL is situated seventeen hundred feet above the level of the sea.
Its length is about six hundred miles, its breadth seventy.
Its depth is not known.
Madame de Bourboulon states that, according to the boatmen, it likes to be spoken of as “Madam Sea.”
If it is called “Sir Lake,” it immediately lashes itself into fury.
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Michael Strogoff

Chapter XXVII · Baikal and Angara

Reading 1/34 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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LAKE BAIKAL is situated seventeen hundred feet above the level of the sea.
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Its length is about six hundred miles, its breadth seventy.
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Its depth is not known.
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Madame de Bourboulon states that, according to the boatmen, it likes to be spoken of as “Madam Sea.”
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If it is called “Sir Lake,” it immediately lashes itself into fury.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “Its length is about six hundred miles, its breadth seventy.”

Above preposition US /əˈbʌv/

higher than, or over, something

From this reading “LAKE BAIKAL is situated seventeen hundred feet above the level of the sea.”

Itself pronoun US /ˌɪtˈself/

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading “If it is called “Sir Lake,” it immediately lashes itself into fury.”

Length noun US /leŋθ/

a period of time or extent

From this reading “Its length is about six hundred miles, its breadth seventy.”

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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading Its length is about six hundred miles, its breadth seventy.

aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/

higher than, or over, something

From this reading LAKE BAIKAL is situated seventeen hundred feet above the level of the sea.

according

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From this reading Madame de Bourboulon states that, according to the boatmen, it likes to be spoken of as “Madam Sea.”

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Madame de Bourboulon states that, according to the boatmen, it likes to be spoken of as “Madam Sea.”

BAIKAL

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From this reading LAKE BAIKAL is situated seventeen hundred feet above the level of the sea.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Madame de Bourboulon states that, according to the boatmen, it likes to be spoken of as “Madam Sea.”

boatmen

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From this reading Madame de Bourboulon states that, according to the boatmen, it likes to be spoken of as “Madam Sea.”

Bourboulon

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From this reading Madame de Bourboulon states that, according to the boatmen, it likes to be spoken of as “Madam Sea.”

breadth

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From this reading Its length is about six hundred miles, its breadth seventy.

called

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From this reading If it is called “Sir Lake,” it immediately lashes itself into fury.

de

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From this reading Madame de Bourboulon states that, according to the boatmen, it likes to be spoken of as “Madam Sea.”

depth

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From this reading Its depth is not known.

feet

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From this reading LAKE BAIKAL is situated seventeen hundred feet above the level of the sea.

fury

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From this reading If it is called “Sir Lake,” it immediately lashes itself into fury.

hundred

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From this reading LAKE BAIKAL is situated seventeen hundred feet above the level of the sea.

IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading If it is called “Sir Lake,” it immediately lashes itself into fury.

immediately

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From this reading If it is called “Sir Lake,” it immediately lashes itself into fury.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading If it is called “Sir Lake,” it immediately lashes itself into fury.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading LAKE BAIKAL is situated seventeen hundred feet above the level of the sea.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Madame de Bourboulon states that, according to the boatmen, it likes to be spoken of as “Madam Sea.”

ItsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Its length is about six hundred miles, its breadth seventy.

itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading If it is called “Sir Lake,” it immediately lashes itself into fury.

known

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From this reading Its depth is not known.

LAKE

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From this reading LAKE BAIKAL is situated seventeen hundred feet above the level of the sea.

lashes

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From this reading If it is called “Sir Lake,” it immediately lashes itself into fury.

lengthnounUS /leŋθ/

a period of time or extent

From this reading Its length is about six hundred miles, its breadth seventy.

level

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From this reading LAKE BAIKAL is situated seventeen hundred feet above the level of the sea.

likes

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From this reading Madame de Bourboulon states that, according to the boatmen, it likes to be spoken of as “Madam Sea.”

Madam

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From this reading Madame de Bourboulon states that, according to the boatmen, it likes to be spoken of as “Madam Sea.”

Madame

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From this reading Madame de Bourboulon states that, according to the boatmen, it likes to be spoken of as “Madam Sea.”

miles

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From this reading Its length is about six hundred miles, its breadth seventy.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Its depth is not known.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading LAKE BAIKAL is situated seventeen hundred feet above the level of the sea.

sea

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From this reading LAKE BAIKAL is situated seventeen hundred feet above the level of the sea.

seventeen

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From this reading LAKE BAIKAL is situated seventeen hundred feet above the level of the sea.

seventy

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From this reading Its length is about six hundred miles, its breadth seventy.

Sir

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From this reading If it is called “Sir Lake,” it immediately lashes itself into fury.

situated

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From this reading LAKE BAIKAL is situated seventeen hundred feet above the level of the sea.

six

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From this reading Its length is about six hundred miles, its breadth seventy.

spoken

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From this reading Madame de Bourboulon states that, according to the boatmen, it likes to be spoken of as “Madam Sea.”

states

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From this reading Madame de Bourboulon states that, according to the boatmen, it likes to be spoken of as “Madam Sea.”

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Madame de Bourboulon states that, according to the boatmen, it likes to be spoken of as “Madam Sea.”

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading LAKE BAIKAL is situated seventeen hundred feet above the level of the sea.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Madame de Bourboulon states that, according to the boatmen, it likes to be spoken of as “Madam Sea.”