Chapter 12 of A Blundering Boy: A Humorous Story is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of A Blundering Boy: A Humorous Story is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
As soon as Steve recovered himself he said, “This is some of Crazy Tom’s work! Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes. Now I know that story is true. Oh! what a treasure we have found! Our fortune is made!”
Chapter 12 of A Blundering Boy: A Humorous Story is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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placed in a grave
From this reading “Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.”
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading “As soon as Steve recovered himself he said, “This is some of Crazy Tom’s work!”
a group of persons together in one place
From this reading “Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.”
plural of “kind” — a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading “Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.”
freed from illness or injury
From this reading “As soon as Steve recovered himself he said, “This is some of Crazy Tom’s work!”
possessive form of “tom” — male cat
worthless material that is to be disposed of
From this reading “Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.”
accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
From this reading “Oh! what a treasure we have found!”
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.
as might be expected
In this reading “Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.”
live in the house where one works
In this reading “Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Oh! what a treasure we have found!
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As soon as Steve recovered himself he said, “This is some of Crazy Tom’s work!
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.
placed in a grave
From this reading Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.
affected with madness or insanity
From this reading As soon as Steve recovered himself he said, “This is some of Crazy Tom’s work!
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading Our fortune is made!”
set up or found
From this reading Oh! what a treasure we have found!
a group of persons together in one place
From this reading Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As soon as Steve recovered himself he said, “This is some of Crazy Tom’s work!
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading As soon as Steve recovered himself he said, “This is some of Crazy Tom’s work!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Now I know that story is true.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As soon as Steve recovered himself he said, “This is some of Crazy Tom’s work!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.
plural of “kind” — a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Now I know that story is true.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Our fortune is made!”
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now I know that story is true.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As soon as Steve recovered himself he said, “This is some of Crazy Tom’s work!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh! what a treasure we have found!
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our fortune is made!”
the local environment
From this reading Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.
freed from illness or injury
From this reading As soon as Steve recovered himself he said, “This is some of Crazy Tom’s work!
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading As soon as Steve recovered himself he said, “This is some of Crazy Tom’s work!
express in words
From this reading Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading As soon as Steve recovered himself he said, “This is some of Crazy Tom’s work!
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.
in the near future
From this reading As soon as Steve recovered himself he said, “This is some of Crazy Tom’s work!
depleted of energy, force, or strength
From this reading Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.
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From this reading As soon as Steve recovered himself he said, “This is some of Crazy Tom’s work!
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading Now I know that story is true.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Now I know that story is true.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading As soon as Steve recovered himself he said, “This is some of Crazy Tom’s work!
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.
possessive form of “tom” — male cat
From this reading As soon as Steve recovered himself he said, “This is some of Crazy Tom’s work!
worthless material that is to be disposed of
From this reading Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.
accumulated wealth in the form of money or jewels etc.
From this reading Oh! what a treasure we have found!
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading Now I know that story is true.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Oh! what a treasure we have found!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Oh! what a treasure we have found!
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading As soon as Steve recovered himself he said, “This is some of Crazy Tom’s work!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Of course you two have heard of him; he used to live in these parts, and spent all his time gathering up all kinds of trash, and the boys say he buried it sometimes.
Chapter 12 of A Blundering Boy: A Humorous Story by Bruce Weston Munro holds 414 sentences, grouped into 83 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.
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