Chapter 10 of Owen Clancy's Happy Trail is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Owen Clancy's Happy Trail is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT. Burton's eyes glimmered as he listened to these wandering words from the lips of his treacherous friend. "He got a dose of the same medicine he helped give me!" he said. "Serves him right. Gerald Wynn is a yellow dog!
Chapter 10 of Owen Clancy's Happy Trail is here in full — 134 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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possessive form of “burton” — English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890)
From this reading “Burton's eyes glimmered as he listened to these wandering words from the lips of his treacherous friend.”
a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
From this reading “"He got a dose of the same medicine he helped give me!" he said.”
past form of “help” — give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading “"He got a dose of the same medicine he helped give me!" he said.”
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
From this reading “"He got a dose of the same medicine he helped give me!" he said.”
a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
From this reading “PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT.”
plural of “serve” — (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
From this reading “"Serves him right.”
dangerously unstable and unpredictable
From this reading “Burton's eyes glimmered as he listened to these wandering words from the lips of his treacherous friend.”
migratory
From this reading “Burton's eyes glimmered as he listened to these wandering words from the lips of his treacherous friend.”
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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 "He got a dose of the same medicine he helped give me!" he said.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Burton's eyes glimmered as he listened to these wandering words from the lips of his treacherous friend.
possessive form of “burton” — English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890)
From this reading Burton's eyes glimmered as he listened to these wandering words from the lips of his treacherous friend.
a plot intended to subvert another plot
From this reading PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT.
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading Gerald Wynn is a yellow dog!
a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
From this reading "He got a dose of the same medicine he helped give me!" he said.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Burton's eyes glimmered as he listened to these wandering words from the lips of his treacherous friend.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Burton's eyes glimmered as he listened to these wandering words from the lips of his treacherous friend.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Burton's eyes glimmered as he listened to these wandering words from the lips of his treacherous friend.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gerald Wynn is a yellow dog!
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "He got a dose of the same medicine he helped give me!" he said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Burton's eyes glimmered as he listened to these wandering words from the lips of his treacherous friend.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "He got a dose of the same medicine he helped give me!" he said.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Burton's eyes glimmered as he listened to these wandering words from the lips of his treacherous friend.
past form of “help” — give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading "He got a dose of the same medicine he helped give me!" he said.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Serves him right.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Burton's eyes glimmered as he listened to these wandering words from the lips of his treacherous friend.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Gerald Wynn is a yellow dog!
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading Burton's eyes glimmered as he listened to these wandering words from the lips of his treacherous friend.
past form of “listen” — hear with intention
From this reading Burton's eyes glimmered as he listened to these wandering words from the lips of his treacherous friend.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "He got a dose of the same medicine he helped give me!" he said.
the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
From this reading "He got a dose of the same medicine he helped give me!" he said.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Burton's eyes glimmered as he listened to these wandering words from the lips of his treacherous friend.
a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
From this reading PLOT AND COUNTERPLOT.
precisely, exactly
From this reading "Serves him right.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "He got a dose of the same medicine he helped give me!" he said.
Identical; not different.
From this reading "He got a dose of the same medicine he helped give me!" he said.
plural of “serve” — (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
From this reading "Serves him right.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Burton's eyes glimmered as he listened to these wandering words from the lips of his treacherous friend.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Burton's eyes glimmered as he listened to these wandering words from the lips of his treacherous friend.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Burton's eyes glimmered as he listened to these wandering words from the lips of his treacherous friend.
dangerously unstable and unpredictable
From this reading Burton's eyes glimmered as he listened to these wandering words from the lips of his treacherous friend.
migratory
From this reading Burton's eyes glimmered as he listened to these wandering words from the lips of his treacherous friend.
the words that are spoken
From this reading Burton's eyes glimmered as he listened to these wandering words from the lips of his treacherous friend.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gerald Wynn is a yellow dog!
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading Gerald Wynn is a yellow dog!
Chapter 10 of Owen Clancy's Happy Trail by Burt L. Standish holds 134 sentences, grouped into 27 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 10 holds 134 sentences of Owen Clancy's Happy Trail, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.
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