Chapter 27 of Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 27 of Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone. "Can you hike home with your ankle like that?" Grove Bronson asked Roy. "Sure, we can take our time. If we get home by evening it's all right."
Chapter 27 of Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp is here in full — 124 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals
From this reading “SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.”
a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
From this reading “"Can you hike home with your ankle like that?"”
someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
From this reading “SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.”
a small growth of trees without underbrush
From this reading “Grove Bronson asked Roy.”
a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
From this reading “"Can you hike home with your ankle like that?"”
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading “SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.”
plural of “scout” — a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading “SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.”
a large gathering of people
From this reading “SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.”
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In this reading “If we get home by evening it's all right."”
In this reading “SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.”
In this reading “SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.”
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anew
From this reading SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.
(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 SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.
Having no one else present.
From this reading SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.
a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals
From this reading SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.
a gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus
From this reading "Can you hike home with your ankle like that?"
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Grove Bronson asked Roy.
someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
From this reading SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Grove Bronson asked Roy.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading If we get home by evening it's all right."
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Can you hike home with your ankle like that?"
the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)
From this reading If we get home by evening it's all right."
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading If we get home by evening it's all right."
destroyed or killed
From this reading SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.
a small growth of trees without underbrush
From this reading Grove Bronson asked Roy.
a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
From this reading "Can you hike home with your ankle like that?"
where you live at a particular time
From this reading "Can you hike home with your ankle like that?"
plural of “hope” — a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If we get home by evening it's all right."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If we get home by evening it's all right."
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.
the collection of rules imposed by authority
From this reading SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading "Can you hike home with your ankle like that?"
the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
From this reading SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "Sure, we can take our time.
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.
precisely, exactly
From this reading If we get home by evening it's all right."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Grove Bronson asked Roy.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.
plural of “scout” — a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading "Sure, we can take our time.
carry out
From this reading "Sure, we can take our time.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Can you hike home with your ankle like that?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.
a large gathering of people
From this reading SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading "Sure, we can take our time.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Sure, we can take our time.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading SCOUT LAW NUMBER TWO Then the scene of all their good times and of their broken hopes was quiet again, the ambulance and its attendant throng was gone, and the scouts were alone.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Can you hike home with your ankle like that?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Can you hike home with your ankle like that?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Can you hike home with your ankle like that?"
Chapter 27 of Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp by Percy Keese Fitzhugh holds 124 sentences, grouped into 25 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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