Chapter XV of Roy Blakeley: Lost, Strayed or Stolen, “A Scout's Honor,” is here in full — 84 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XV
Chapter XV of Roy Blakeley: Lost, Strayed or Stolen, “A Scout's Honor,” is here in full — 84 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I knew that fellow in school and I never had much use for him. He graduated when I was in the primary. At recess he used to take our marbles, just to make us mad. And after we started our troop he used to call us the boy sprouts. I guess he thought he was funny.
Chapter XV of Roy Blakeley: Lost, Strayed or Stolen, “A Scout's Honor,” is here in full — 84 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading “I guess he thought he was funny.”
marked with or divided into degrees
From this reading “He graduated when I was in the primary.”
roused to anger
From this reading “At recess he used to take our marbles, just to make us mad.”
a children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass)
From this reading “At recess he used to take our marbles, just to make us mad.”
of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
From this reading “He graduated when I was in the primary.”
put into a recess
From this reading “At recess he used to take our marbles, just to make us mad.”
plural of “sprout” — any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud
From this reading “And after we started our troop he used to call us the boy sprouts.”
a group of soldiers
From this reading “And after we started our troop he used to call us the boy sprouts.”
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.
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later than; following
From this reading And after we started our troop he used to call us the boy sprouts.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I knew that fellow in school and I never had much use for him.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At recess he used to take our marbles, just to make us mad.
a youthful male person
From this reading And after we started our troop he used to call us the boy sprouts.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading And after we started our troop he used to call us the boy sprouts.
a boy or man
From this reading I knew that fellow in school and I never had much use for him.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I knew that fellow in school and I never had much use for him.
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading I guess he thought he was funny.
marked with or divided into degrees
From this reading He graduated when I was in the primary.
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading I guess he thought he was funny.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I knew that fellow in school and I never had much use for him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He graduated when I was in the primary.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I knew that fellow in school and I never had much use for him.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I knew that fellow in school and I never had much use for him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I knew that fellow in school and I never had much use for him.
and nothing more
From this reading At recess he used to take our marbles, just to make us mad.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I knew that fellow in school and I never had much use for him.
roused to anger
From this reading At recess he used to take our marbles, just to make us mad.
engage in
From this reading At recess he used to take our marbles, just to make us mad.
a children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass)
From this reading At recess he used to take our marbles, just to make us mad.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading I knew that fellow in school and I never had much use for him.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading I knew that fellow in school and I never had much use for him.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading At recess he used to take our marbles, just to make us mad.
of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
From this reading He graduated when I was in the primary.
put into a recess
From this reading At recess he used to take our marbles, just to make us mad.
an educational institution
From this reading I knew that fellow in school and I never had much use for him.
plural of “sprout” — any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud
From this reading And after we started our troop he used to call us the boy sprouts.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading And after we started our troop he used to call us the boy sprouts.
carry out
From this reading At recess he used to take our marbles, just to make us mad.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I knew that fellow in school and I never had much use for him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He graduated when I was in the primary.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I guess he thought he was funny.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At recess he used to take our marbles, just to make us mad.
a group of soldiers
From this reading And after we started our troop he used to call us the boy sprouts.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading At recess he used to take our marbles, just to make us mad.
the act of using
From this reading I knew that fellow in school and I never had much use for him.
employed in accomplishing something
From this reading At recess he used to take our marbles, just to make us mad.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He graduated when I was in the primary.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading And after we started our troop he used to call us the boy sprouts.
at the time that
From this reading He graduated when I was in the primary.
Chapter 15 of Roy Blakeley: Lost, Strayed or Stolen by Percy Keese Fitzhugh holds 84 sentences, grouped into 17 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 15 holds 84 sentences of Roy Blakeley: Lost, Strayed or Stolen, unabridged, divided into 17 reading sections.
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