Chapter 24 of Roy Blakeley: Lost, Strayed or Stolen is here in full — 79 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXIV
Chapter 24 of Roy Blakeley: Lost, Strayed or Stolen is here in full — 79 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
That was the match! Talk about your baseball matches and your rowing matches. That was the world renowned parlor match. The great inventor got out just in time, with his ammunition. You know the rest.
Chapter 24 of Roy Blakeley: Lost, Strayed or Stolen is here in full — 79 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/15 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
projectiles to be fired from a gun
From this reading “The great inventor got out just in time, with his ammunition.”
a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
From this reading “Talk about your baseball matches and your rowing matches.”
someone who is the first to think of or make something
From this reading “The great inventor got out just in time, with his ammunition.”
be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
From this reading “That was the match!”
plural of “match” — lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction
From this reading “Talk about your baseball matches and your rowing matches.”
reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
From this reading “That was the world renowned parlor match.”
widely known and esteemed
From this reading “That was the world renowned parlor match.”
the act of rowing as a sport
From this reading “Talk about your baseball matches and your rowing matches.”
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.
to consider or examine in speech or writing
In this reading “Talk about your baseball matches and your rowing matches.”
move out of or depart from
In this reading “The great inventor got out just in time, with his ammunition.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Talk about your baseball matches and your rowing matches.
projectiles to be fired from a gun
From this reading The great inventor got out just in time, with his ammunition.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Talk about your baseball matches and your rowing matches.
a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
From this reading Talk about your baseball matches and your rowing matches.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading The great inventor got out just in time, with his ammunition.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The great inventor got out just in time, with his ammunition.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The great inventor got out just in time, with his ammunition.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The great inventor got out just in time, with his ammunition.
someone who is the first to think of or make something
From this reading The great inventor got out just in time, with his ammunition.
and nothing more
From this reading The great inventor got out just in time, with his ammunition.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading You know the rest.
be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
From this reading That was the match!
plural of “match” — lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction
From this reading Talk about your baseball matches and your rowing matches.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The great inventor got out just in time, with his ammunition.
reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
From this reading That was the world renowned parlor match.
widely known and esteemed
From this reading That was the world renowned parlor match.
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading You know the rest.
the act of rowing as a sport
From this reading Talk about your baseball matches and your rowing matches.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading Talk about your baseball matches and your rowing matches.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was the match!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That was the match!
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading The great inventor got out just in time, with his ammunition.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was the match!
in the company of; together with
From this reading The great inventor got out just in time, with his ammunition.
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading That was the world renowned parlor match.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You know the rest.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Talk about your baseball matches and your rowing matches.
Chapter 24 of Roy Blakeley: Lost, Strayed or Stolen by Percy Keese Fitzhugh holds 79 sentences, grouped into 16 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 24 holds 79 sentences of Roy Blakeley: Lost, Strayed or Stolen, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 24 of Roy Blakeley: Lost, Strayed or Stolen by Percy Keese Fitzhugh exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 79 sentences, grouped into 16 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 16 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 16 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 24 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading Roy Blakeley: Lost, Strayed or Stolen by Percy Keese Fitzhugh on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 2938 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #44485 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #44485, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 244 minutes of reading across 588 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Roy Blakeley: Lost, Strayed or Stolen section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 36 chapters of Roy Blakeley: Lost, Strayed or Stolen to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Roy Blakeley: Lost, Strayed or Stolen, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
