Chapter XXXIV of Roy Blakeley: Lost, Strayed or Stolen, “One Ending,” is here in full — 20 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXIV
Chapter XXXIV of Roy Blakeley: Lost, Strayed or Stolen, “One Ending,” is here in full — 20 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Now if you want to stick to those fellows, go ahead and do it. I’m not stopping you. This story has two endings and you can choose whichever one you please. I should worry. If you want to stay with us and watch us play checkers, all right.
Chapter XXXIV of Roy Blakeley: Lost, Strayed or Stolen, “One Ending,” is here in full — 20 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces
From this reading “If you want to stay with us and watch us play checkers, all right.”
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading “This story has two endings and you can choose whichever one you please.”
plural of “ending” — the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
From this reading “This story has two endings and you can choose whichever one you please.”
plural of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading “Now if you want to stick to those fellows, go ahead and do it.”
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading “Now if you want to stick to those fellows, go ahead and do it.”
fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
From this reading “I’m not stopping you.”
any one of a set, it does not matter which
From this reading “This story has two endings and you can choose whichever one you please.”
be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
From this reading “I should worry.”
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.
proceed (with a plan of action)
In this reading “Now if you want to stick to those fellows, go ahead and do it.”
In this reading “If you want to stay with us and watch us play checkers, all right.”
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.
at or in the front
From this reading Now if you want to stick to those fellows, go ahead and do it.
(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 If you want to stay with us and watch us play checkers, all right.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Now if you want to stick to those fellows, go ahead and do it.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading This story has two endings and you can choose whichever one you please.
a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces
From this reading If you want to stay with us and watch us play checkers, all right.
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading This story has two endings and you can choose whichever one you please.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Now if you want to stick to those fellows, go ahead and do it.
plural of “ending” — the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
From this reading This story has two endings and you can choose whichever one you please.
plural of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading Now if you want to stick to those fellows, go ahead and do it.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Now if you want to stick to those fellows, go ahead and do it.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This story has two endings and you can choose whichever one you please.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I should worry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’m not stopping you.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Now if you want to stick to those fellows, go ahead and do it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Now if you want to stick to those fellows, go ahead and do it.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I’m not stopping you.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now if you want to stick to those fellows, go ahead and do it.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading This story has two endings and you can choose whichever one you please.
participate in games or sport
From this reading If you want to stay with us and watch us play checkers, all right.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading This story has two endings and you can choose whichever one you please.
precisely, exactly
From this reading If you want to stay with us and watch us play checkers, all right.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I should worry.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading If you want to stay with us and watch us play checkers, all right.
put, fix, force, or implant
From this reading Now if you want to stick to those fellows, go ahead and do it.
fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
From this reading I’m not stopping you.
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 This story has two endings and you can choose whichever one you please.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This story has two endings and you can choose whichever one you please.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Now if you want to stick to those fellows, go ahead and do it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Now if you want to stick to those fellows, go ahead and do it.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading This story has two endings and you can choose whichever one you please.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If you want to stay with us and watch us play checkers, all right.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading Now if you want to stick to those fellows, go ahead and do it.
look attentively
From this reading If you want to stay with us and watch us play checkers, all right.
any one of a set, it does not matter which
From this reading This story has two endings and you can choose whichever one you please.
in the company of; together with
From this reading If you want to stay with us and watch us play checkers, all right.
be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy
From this reading I should worry.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Now if you want to stick to those fellows, go ahead and do it.
Chapter 34 of Roy Blakeley: Lost, Strayed or Stolen by Percy Keese Fitzhugh holds 20 sentences, grouped into 4 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 34 holds 20 sentences of Roy Blakeley: Lost, Strayed or Stolen, unabridged, divided into 4 reading sections.
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