Chapter 32 of Roy Blakeley, Pathfinder is here in full — 44 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 32 of Roy Blakeley, Pathfinder is here in full — 44 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WE PART COMPANY Oh, it was great to watch Harry—the way he acted. He just said, “A soldier, eh? Sit down, we were just going to have a bite to eat. I was in the big scrap, myself.” That’s what he always called it—the big scrap.
Chapter 32 of Roy Blakeley, Pathfinder is here in full — 44 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “act” — perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading “WE PART COMPANY Oh, it was great to watch Harry—the way he acted.”
to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
From this reading “Sit down, we were just going to have a bite to eat.”
take in solid food
From this reading “Sit down, we were just going to have a bite to eat.”
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading “WE PART COMPANY Oh, it was great to watch Harry—the way he acted.”
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
From this reading “I was in the big scrap, myself.””
be seated
From this reading “Sit down, we were just going to have a bite to eat.”
an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
From this reading “He just said, “A soldier, eh?”
look attentively
From this reading “WE PART COMPANY Oh, it was great to watch Harry—the way he acted.”
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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 just said, “A soldier, eh?
past form of “act” — perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
From this reading WE PART COMPANY Oh, it was great to watch Harry—the way he acted.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading That’s what he always called it—the big scrap.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading I was in the big scrap, myself.”
to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or jaws
From this reading Sit down, we were just going to have a bite to eat.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading That’s what he always called it—the big scrap.
an institution created to conduct business
From this reading WE PART COMPANY Oh, it was great to watch Harry—the way he acted.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Sit down, we were just going to have a bite to eat.
take in solid food
From this reading Sit down, we were just going to have a bite to eat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He just said, “A soldier, eh?
the act of departing
From this reading Sit down, we were just going to have a bite to eat.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading WE PART COMPANY Oh, it was great to watch Harry—the way he acted.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading WE PART COMPANY Oh, it was great to watch Harry—the way he acted.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Sit down, we were just going to have a bite to eat.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading WE PART COMPANY Oh, it was great to watch Harry—the way he acted.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was in the big scrap, myself.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I was in the big scrap, myself.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading WE PART COMPANY Oh, it was great to watch Harry—the way he acted.
and nothing more
From this reading He just said, “A soldier, eh?
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I was in the big scrap, myself.”
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading WE PART COMPANY Oh, it was great to watch Harry—the way he acted.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading WE PART COMPANY Oh, it was great to watch Harry—the way he acted.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading He just said, “A soldier, eh?
a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
From this reading I was in the big scrap, myself.”
be seated
From this reading Sit down, we were just going to have a bite to eat.
an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
From this reading He just said, “A soldier, eh?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That’s what he always called it—the big scrap.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WE PART COMPANY Oh, it was great to watch Harry—the way he acted.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WE PART COMPANY Oh, it was great to watch Harry—the way he acted.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WE PART COMPANY Oh, it was great to watch Harry—the way he acted.
look attentively
From this reading WE PART COMPANY Oh, it was great to watch Harry—the way he acted.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading WE PART COMPANY Oh, it was great to watch Harry—the way he acted.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading WE PART COMPANY Oh, it was great to watch Harry—the way he acted.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Sit down, we were just going to have a bite to eat.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading That’s what he always called it—the big scrap.
Chapter 32 of Roy Blakeley, Pathfinder by Percy Keese Fitzhugh holds 44 sentences, grouped into 9 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 32 holds 44 sentences of Roy Blakeley, Pathfinder, unabridged, divided into 9 reading sections.
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