Chapter 24 of Roy Blakeley's Adventures in Camp is here in full — 77 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 24 of Roy Blakeley's Adventures in Camp is here in full — 77 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TELLS ABOUT THE LETTER WE WROTE Anyway, I don't care. Maybe you'll think I was wrong, but I don't care. I just had to tell that fellow. There was something about that fellow--I just can't tell you what it was. So then we fixed everything all up while we were rowing around.
Chapter 24 of Roy Blakeley's Adventures in Camp is here in full — 77 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading “TELLS ABOUT THE LETTER WE WROTE Anyway, I don't care.”
a boy or man
From this reading “I just had to tell that fellow.”
(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
From this reading “So then we fixed everything all up while we were rowing around.”
by chance
From this reading “Maybe you'll think I was wrong, but I don't care.”
the act of rowing as a sport
From this reading “So then we fixed everything all up while we were rowing around.”
plural of “tell” — a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer
From this reading “TELLS ABOUT THE LETTER WE WROTE Anyway, I don't care.”
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading “Maybe you'll think I was wrong, but I don't care.”
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading “TELLS ABOUT THE LETTER WE WROTE Anyway, I don't care.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading TELLS ABOUT THE LETTER WE WROTE Anyway, I don't care.
(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 So then we fixed everything all up while we were rowing around.
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading TELLS ABOUT THE LETTER WE WROTE Anyway, I don't care.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading So then we fixed everything all up while we were rowing around.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Maybe you'll think I was wrong, but I don't care.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was something about that fellow--I just can't tell you what it was.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading TELLS ABOUT THE LETTER WE WROTE Anyway, I don't care.
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From this reading TELLS ABOUT THE LETTER WE WROTE Anyway, I don't care.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading So then we fixed everything all up while we were rowing around.
a boy or man
From this reading I just had to tell that fellow.
(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value
From this reading So then we fixed everything all up while we were rowing around.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I just had to tell that fellow.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading TELLS ABOUT THE LETTER WE WROTE Anyway, I don't care.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There was something about that fellow--I just can't tell you what it was.
and nothing more
From this reading I just had to tell that fellow.
a written message addressed to a person or organization
From this reading TELLS ABOUT THE LETTER WE WROTE Anyway, I don't care.
by chance
From this reading Maybe you'll think I was wrong, but I don't care.
the act of rowing as a sport
From this reading So then we fixed everything all up while we were rowing around.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So then we fixed everything all up while we were rowing around.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There was something about that fellow--I just can't tell you what it was.
express in words
From this reading I just had to tell that fellow.
plural of “tell” — a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer
From this reading TELLS ABOUT THE LETTER WE WROTE Anyway, I don't care.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I just had to tell that fellow.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TELLS ABOUT THE LETTER WE WROTE Anyway, I don't care.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading So then we fixed everything all up while we were rowing around.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was something about that fellow--I just can't tell you what it was.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Maybe you'll think I was wrong, but I don't care.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I just had to tell that fellow.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading So then we fixed everything all up while we were rowing around.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Maybe you'll think I was wrong, but I don't care.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading TELLS ABOUT THE LETTER WE WROTE Anyway, I don't care.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading So then we fixed everything all up while we were rowing around.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading There was something about that fellow--I just can't tell you what it was.
during the time that
From this reading So then we fixed everything all up while we were rowing around.
not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth
From this reading Maybe you'll think I was wrong, but I don't care.
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading TELLS ABOUT THE LETTER WE WROTE Anyway, I don't care.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There was something about that fellow--I just can't tell you what it was.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Maybe you'll think I was wrong, but I don't care.
Chapter 24 of Roy Blakeley's Adventures in Camp by Percy Keese Fitzhugh holds 77 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.
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