Chapter 5 of Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike is here in full — 85 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike is here in full — 85 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A STUMBLING BLOCK Little we thought that inside of an hour we'd be on the road to fame. I don't mean that we turned to the right or left to get into the road. We just kind of bunked into fame. That hike was only seven miles long but in one way it went all the way out to the Pacific coast. Maybe it's in China by this time for all I know.
Chapter 5 of Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike is here in full — 85 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
From this reading “A STUMBLING BLOCK Little we thought that inside of an hour we'd be on the road to fame.”
a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
From this reading “Maybe it's in China by this time for all I know.”
the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading “That hike was only seven miles long but in one way it went all the way out to the Pacific coast.”
the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
From this reading “A STUMBLING BLOCK Little we thought that inside of an hour we'd be on the road to fame.”
a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
From this reading “That hike was only seven miles long but in one way it went all the way out to the Pacific coast.”
by chance
From this reading “Maybe it's in China by this time for all I know.”
the largest ocean in the world
From this reading “That hike was only seven miles long but in one way it went all the way out to the Pacific coast.”
-ing form of “stumble” — walk unsteadily
From this reading “A STUMBLING BLOCK Little we thought that inside of an hour we'd be on the road to fame.”
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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 A STUMBLING BLOCK Little we thought that inside of an hour we'd be on the road to fame.
(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 That hike was only seven miles long but in one way it went all the way out to the Pacific coast.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading A STUMBLING BLOCK Little we thought that inside of an hour we'd be on the road to fame.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading A STUMBLING BLOCK Little we thought that inside of an hour we'd be on the road to fame.
a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides)
From this reading A STUMBLING BLOCK Little we thought that inside of an hour we'd be on the road to fame.
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From this reading We just kind of bunked into fame.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading That hike was only seven miles long but in one way it went all the way out to the Pacific coast.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Maybe it's in China by this time for all I know.
a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
From this reading Maybe it's in China by this time for all I know.
the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading That hike was only seven miles long but in one way it went all the way out to the Pacific coast.
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From this reading I don't mean that we turned to the right or left to get into the road.
the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
From this reading A STUMBLING BLOCK Little we thought that inside of an hour we'd be on the road to fame.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Maybe it's in China by this time for all I know.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading I don't mean that we turned to the right or left to get into the road.
a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
From this reading That hike was only seven miles long but in one way it went all the way out to the Pacific coast.
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading A STUMBLING BLOCK Little we thought that inside of an hour we'd be on the road to fame.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I don't mean that we turned to the right or left to get into the road.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That hike was only seven miles long but in one way it went all the way out to the Pacific coast.
relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space
From this reading A STUMBLING BLOCK Little we thought that inside of an hour we'd be on the road to fame.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I don't mean that we turned to the right or left to get into the road.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That hike was only seven miles long but in one way it went all the way out to the Pacific coast.
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From this reading Maybe it's in China by this time for all I know.
and nothing more
From this reading We just kind of bunked into fame.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading We just kind of bunked into fame.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Maybe it's in China by this time for all I know.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading I don't mean that we turned to the right or left to get into the road.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading A STUMBLING BLOCK Little we thought that inside of an hour we'd be on the road to fame.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading That hike was only seven miles long but in one way it went all the way out to the Pacific coast.
by chance
From this reading Maybe it's in China by this time for all I know.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading I don't mean that we turned to the right or left to get into the road.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading That hike was only seven miles long but in one way it went all the way out to the Pacific coast.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A STUMBLING BLOCK Little we thought that inside of an hour we'd be on the road to fame.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A STUMBLING BLOCK Little we thought that inside of an hour we'd be on the road to fame.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading That hike was only seven miles long but in one way it went all the way out to the Pacific coast.
and nothing more
From this reading That hike was only seven miles long but in one way it went all the way out to the Pacific coast.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I don't mean that we turned to the right or left to get into the road.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading That hike was only seven miles long but in one way it went all the way out to the Pacific coast.
the largest ocean in the world
From this reading That hike was only seven miles long but in one way it went all the way out to the Pacific coast.
precisely, exactly
From this reading I don't mean that we turned to the right or left to get into the road.
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading A STUMBLING BLOCK Little we thought that inside of an hour we'd be on the road to fame.
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading That hike was only seven miles long but in one way it went all the way out to the Pacific coast.
-ing form of “stumble” — walk unsteadily
From this reading A STUMBLING BLOCK Little we thought that inside of an hour we'd be on the road to fame.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A STUMBLING BLOCK Little we thought that inside of an hour we'd be on the road to fame.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A STUMBLING BLOCK Little we thought that inside of an hour we'd be on the road to fame.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Maybe it's in China by this time for all I know.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading A STUMBLING BLOCK Little we thought that inside of an hour we'd be on the road to fame.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading Maybe it's in China by this time for all I know.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A STUMBLING BLOCK Little we thought that inside of an hour we'd be on the road to fame.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading I don't mean that we turned to the right or left to get into the road.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That hike was only seven miles long but in one way it went all the way out to the Pacific coast.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading That hike was only seven miles long but in one way it went all the way out to the Pacific coast.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading A STUMBLING BLOCK Little we thought that inside of an hour we'd be on the road to fame.
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From this reading A STUMBLING BLOCK Little we thought that inside of an hour we'd be on the road to fame.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading That hike was only seven miles long but in one way it went all the way out to the Pacific coast.
Chapter 5 of Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike by Percy Keese Fitzhugh holds 85 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 5 holds 85 sentences of Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike, unabridged, divided into 17 reading sections.
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