Chapter 7 of Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike is here in full — 113 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike is here in full — 113 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
FAMINE I said, "All right, we accept the offer." "Just sit around and make yourselves at home," the man said. Then he went around the side of the house. Jiminies, we didn't know what to make of that man. He was nice and sociable, and he seemed to be always trying not to laugh, and everybody knows that fat people are good-natured.
Chapter 7 of Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike is here in full — 113 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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consider or hold as true
From this reading “FAMINE I said, "All right, we accept the offer."”
every person
From this reading “He was nice and sociable, and he seemed to be always trying not to laugh, and everybody knows that fat people are good-natured.”
an acute insufficiency
From this reading “FAMINE I said, "All right, we accept the offer."”
having an (over)abundance of flesh
From this reading “He was nice and sociable, and he seemed to be always trying not to laugh, and everybody knows that fat people are good-natured.”
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading “He was nice and sociable, and he seemed to be always trying not to laugh, and everybody knows that fat people are good-natured.”
make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading “FAMINE I said, "All right, we accept the offer."”
inclined to or conducive to companionship with others
From this reading “He was nice and sociable, and he seemed to be always trying not to laugh, and everybody knows that fat people are good-natured.”
used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action
From this reading “"Just sit around and make yourselves at home," the man said.”
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consider or hold as true
From this reading FAMINE I said, "All right, we accept the offer."
(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 FAMINE I said, "All right, we accept the offer."
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading He was nice and sociable, and he seemed to be always trying not to laugh, and everybody knows that fat people are good-natured.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Just sit around and make yourselves at home," the man said.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He was nice and sociable, and he seemed to be always trying not to laugh, and everybody knows that fat people are good-natured.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading "Just sit around and make yourselves at home," the man said.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Just sit around and make yourselves at home," the man said.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He was nice and sociable, and he seemed to be always trying not to laugh, and everybody knows that fat people are good-natured.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jiminies, we didn't know what to make of that man.
every person
From this reading He was nice and sociable, and he seemed to be always trying not to laugh, and everybody knows that fat people are good-natured.
an acute insufficiency
From this reading FAMINE I said, "All right, we accept the offer."
having an (over)abundance of flesh
From this reading He was nice and sociable, and he seemed to be always trying not to laugh, and everybody knows that fat people are good-natured.
having an easygoing and cheerful disposition
From this reading He was nice and sociable, and he seemed to be always trying not to laugh, and everybody knows that fat people are good-natured.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then he went around the side of the house.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading "Just sit around and make yourselves at home," the man said.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Then he went around the side of the house.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading FAMINE I said, "All right, we accept the offer."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jiminies, we didn't know what to make of that man.
and nothing more
From this reading "Just sit around and make yourselves at home," the man said.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Jiminies, we didn't know what to make of that man.
plural of “know” — the fact of being aware of information that is known to few people
From this reading He was nice and sociable, and he seemed to be always trying not to laugh, and everybody knows that fat people are good-natured.
the sound of laughing
From this reading He was nice and sociable, and he seemed to be always trying not to laugh, and everybody knows that fat people are good-natured.
engage in
From this reading "Just sit around and make yourselves at home," the man said.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading "Just sit around and make yourselves at home," the man said.
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading He was nice and sociable, and he seemed to be always trying not to laugh, and everybody knows that fat people are good-natured.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He was nice and sociable, and he seemed to be always trying not to laugh, and everybody knows that fat people are good-natured.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then he went around the side of the house.
make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading FAMINE I said, "All right, we accept the offer."
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading He was nice and sociable, and he seemed to be always trying not to laugh, and everybody knows that fat people are good-natured.
precisely, exactly
From this reading FAMINE I said, "All right, we accept the offer."
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading FAMINE I said, "All right, we accept the offer."
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading He was nice and sociable, and he seemed to be always trying not to laugh, and everybody knows that fat people are good-natured.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Then he went around the side of the house.
be seated
From this reading "Just sit around and make yourselves at home," the man said.
inclined to or conducive to companionship with others
From this reading He was nice and sociable, and he seemed to be always trying not to laugh, and everybody knows that fat people are good-natured.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Jiminies, we didn't know what to make of that man.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FAMINE I said, "All right, we accept the offer."
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he went around the side of the house.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Jiminies, we didn't know what to make of that man.
hard to endure
From this reading He was nice and sociable, and he seemed to be always trying not to laugh, and everybody knows that fat people are good-natured.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was nice and sociable, and he seemed to be always trying not to laugh, and everybody knows that fat people are good-natured.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading FAMINE I said, "All right, we accept the offer."
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Then he went around the side of the house.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Jiminies, we didn't know what to make of that man.
used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action
From this reading "Just sit around and make yourselves at home," the man said.
Chapter 7 of Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike by Percy Keese Fitzhugh holds 113 sentences, grouped into 23 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 7 holds 113 sentences of Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
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