Chapter 30 of Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike is here in full — 53 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike is here in full — 53 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A GOOD TURN "There isn't time to do this," Westy said. "Well, we'll do it whether there's time or not," I shot back at him. "Hustle, all of you, get your clothes off. There's time until he disappears. Two of you fellows follow the hill north and go down at the nearest place you can get down.
Chapter 30 of Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike is here in full — 53 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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clothing in general
From this reading “"Hustle, all of you, get your clothes off.”
third-person singular of “disappear” — get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading “There's time until he disappears.”
plural of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading “Two of you fellows follow the hill north and go down at the nearest place you can get down.”
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading “Two of you fellows follow the hill north and go down at the nearest place you can get down.”
cause to move furtively and hurriedly
From this reading “"Hustle, all of you, get your clothes off.”
(superlative of “near” or “close”) within the shortest distance
From this reading “Two of you fellows follow the hill north and go down at the nearest place you can get down.”
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading “Two of you fellows follow the hill north and go down at the nearest place you can get down.”
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading “"Well, we'll do it whether there's time or not," I shot back at him.”
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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 GOOD TURN "There isn't time to do this," Westy said.
(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 "Hustle, all of you, get your clothes off.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Two of you fellows follow the hill north and go down at the nearest place you can get down.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Well, we'll do it whether there's time or not," I shot back at him.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "Well, we'll do it whether there's time or not," I shot back at him.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Two of you fellows follow the hill north and go down at the nearest place you can get down.
clothing in general
From this reading "Hustle, all of you, get your clothes off.
third-person singular of “disappear” — get lost, as without warning or explanation
From this reading There's time until he disappears.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading A GOOD TURN "There isn't time to do this," Westy said.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Two of you fellows follow the hill north and go down at the nearest place you can get down.
plural of “fellow” — a boy or man
From this reading Two of you fellows follow the hill north and go down at the nearest place you can get down.
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading Two of you fellows follow the hill north and go down at the nearest place you can get down.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Hustle, all of you, get your clothes off.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Two of you fellows follow the hill north and go down at the nearest place you can get down.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading A GOOD TURN "There isn't time to do this," Westy said.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There's time until he disappears.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading Two of you fellows follow the hill north and go down at the nearest place you can get down.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Well, we'll do it whether there's time or not," I shot back at him.
cause to move furtively and hurriedly
From this reading "Hustle, all of you, get your clothes off.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Well, we'll do it whether there's time or not," I shot back at him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A GOOD TURN "There isn't time to do this," Westy said.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Well, we'll do it whether there's time or not," I shot back at him.
(superlative of “near” or “close”) within the shortest distance
From this reading Two of you fellows follow the hill north and go down at the nearest place you can get down.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading Two of you fellows follow the hill north and go down at the nearest place you can get down.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Well, we'll do it whether there's time or not," I shot back at him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Hustle, all of you, get your clothes off.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Hustle, all of you, get your clothes off.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "Well, we'll do it whether there's time or not," I shot back at him.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Two of you fellows follow the hill north and go down at the nearest place you can get down.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading A GOOD TURN "There isn't time to do this," Westy said.
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading "Well, we'll do it whether there's time or not," I shot back at him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Two of you fellows follow the hill north and go down at the nearest place you can get down.
in or at that place or location
From this reading A GOOD TURN "There isn't time to do this," Westy said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, we'll do it whether there's time or not," I shot back at him.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading A GOOD TURN "There isn't time to do this," Westy said.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading A GOOD TURN "There isn't time to do this," Westy said.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A GOOD TURN "There isn't time to do this," Westy said.
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading A GOOD TURN "There isn't time to do this," Westy said.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Two of you fellows follow the hill north and go down at the nearest place you can get down.
up to a particular time
From this reading There's time until he disappears.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Well, we'll do it whether there's time or not," I shot back at him.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading "Well, we'll do it whether there's time or not," I shot back at him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A GOOD TURN "There isn't time to do this," Westy said.
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading "Well, we'll do it whether there's time or not," I shot back at him.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Hustle, all of you, get your clothes off.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Hustle, all of you, get your clothes off.
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