Chapter 27 of Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels is here in full — 55 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 27 of Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels is here in full — 55 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"POTS" "Did you take the cap off?" Westy called up. Thoughtful little Westy! "G--o--o--d night," I said; "I never took the cap off the lens cylinder." "Maybe that was the reason," Pee-wee said, in that innocent way of his.
Chapter 27 of Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels is here in full — 55 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading “"POTS" "Did you take the cap off?"”
a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases)
From this reading “"G--o--o--d night," I said; "I never took the cap off the lens cylinder."”
free from evil or guilt
From this reading “"Maybe that was the reason," Pee-wee said, in that innocent way of his.”
a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
From this reading “"G--o--o--d night," I said; "I never took the cap off the lens cylinder."”
by chance
From this reading “"Maybe that was the reason," Pee-wee said, in that innocent way of his.”
plural of “pot” — metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
From this reading “"POTS" "Did you take the cap off?"”
a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading “"Maybe that was the reason," Pee-wee said, in that innocent way of his.”
having intellectual depth
From this reading “Thoughtful little Westy!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Westy called up.
a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading "POTS" "Did you take the cap off?"
a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases)
From this reading "G--o--o--d night," I said; "I never took the cap off the lens cylinder."
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading "G--o--o--d night," I said; "I never took the cap off the lens cylinder."
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "POTS" "Did you take the cap off?"
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
From this reading "G--o--o--d night," I said; "I never took the cap off the lens cylinder."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Maybe that was the reason," Pee-wee said, in that innocent way of his.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "G--o--o--d night," I said; "I never took the cap off the lens cylinder."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Maybe that was the reason," Pee-wee said, in that innocent way of his.
free from evil or guilt
From this reading "Maybe that was the reason," Pee-wee said, in that innocent way of his.
a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
From this reading "G--o--o--d night," I said; "I never took the cap off the lens cylinder."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Thoughtful little Westy!
by chance
From this reading "Maybe that was the reason," Pee-wee said, in that innocent way of his.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "G--o--o--d night," I said; "I never took the cap off the lens cylinder."
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading "G--o--o--d night," I said; "I never took the cap off the lens cylinder."
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading "G--o--o--d night," I said; "I never took the cap off the lens cylinder."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Maybe that was the reason," Pee-wee said, in that innocent way of his.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "POTS" "Did you take the cap off?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Maybe that was the reason," Pee-wee said, in that innocent way of his.
plural of “pot” — metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; often has a handle and lid
From this reading "POTS" "Did you take the cap off?"
a rational motive for a belief or action
From this reading "Maybe that was the reason," Pee-wee said, in that innocent way of his.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "G--o--o--d night," I said; "I never took the cap off the lens cylinder."
carry out
From this reading "POTS" "Did you take the cap off?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Maybe that was the reason," Pee-wee said, in that innocent way of his.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "POTS" "Did you take the cap off?"
having intellectual depth
From this reading Thoughtful little Westy!
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading "G--o--o--d night," I said; "I never took the cap off the lens cylinder."
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Westy called up.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Maybe that was the reason," Pee-wee said, in that innocent way of his.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "Maybe that was the reason," Pee-wee said, in that innocent way of his.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Westy called up.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "POTS" "Did you take the cap off?"
Chapter 27 of Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels by Percy Keese Fitzhugh holds 55 sentences, grouped into 11 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 27 holds 55 sentences of Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels, unabridged, divided into 11 reading sections.
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