Chapter 4 of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike is here in full — 74 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike is here in full — 74 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WE GO NORTH Alsen is a tenderfoot village. It’s about as big as Pee-wee, only it’s more quiet. Pee-wee’s size is like Alsen but his noise is like New York. The train stopped at Alsen and we got off. Right there was a train standing at the station headed north.
Chapter 4 of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike is here in full — 74 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
having a heading or course in a certain direction
From this reading “Right there was a train standing at the station headed north.”
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading “Pee-wee’s size is like Alsen but his noise is like New York.”
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading “WE GO NORTH Alsen is a tenderfoot village.”
the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)
From this reading “Pee-wee’s size is like Alsen but his noise is like New York.”
a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
From this reading “Right there was a train standing at the station headed north.”
create by training and teaching
From this reading “The train stopped at Alsen and we got off.”
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading “WE GO NORTH Alsen is a tenderfoot village.”
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading “Pee-wee’s size is like Alsen but his noise is like New York.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “The train stopped at Alsen and we got off.”
In this reading “Right there was a train standing at the station headed north.”
leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.
In this reading “The train stopped at Alsen and we got off.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading WE GO NORTH Alsen is a tenderfoot village.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It’s about as big as Pee-wee, only it’s more quiet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WE GO NORTH Alsen is a tenderfoot village.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The train stopped at Alsen and we got off.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It’s about as big as Pee-wee, only it’s more quiet.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The train stopped at Alsen and we got off.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading It’s about as big as Pee-wee, only it’s more quiet.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Pee-wee’s size is like Alsen but his noise is like New York.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading WE GO NORTH Alsen is a tenderfoot village.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading The train stopped at Alsen and we got off.
having a heading or course in a certain direction
From this reading Right there was a train standing at the station headed north.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Pee-wee’s size is like Alsen but his noise is like New York.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WE GO NORTH Alsen is a tenderfoot village.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s about as big as Pee-wee, only it’s more quiet.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Pee-wee’s size is like Alsen but his noise is like New York.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading It’s about as big as Pee-wee, only it’s more quiet.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Pee-wee’s size is like Alsen but his noise is like New York.
sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
From this reading Pee-wee’s size is like Alsen but his noise is like New York.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading WE GO NORTH Alsen is a tenderfoot village.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading The train stopped at Alsen and we got off.
and nothing more
From this reading It’s about as big as Pee-wee, only it’s more quiet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It’s about as big as Pee-wee, only it’s more quiet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Pee-wee’s size is like Alsen but his noise is like New York.
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading It’s about as big as Pee-wee, only it’s more quiet.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Right there was a train standing at the station headed north.
the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)
From this reading Pee-wee’s size is like Alsen but his noise is like New York.
having a supporting base
From this reading Right there was a train standing at the station headed north.
a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
From this reading Right there was a train standing at the station headed north.
(of a nose) blocked
From this reading The train stopped at Alsen and we got off.
an inexperienced person (especially someone inexperienced in outdoor living)
From this reading WE GO NORTH Alsen is a tenderfoot village.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The train stopped at Alsen and we got off.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Right there was a train standing at the station headed north.
create by training and teaching
From this reading The train stopped at Alsen and we got off.
a community of people smaller than a town
From this reading WE GO NORTH Alsen is a tenderfoot village.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Right there was a train standing at the station headed north.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading WE GO NORTH Alsen is a tenderfoot village.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading Pee-wee’s size is like Alsen but his noise is like New York.
Chapter 4 of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike by Percy Keese Fitzhugh holds 74 sentences, grouped into 15 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 4 holds 74 sentences of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike, unabridged, divided into 15 reading sections.
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