Chapter 6 of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WE MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH You can bet we didn’t lose much time getting off the train. “Follow your leader,” I said. Garry said, “We’re in luck; we’re only about six or seven miles north of Catskill.” “You don’t call that luck, do you?” Hervey said.
Chapter 6 of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike is here in full — 78 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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maintain with or as if with a bet
From this reading “WE MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH You can bet we didn’t lose much time getting off the train.”
a person who rules or guides or inspires others
From this reading ““Follow your leader,” I said.”
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “WE MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH You can bet we didn’t lose much time getting off the train.”
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading “Garry said, “We’re in luck; we’re only about six or seven miles north of Catskill.””
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading “WE MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH You can bet we didn’t lose much time getting off the train.”
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading “Garry said, “We’re in luck; we’re only about six or seven miles north of Catskill.””
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading “Garry said, “We’re in luck; we’re only about six or seven miles north of Catskill.””
create by training and teaching
From this reading “WE MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH You can bet we didn’t lose much time getting off the train.”
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In this reading “Garry said, “We’re in luck; we’re only about six or seven miles north of Catskill.””
In this reading “Garry said, “We’re in luck; we’re only about six or seven miles north of Catskill.””
In this reading “Garry said, “We’re in luck; we’re only about six or seven miles north of Catskill.””
In this reading “WE MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH You can bet we didn’t lose much time getting off the train.”
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.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Garry said, “We’re in luck; we’re only about six or seven miles north of Catskill.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WE MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH You can bet we didn’t lose much time getting off the train.
maintain with or as if with a bet
From this reading WE MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH You can bet we didn’t lose much time getting off the train.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “You don’t call that luck, do you?”
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading WE MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH You can bet we didn’t lose much time getting off the train.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Garry said, “We’re in luck; we’re only about six or seven miles north of Catskill.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WE MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH You can bet we didn’t lose much time getting off the train.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “You don’t call that luck, do you?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You don’t call that luck, do you?”
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
From this reading WE MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH You can bet we didn’t lose much time getting off the train.
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading “Follow your leader,” I said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Garry said, “We’re in luck; we’re only about six or seven miles north of Catskill.”
the act of acquiring something
From this reading WE MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH You can bet we didn’t lose much time getting off the train.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading WE MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH You can bet we didn’t lose much time getting off the train.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hervey said.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Follow your leader,” I said.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Garry said, “We’re in luck; we’re only about six or seven miles north of Catskill.”
a person who rules or guides or inspires others
From this reading “Follow your leader,” I said.
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading WE MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH You can bet we didn’t lose much time getting off the train.
your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
From this reading Garry said, “We’re in luck; we’re only about six or seven miles north of Catskill.”
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading Garry said, “We’re in luck; we’re only about six or seven miles north of Catskill.”
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading WE MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH You can bet we didn’t lose much time getting off the train.
to a great degree or extent
From this reading WE MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH You can bet we didn’t lose much time getting off the train.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading Garry said, “We’re in luck; we’re only about six or seven miles north of Catskill.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Garry said, “We’re in luck; we’re only about six or seven miles north of Catskill.”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading WE MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH You can bet we didn’t lose much time getting off the train.
and nothing more
From this reading Garry said, “We’re in luck; we’re only about six or seven miles north of Catskill.”
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Garry said, “We’re in luck; we’re only about six or seven miles north of Catskill.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Follow your leader,” I said.
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading Garry said, “We’re in luck; we’re only about six or seven miles north of Catskill.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading Garry said, “We’re in luck; we’re only about six or seven miles north of Catskill.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “You don’t call that luck, do you?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WE MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH You can bet we didn’t lose much time getting off the train.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading WE MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH You can bet we didn’t lose much time getting off the train.
create by training and teaching
From this reading WE MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH You can bet we didn’t lose much time getting off the train.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading WE MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH You can bet we didn’t lose much time getting off the train.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Garry said, “We’re in luck; we’re only about six or seven miles north of Catskill.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading WE MOVE HEAVEN AND EARTH You can bet we didn’t lose much time getting off the train.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Follow your leader,” I said.
Chapter 6 of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike by Percy Keese Fitzhugh holds 78 sentences, grouped into 16 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 6 holds 78 sentences of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
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