Chapter 12 of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WE COLLECT TOLL After about six weeks and ten years the fishing boat came chugging up the creek. Anyway it seemed as long as that before it came. The chugging of that engine sounded good. “Now for the eats,” Garry said. Hervey said, “They’ll have a lot of perch and some bass and maybe some soft-shell crabs.”
Chapter 12 of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike is here in full — 76 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the lowest part of the musical range
From this reading “Hervey said, “They’ll have a lot of perch and some bass and maybe some soft-shell crabs.””
inflected form of “chug” — make a dull, explosive sound
From this reading “WE COLLECT TOLL After about six weeks and ten years the fishing boat came chugging up the creek.”
get or gather together
From this reading “WE COLLECT TOLL After about six weeks and ten years the fishing boat came chugging up the creek.”
infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice
From this reading “Hervey said, “They’ll have a lot of perch and some bass and maybe some soft-shell crabs.””
informal terms for a meal
From this reading ““Now for the eats,” Garry said.”
the act of someone who fishes as a diversion
From this reading “WE COLLECT TOLL After about six weeks and ten years the fishing boat came chugging up the creek.”
support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
From this reading “Hervey said, “They’ll have a lot of perch and some bass and maybe some soft-shell crabs.””
a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)
From this reading “WE COLLECT TOLL After about six weeks and ten years the fishing boat came chugging up the creek.”
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.
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In this reading “WE COLLECT TOLL After about six weeks and ten years the fishing boat came chugging up the creek.”
In this reading “WE COLLECT TOLL After about six weeks and ten years the fishing boat came chugging up the creek.”
a vessel for fishing; often has a well to keep the catch alive
In this reading “WE COLLECT TOLL After about six weeks and ten years the fishing boat came chugging up the creek.”
In this reading “WE COLLECT TOLL After about six weeks and ten years the fishing boat came chugging up the creek.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 Hervey said, “They’ll have a lot of perch and some bass and maybe some soft-shell crabs.”
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading WE COLLECT TOLL After about six weeks and ten years the fishing boat came chugging up the creek.
later than; following
From this reading WE COLLECT TOLL After about six weeks and ten years the fishing boat came chugging up the creek.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WE COLLECT TOLL After about six weeks and ten years the fishing boat came chugging up the creek.
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading Anyway it seemed as long as that before it came.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Anyway it seemed as long as that before it came.
the lowest part of the musical range
From this reading Hervey said, “They’ll have a lot of perch and some bass and maybe some soft-shell crabs.”
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Anyway it seemed as long as that before it came.
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading WE COLLECT TOLL After about six weeks and ten years the fishing boat came chugging up the creek.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading WE COLLECT TOLL After about six weeks and ten years the fishing boat came chugging up the creek.
inflected form of “chug” — make a dull, explosive sound
From this reading WE COLLECT TOLL After about six weeks and ten years the fishing boat came chugging up the creek.
get or gather together
From this reading WE COLLECT TOLL After about six weeks and ten years the fishing boat came chugging up the creek.
infestation of the pubic hair by crab lice
From this reading Hervey said, “They’ll have a lot of perch and some bass and maybe some soft-shell crabs.”
a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
From this reading WE COLLECT TOLL After about six weeks and ten years the fishing boat came chugging up the creek.
informal terms for a meal
From this reading “Now for the eats,” Garry said.
motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
From this reading The chugging of that engine sounded good.
the act of someone who fishes as a diversion
From this reading WE COLLECT TOLL After about six weeks and ten years the fishing boat came chugging up the creek.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Now for the eats,” Garry said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Now for the eats,” Garry said.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading The chugging of that engine sounded good.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Hervey said, “They’ll have a lot of perch and some bass and maybe some soft-shell crabs.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hervey said, “They’ll have a lot of perch and some bass and maybe some soft-shell crabs.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Anyway it seemed as long as that before it came.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Anyway it seemed as long as that before it came.
(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent
From this reading Hervey said, “They’ll have a lot of perch and some bass and maybe some soft-shell crabs.”
by chance
From this reading Hervey said, “They’ll have a lot of perch and some bass and maybe some soft-shell crabs.”
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “Now for the eats,” Garry said.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The chugging of that engine sounded good.
support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
From this reading Hervey said, “They’ll have a lot of perch and some bass and maybe some soft-shell crabs.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Now for the eats,” Garry said.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Anyway it seemed as long as that before it came.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading WE COLLECT TOLL After about six weeks and ten years the fishing boat came chugging up the creek.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hervey said, “They’ll have a lot of perch and some bass and maybe some soft-shell crabs.”
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading Hervey said, “They’ll have a lot of perch and some bass and maybe some soft-shell crabs.”
past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way
From this reading The chugging of that engine sounded good.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading WE COLLECT TOLL After about six weeks and ten years the fishing boat came chugging up the creek.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Anyway it seemed as long as that before it came.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WE COLLECT TOLL After about six weeks and ten years the fishing boat came chugging up the creek.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hervey said, “They’ll have a lot of perch and some bass and maybe some soft-shell crabs.”
a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)
From this reading WE COLLECT TOLL After about six weeks and ten years the fishing boat came chugging up the creek.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading WE COLLECT TOLL After about six weeks and ten years the fishing boat came chugging up the creek.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading WE COLLECT TOLL After about six weeks and ten years the fishing boat came chugging up the creek.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading WE COLLECT TOLL After about six weeks and ten years the fishing boat came chugging up the creek.
a late time of life
From this reading WE COLLECT TOLL After about six weeks and ten years the fishing boat came chugging up the creek.
Chapter 12 of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike by Percy Keese Fitzhugh holds 76 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 12 holds 76 sentences of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
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