Chapter 23 of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike is here in full — 68 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 23 of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike is here in full — 68 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WE GO TO THE RESCUE Oh boy, I have to admit I was scared. Even Hervey didn’t start joking about it, but just listened. Away, way off somewhere I could hear something like a voice, but it wasn’t that that we heard above us. All of a sudden Hervey said, “I’m not going to hang around here any longer, you can bet. I don’t like this place.
Chapter 23 of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike is here in full — 68 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/13 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
From this reading “WE GO TO THE RESCUE Oh boy, I have to admit I was scared.”
maintain with or as if with a bet
From this reading “All of a sudden Hervey said, “I’m not going to hang around here any longer, you can bet.”
be suspended or hanging
From this reading “All of a sudden Hervey said, “I’m not going to hang around here any longer, you can bet.”
characterized by jokes and good humor
From this reading “Even Hervey didn’t start joking about it, but just listened.”
past form of “listen” — hear with intention
From this reading “Even Hervey didn’t start joking about it, but just listened.”
free from harm or evil
From this reading “WE GO TO THE RESCUE Oh boy, I have to admit I was scared.”
made afraid
From this reading “WE GO TO THE RESCUE Oh boy, I have to admit I was scared.”
in or at or to some place
From this reading “Away, way off somewhere I could hear something like a voice, but it wasn’t that that we heard above us.”
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be about
In this reading “All of a sudden Hervey said, “I’m not going to hang around here any longer, you can bet.”
In this reading “All of a sudden Hervey said, “I’m not going to hang around here any longer, you can bet.”
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 Away, way off somewhere I could hear something like a voice, but it wasn’t that that we heard above us.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Even Hervey didn’t start joking about it, but just listened.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Away, way off somewhere I could hear something like a voice, but it wasn’t that that we heard above us.
declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
From this reading WE GO TO THE RESCUE Oh boy, I have to admit I was scared.
(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 All of a sudden Hervey said, “I’m not going to hang around here any longer, you can bet.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading All of a sudden Hervey said, “I’m not going to hang around here any longer, you can bet.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading All of a sudden Hervey said, “I’m not going to hang around here any longer, you can bet.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Away, way off somewhere I could hear something like a voice, but it wasn’t that that we heard above us.
maintain with or as if with a bet
From this reading All of a sudden Hervey said, “I’m not going to hang around here any longer, you can bet.
a youthful male person
From this reading WE GO TO THE RESCUE Oh boy, I have to admit I was scared.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Even Hervey didn’t start joking about it, but just listened.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading All of a sudden Hervey said, “I’m not going to hang around here any longer, you can bet.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Away, way off somewhere I could hear something like a voice, but it wasn’t that that we heard above us.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even Hervey didn’t start joking about it, but just listened.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I don’t like this place.
divisible by two
From this reading Even Hervey didn’t start joking about it, but just listened.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading WE GO TO THE RESCUE Oh boy, I have to admit I was scared.
the act of departing
From this reading All of a sudden Hervey said, “I’m not going to hang around here any longer, you can bet.
be suspended or hanging
From this reading All of a sudden Hervey said, “I’m not going to hang around here any longer, you can bet.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading WE GO TO THE RESCUE Oh boy, I have to admit I was scared.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Away, way off somewhere I could hear something like a voice, but it wasn’t that that we heard above us.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading Away, way off somewhere I could hear something like a voice, but it wasn’t that that we heard above us.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading All of a sudden Hervey said, “I’m not going to hang around here any longer, you can bet.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Even Hervey didn’t start joking about it, but just listened.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading WE GO TO THE RESCUE Oh boy, I have to admit I was scared.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading All of a sudden Hervey said, “I’m not going to hang around here any longer, you can bet.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Even Hervey didn’t start joking about it, but just listened.
characterized by jokes and good humor
From this reading Even Hervey didn’t start joking about it, but just listened.
and nothing more
From this reading Even Hervey didn’t start joking about it, but just listened.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Away, way off somewhere I could hear something like a voice, but it wasn’t that that we heard above us.
past form of “listen” — hear with intention
From this reading Even Hervey didn’t start joking about it, but just listened.
for more time
From this reading All of a sudden Hervey said, “I’m not going to hang around here any longer, you can bet.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading All of a sudden Hervey said, “I’m not going to hang around here any longer, you can bet.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading All of a sudden Hervey said, “I’m not going to hang around here any longer, you can bet.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Away, way off somewhere I could hear something like a voice, but it wasn’t that that we heard above us.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading WE GO TO THE RESCUE Oh boy, I have to admit I was scared.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading I don’t like this place.
free from harm or evil
From this reading WE GO TO THE RESCUE Oh boy, I have to admit I was scared.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading All of a sudden Hervey said, “I’m not going to hang around here any longer, you can bet.
made afraid
From this reading WE GO TO THE RESCUE Oh boy, I have to admit I was scared.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Away, way off somewhere I could hear something like a voice, but it wasn’t that that we heard above us.
in or at or to some place
From this reading Away, way off somewhere I could hear something like a voice, but it wasn’t that that we heard above us.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Even Hervey didn’t start joking about it, but just listened.
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading All of a sudden Hervey said, “I’m not going to hang around here any longer, you can bet.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Away, way off somewhere I could hear something like a voice, but it wasn’t that that we heard above us.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WE GO TO THE RESCUE Oh boy, I have to admit I was scared.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I don’t like this place.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WE GO TO THE RESCUE Oh boy, I have to admit I was scared.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Away, way off somewhere I could hear something like a voice, but it wasn’t that that we heard above us.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Away, way off somewhere I could hear something like a voice, but it wasn’t that that we heard above us.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WE GO TO THE RESCUE Oh boy, I have to admit I was scared.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Away, way off somewhere I could hear something like a voice, but it wasn’t that that we heard above us.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Away, way off somewhere I could hear something like a voice, but it wasn’t that that we heard above us.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading WE GO TO THE RESCUE Oh boy, I have to admit I was scared.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading All of a sudden Hervey said, “I’m not going to hang around here any longer, you can bet.
Chapter 23 of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike by Percy Keese Fitzhugh holds 68 sentences, grouped into 14 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 23 holds 68 sentences of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike, unabridged, divided into 14 reading sections.
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