Chapter 27 of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike is here in full — 72 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 27 of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike is here in full — 72 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WE LOSE OUR BEARINGS The kid shouted, “Are you going straight to camp or not? Are there going to be any more detours?” “Not exactly detours,” Hervey said; “just a few small scallops to vary the monotony. We’re on our way home. We’re following the smoke and we’re headed straight for the cooking shack; follow your leader.
Chapter 27 of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike is here in full — 72 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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plural of “bearing” — relevant relation or interconnection
From this reading “WE LOSE OUR BEARINGS The kid shouted, “Are you going straight to camp or not?”
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
From this reading “We’re following the smoke and we’re headed straight for the cooking shack; follow your leader.”
plural of “detour” — a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
From this reading “Are there going to be any more detours?””
having a heading or course in a certain direction
From this reading “We’re following the smoke and we’re headed straight for the cooking shack; follow your leader.”
the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
From this reading ““Not exactly detours,” Hervey said; “just a few small scallops to vary the monotony.”
plural of “scallop” — one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)
From this reading ““Not exactly detours,” Hervey said; “just a few small scallops to vary the monotony.”
small crude shelter used as a dwelling
From this reading “We’re following the smoke and we’re headed straight for the cooking shack; follow your leader.”
become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
From this reading ““Not exactly detours,” Hervey said; “just a few small scallops to vary the monotony.”
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 “We’re on our way home.”
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 “Not exactly detours,” Hervey said; “just a few small scallops to vary the monotony.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We’re following the smoke and we’re headed straight for the cooking shack; follow your leader.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Are there going to be any more detours?”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading WE LOSE OUR BEARINGS The kid shouted, “Are you going straight to camp or not?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Are there going to be any more detours?”
plural of “bearing” — relevant relation or interconnection
From this reading WE LOSE OUR BEARINGS The kid shouted, “Are you going straight to camp or not?
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading WE LOSE OUR BEARINGS The kid shouted, “Are you going straight to camp or not?
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
From this reading We’re following the smoke and we’re headed straight for the cooking shack; follow your leader.
plural of “detour” — a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
From this reading Are there going to be any more detours?”
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading “Not exactly detours,” Hervey said; “just a few small scallops to vary the monotony.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading “Not exactly detours,” Hervey said; “just a few small scallops to vary the monotony.
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading We’re following the smoke and we’re headed straight for the cooking shack; follow your leader.
about to be mentioned or specified
From this reading We’re following the smoke and we’re headed straight for the cooking shack; follow your leader.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We’re following the smoke and we’re headed straight for the cooking shack; follow your leader.
the act of departing
From this reading WE LOSE OUR BEARINGS The kid shouted, “Are you going straight to camp or not?
having a heading or course in a certain direction
From this reading We’re following the smoke and we’re headed straight for the cooking shack; follow your leader.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Not exactly detours,” Hervey said; “just a few small scallops to vary the monotony.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading We’re on our way home.
and nothing more
From this reading “Not exactly detours,” Hervey said; “just a few small scallops to vary the monotony.
tell false information to for fun
From this reading WE LOSE OUR BEARINGS The kid shouted, “Are you going straight to camp or not?
a person who rules or guides or inspires others
From this reading We’re following the smoke and we’re headed straight for the cooking shack; follow your leader.
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading WE LOSE OUR BEARINGS The kid shouted, “Are you going straight to camp or not?
the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety
From this reading “Not exactly detours,” Hervey said; “just a few small scallops to vary the monotony.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading Are there going to be any more detours?”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading WE LOSE OUR BEARINGS The kid shouted, “Are you going straight to camp or not?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We’re on our way home.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading WE LOSE OUR BEARINGS The kid shouted, “Are you going straight to camp or not?
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading WE LOSE OUR BEARINGS The kid shouted, “Are you going straight to camp or not?
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Not exactly detours,” Hervey said; “just a few small scallops to vary the monotony.
plural of “scallop” — one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)
From this reading “Not exactly detours,” Hervey said; “just a few small scallops to vary the monotony.
small crude shelter used as a dwelling
From this reading We’re following the smoke and we’re headed straight for the cooking shack; follow your leader.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading WE LOSE OUR BEARINGS The kid shouted, “Are you going straight to camp or not?
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading “Not exactly detours,” Hervey said; “just a few small scallops to vary the monotony.
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading We’re following the smoke and we’re headed straight for the cooking shack; follow your leader.
successive (without a break)
From this reading WE LOSE OUR BEARINGS The kid shouted, “Are you going straight to camp or not?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WE LOSE OUR BEARINGS The kid shouted, “Are you going straight to camp or not?
in or at that place or location
From this reading Are there going to be any more detours?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WE LOSE OUR BEARINGS The kid shouted, “Are you going straight to camp or not?
become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
From this reading “Not exactly detours,” Hervey said; “just a few small scallops to vary the monotony.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading We’re on our way home.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading WE LOSE OUR BEARINGS The kid shouted, “Are you going straight to camp or not?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We’re on our way home.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading WE LOSE OUR BEARINGS The kid shouted, “Are you going straight to camp or not?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading We’re following the smoke and we’re headed straight for the cooking shack; follow your leader.
Chapter 27 of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike by Percy Keese Fitzhugh holds 72 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 27 holds 72 sentences of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike, unabridged, divided into 15 reading sections.
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