Chapter 29 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 29 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 WAKE UP Now there’s going to be something doing again because we woke up. While we were asleep the smoke from the cooking shack died. I guess they were all through cooking supper at camp. The sun had gone down too. The part of the sky where it had gone down was all bright—red kind of.
Chapter 29 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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in a state of sleep
From this reading “While we were asleep the smoke from the cooking shack died.”
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
From this reading “While we were asleep the smoke from the cooking shack died.”
small crude shelter used as a dwelling
From this reading “While we were asleep the smoke from the cooking shack died.”
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading “The part of the sky where it had gone down was all bright—red kind of.”
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading “While we were asleep the smoke from the cooking shack died.”
a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
From this reading “I guess they were all through cooking supper at camp.”
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading “WE WAKE UP Now there’s going to be something doing again because we woke up.”
inflected form of “wake” — be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading “WE WAKE UP Now there’s going to be something doing again because we woke up.”
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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cause to become awake or conscious
In this reading “WE WAKE UP Now there’s going to be something doing again because we woke up.”
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anew
From this reading WE WAKE UP Now there’s going to be something doing again because we woke up.
(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 I guess they were all through cooking supper at camp.
in a state of sleep
From this reading While we were asleep the smoke from the cooking shack died.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I guess they were all through cooking supper at camp.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading WE WAKE UP Now there’s going to be something doing again because we woke up.
for the reason that
From this reading WE WAKE UP Now there’s going to be something doing again because we woke up.
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading The part of the sky where it had gone down was all bright—red kind of.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading I guess they were all through cooking supper at camp.
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
From this reading While we were asleep the smoke from the cooking shack died.
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading While we were asleep the smoke from the cooking shack died.
-ing form of “do” — engage in
From this reading WE WAKE UP Now there’s going to be something doing again because we woke up.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The sun had gone down too.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading While we were asleep the smoke from the cooking shack died.
the act of departing
From this reading WE WAKE UP Now there’s going to be something doing again because we woke up.
destroyed or killed
From this reading The sun had gone down too.
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading I guess they were all through cooking supper at camp.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The sun had gone down too.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I guess they were all through cooking supper at camp.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The part of the sky where it had gone down was all bright—red kind of.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading The part of the sky where it had gone down was all bright—red kind of.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading WE WAKE UP Now there’s going to be something doing again because we woke up.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The part of the sky where it had gone down was all bright—red kind of.
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading The part of the sky where it had gone down was all bright—red kind of.
red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
From this reading The part of the sky where it had gone down was all bright—red kind of.
small crude shelter used as a dwelling
From this reading While we were asleep the smoke from the cooking shack died.
the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
From this reading The part of the sky where it had gone down was all bright—red kind of.
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading While we were asleep the smoke from the cooking shack died.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading WE WAKE UP Now there’s going to be something doing again because we woke up.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading The sun had gone down too.
a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
From this reading I guess they were all through cooking supper at camp.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading While we were asleep the smoke from the cooking shack died.
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From this reading WE WAKE UP Now there’s going to be something doing again because we woke up.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I guess they were all through cooking supper at camp.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading I guess they were all through cooking supper at camp.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WE WAKE UP Now there’s going to be something doing again because we woke up.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading The sun had gone down too.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading WE WAKE UP Now there’s going to be something doing again because we woke up.
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading WE WAKE UP Now there’s going to be something doing again because we woke up.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The part of the sky where it had gone down was all bright—red kind of.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading WE WAKE UP Now there’s going to be something doing again because we woke up.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading While we were asleep the smoke from the cooking shack died.
in or at the place that
From this reading The part of the sky where it had gone down was all bright—red kind of.
during the time that
From this reading While we were asleep the smoke from the cooking shack died.
inflected form of “wake” — be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading WE WAKE UP Now there’s going to be something doing again because we woke up.
Chapter 29 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 29 holds 76 sentences of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
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