Chapter 30 of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike is here in full — 92 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike is here in full — 92 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WE FIGURE IT OUT I said, “Let’s sit down and think it over and figure it out by geometry; let’s not get excited. Three things were in a bee-line, the cooking shack and the house and we ourselves. Deny it if you can. The smoke died and we hiked straight for the house. Didn’t we?
Chapter 30 of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike is here in full — 92 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
From this reading “Three things were in a bee-line, the cooking shack and the house and we ourselves.”
declare untrue; contradict
From this reading “Deny it if you can.”
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading “WE FIGURE IT OUT I said, “Let’s sit down and think it over and figure it out by geometry; let’s not get excited.”
the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces
From this reading “WE FIGURE IT OUT I said, “Let’s sit down and think it over and figure it out by geometry; let’s not get excited.”
past form of “hike” — increase
From this reading “The smoke died and we hiked straight for the house.”
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading “Three things were in a bee-line, the cooking shack and the house and we ourselves.”
small crude shelter used as a dwelling
From this reading “Three things were in a bee-line, the cooking shack and the house and we ourselves.”
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading “The smoke died and we hiked straight for the house.”
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take a seat
In this reading “WE FIGURE IT OUT I said, “Let’s sit down and think it over and figure it out by geometry; let’s not get excited.”
In this reading “WE FIGURE IT OUT I said, “Let’s sit down and think it over and figure it out by geometry; let’s not get excited.”
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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 Three things were in a bee-line, the cooking shack and the house and we ourselves.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WE FIGURE IT OUT I said, “Let’s sit down and think it over and figure it out by geometry; let’s not get excited.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Three things were in a bee-line, the cooking shack and the house and we ourselves.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading WE FIGURE IT OUT I said, “Let’s sit down and think it over and figure it out by geometry; let’s not get excited.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Deny it if you can.
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
From this reading Three things were in a bee-line, the cooking shack and the house and we ourselves.
declare untrue; contradict
From this reading Deny it if you can.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Didn’t we?
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading The smoke died and we hiked straight for the house.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading WE FIGURE IT OUT I said, “Let’s sit down and think it over and figure it out by geometry; let’s not get excited.
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading WE FIGURE IT OUT I said, “Let’s sit down and think it over and figure it out by geometry; let’s not get excited.
a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading WE FIGURE IT OUT I said, “Let’s sit down and think it over and figure it out by geometry; let’s not get excited.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The smoke died and we hiked straight for the house.
the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces
From this reading WE FIGURE IT OUT I said, “Let’s sit down and think it over and figure it out by geometry; let’s not get excited.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading WE FIGURE IT OUT I said, “Let’s sit down and think it over and figure it out by geometry; let’s not get excited.
past form of “hike” — increase
From this reading The smoke died and we hiked straight for the house.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Three things were in a bee-line, the cooking shack and the house and we ourselves.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading WE FIGURE IT OUT I said, “Let’s sit down and think it over and figure it out by geometry; let’s not get excited.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Deny it if you can.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Three things were in a bee-line, the cooking shack and the house and we ourselves.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading WE FIGURE IT OUT I said, “Let’s sit down and think it over and figure it out by geometry; let’s not get excited.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WE FIGURE IT OUT I said, “Let’s sit down and think it over and figure it out by geometry; let’s not get excited.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading WE FIGURE IT OUT I said, “Let’s sit down and think it over and figure it out by geometry; let’s not get excited.
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading Three things were in a bee-line, the cooking shack and the house and we ourselves.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading WE FIGURE IT OUT I said, “Let’s sit down and think it over and figure it out by geometry; let’s not get excited.
above and across; more than
From this reading WE FIGURE IT OUT I said, “Let’s sit down and think it over and figure it out by geometry; let’s not get excited.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading WE FIGURE IT OUT I said, “Let’s sit down and think it over and figure it out by geometry; let’s not get excited.
small crude shelter used as a dwelling
From this reading Three things were in a bee-line, the cooking shack and the house and we ourselves.
be seated
From this reading WE FIGURE IT OUT I said, “Let’s sit down and think it over and figure it out by geometry; let’s not get excited.
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading The smoke died and we hiked straight for the house.
successive (without a break)
From this reading The smoke died and we hiked straight for the house.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Three things were in a bee-line, the cooking shack and the house and we ourselves.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Three things were in a bee-line, the cooking shack and the house and we ourselves.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading WE FIGURE IT OUT I said, “Let’s sit down and think it over and figure it out by geometry; let’s not get excited.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Three things were in a bee-line, the cooking shack and the house and we ourselves.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading WE FIGURE IT OUT I said, “Let’s sit down and think it over and figure it out by geometry; let’s not get excited.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Three things were in a bee-line, the cooking shack and the house and we ourselves.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Deny it if you can.
Chapter 30 of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike by Percy Keese Fitzhugh holds 92 sentences, grouped into 19 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 30 holds 92 sentences of Roy Blakeley's Funny-Bone Hike, unabridged, divided into 19 reading sections.
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