Chapter 5 of Roy Blakeley's roundabout hike is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Roy Blakeley's roundabout hike is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE STRANGER That man kept coming straight toward us across the green. “Maybe we’re trespassing, hey?” Pee-wee said, kind of scared. “Now maybe we’re going to get into trouble.” Pretty soon I saw the man was smiling and I knew everything was all right.
Chapter 5 of Roy Blakeley's roundabout hike is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading “THE STRANGER That man kept coming straight toward us across the green.”
by chance
From this reading ““Maybe we’re trespassing, hey?””
made afraid
From this reading “Pee-wee said, kind of scared.”
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading “Pretty soon I saw the man was smiling and I knew everything was all right.”
successive (without a break)
From this reading “THE STRANGER That man kept coming straight toward us across the green.”
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading “THE STRANGER That man kept coming straight toward us across the green.”
gradually intrusive without right or permission
From this reading ““Maybe we’re trespassing, hey?””
a source of difficulty
From this reading ““Now maybe we’re going to get into trouble.””
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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get involved in or with
In this reading ““Now maybe we’re going to get into trouble.””
In this reading “THE STRANGER That man kept coming straight toward us across the green.”
In this reading ““Now maybe we’re going to get into trouble.””
In this reading “THE STRANGER That man kept coming straight toward us across the green.”
In this reading “Pretty soon I saw the man was smiling and I knew everything was all right.”
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading THE STRANGER That man kept coming straight toward us across the green.
(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 Pretty soon I saw the man was smiling and I knew everything was all right.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Pretty soon I saw the man was smiling and I knew everything was all right.
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading THE STRANGER That man kept coming straight toward us across the green.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Pretty soon I saw the man was smiling and I knew everything was all right.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Now maybe we’re going to get into trouble.”
the act of departing
From this reading “Now maybe we’re going to get into trouble.”
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading THE STRANGER That man kept coming straight toward us across the green.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Maybe we’re trespassing, hey?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Pretty soon I saw the man was smiling and I knew everything was all right.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “Now maybe we’re going to get into trouble.”
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading THE STRANGER That man kept coming straight toward us across the green.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading Pee-wee said, kind of scared.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading Pretty soon I saw the man was smiling and I knew everything was all right.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading THE STRANGER That man kept coming straight toward us across the green.
by chance
From this reading “Maybe we’re trespassing, hey?”
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “Now maybe we’re going to get into trouble.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Pee-wee said, kind of scared.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Pee-wee said, kind of scared.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading Pretty soon I saw the man was smiling and I knew everything was all right.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Pretty soon I saw the man was smiling and I knew everything was all right.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Pee-wee said, kind of scared.
cut with a saw
From this reading Pretty soon I saw the man was smiling and I knew everything was all right.
made afraid
From this reading Pee-wee said, kind of scared.
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
From this reading Pretty soon I saw the man was smiling and I knew everything was all right.
in the near future
From this reading Pretty soon I saw the man was smiling and I knew everything was all right.
successive (without a break)
From this reading THE STRANGER That man kept coming straight toward us across the green.
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading THE STRANGER That man kept coming straight toward us across the green.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE STRANGER That man kept coming straight toward us across the green.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE STRANGER That man kept coming straight toward us across the green.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Now maybe we’re going to get into trouble.”
in the direction of
From this reading THE STRANGER That man kept coming straight toward us across the green.
gradually intrusive without right or permission
From this reading “Maybe we’re trespassing, hey?”
a source of difficulty
From this reading “Now maybe we’re going to get into trouble.”
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE STRANGER That man kept coming straight toward us across the green.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Pretty soon I saw the man was smiling and I knew everything was all right.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Maybe we’re trespassing, hey?”
Chapter 5 of Roy Blakeley's roundabout hike by Percy Keese Fitzhugh holds 125 sentences, grouped into 25 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 5 holds 125 sentences of Roy Blakeley's roundabout hike, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
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