Chapter 29 of Roy Blakeley's roundabout hike is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of Roy Blakeley's roundabout hike is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE DISTANT WHISTLE So now you know the way we hike. Sometimes even it’s worse than that. Tom Slade (he’s camp assistant) says it’s best to have a destination when you start. But if you have a destination when you start, what’s the use of going anywhere? What’s the use of going to a destination if you’ve got one already?
Chapter 29 of Roy Blakeley's roundabout hike is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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at or in or to any place
From this reading “But if you have a destination when you start, what’s the use of going anywhere?”
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
From this reading “Tom Slade (he’s camp assistant) says it’s best to have a destination when you start.”
the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
From this reading “Tom Slade (he’s camp assistant) says it’s best to have a destination when you start.”
separated in space or coming from or going to a distance
From this reading “THE DISTANT WHISTLE So now you know the way we hike.”
a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
From this reading “THE DISTANT WHISTLE So now you know the way we hike.”
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “Tom Slade (he’s camp assistant) says it’s best to have a destination when you start.”
make whistling sounds
From this reading “THE DISTANT WHISTLE So now you know the way we hike.”
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading “Sometimes even it’s worse than that.”
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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 Tom Slade (he’s camp assistant) says it’s best to have a destination when you start.
prior to a specified or implied time
From this reading What’s the use of going to a destination if you’ve got one already?
at or in or to any place
From this reading But if you have a destination when you start, what’s the use of going anywhere?
a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose
From this reading Tom Slade (he’s camp assistant) says it’s best to have a destination when you start.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading Tom Slade (he’s camp assistant) says it’s best to have a destination when you start.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But if you have a destination when you start, what’s the use of going anywhere?
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading Tom Slade (he’s camp assistant) says it’s best to have a destination when you start.
the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
From this reading Tom Slade (he’s camp assistant) says it’s best to have a destination when you start.
separated in space or coming from or going to a distance
From this reading THE DISTANT WHISTLE So now you know the way we hike.
divisible by two
From this reading Sometimes even it’s worse than that.
the act of departing
From this reading But if you have a destination when you start, what’s the use of going anywhere?
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading What’s the use of going to a destination if you’ve got one already?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Tom Slade (he’s camp assistant) says it’s best to have a destination when you start.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tom Slade (he’s camp assistant) says it’s best to have a destination when you start.
a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
From this reading THE DISTANT WHISTLE So now you know the way we hike.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading But if you have a destination when you start, what’s the use of going anywhere?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sometimes even it’s worse than that.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading THE DISTANT WHISTLE So now you know the way we hike.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading THE DISTANT WHISTLE So now you know the way we hike.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But if you have a destination when you start, what’s the use of going anywhere?
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading What’s the use of going to a destination if you’ve got one already?
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading Tom Slade (he’s camp assistant) says it’s best to have a destination when you start.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tom Slade (he’s camp assistant) says it’s best to have a destination when you start.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading THE DISTANT WHISTLE So now you know the way we hike.
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading Sometimes even it’s worse than that.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Tom Slade (he’s camp assistant) says it’s best to have a destination when you start.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Sometimes even it’s worse than that.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Sometimes even it’s worse than that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DISTANT WHISTLE So now you know the way we hike.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Tom Slade (he’s camp assistant) says it’s best to have a destination when you start.
male cat
From this reading Tom Slade (he’s camp assistant) says it’s best to have a destination when you start.
the act of using
From this reading But if you have a destination when you start, what’s the use of going anywhere?
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading THE DISTANT WHISTLE So now you know the way we hike.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading THE DISTANT WHISTLE So now you know the way we hike.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But if you have a destination when you start, what’s the use of going anywhere?
at the time that
From this reading Tom Slade (he’s camp assistant) says it’s best to have a destination when you start.
make whistling sounds
From this reading THE DISTANT WHISTLE So now you know the way we hike.
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading Sometimes even it’s worse than that.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading THE DISTANT WHISTLE So now you know the way we hike.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What’s the use of going to a destination if you’ve got one already?
Chapter 29 of Roy Blakeley's roundabout hike by Percy Keese Fitzhugh holds 111 sentences, grouped into 23 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 111 sentences of Roy Blakeley's roundabout hike, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
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