Chapter 32 of Roy Blakeley's roundabout hike is here in full — 54 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 32 of Roy Blakeley's roundabout hike is here in full — 54 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BETTER THAN GOLD Gee it was awful funny; Dub didn’t get a chance to have his way at all. He didn’t know what was happening to him till it was all over. I guess he thought he was being kidnapped. He just kept looking after the train. Poor Dub, I was half laughing and half crying on account of him.
Chapter 32 of Roy Blakeley's roundabout hike is here in full — 54 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading “BETTER THAN GOLD Gee it was awful funny; Dub didn’t get a chance to have his way at all.”
demanding attention
From this reading “Poor Dub, I was half laughing and half crying on account of him.”
give a nickname to
From this reading “BETTER THAN GOLD Gee it was awful funny; Dub didn’t get a chance to have his way at all.”
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading “BETTER THAN GOLD Gee it was awful funny; Dub didn’t get a chance to have his way at all.”
a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated
From this reading “BETTER THAN GOLD Gee it was awful funny; Dub didn’t get a chance to have his way at all.”
an event that happens
From this reading “He didn’t know what was happening to him till it was all over.”
inflected form of “kidnap” — take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
From this reading “I guess he thought he was being kidnapped.”
showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness
From this reading “Poor Dub, I was half laughing and half crying on account of him.”
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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In this reading “Poor Dub, I was half laughing and half crying on account of him.”
In this reading “BETTER THAN GOLD Gee it was awful funny; Dub didn’t get a chance to have his way at all.”
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 BETTER THAN GOLD Gee it was awful funny; Dub didn’t get a chance to have his way at all.
a record or narrative description of past events
From this reading Poor Dub, I was half laughing and half crying on account of him.
later than; following
From this reading He just kept looking after the train.
(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 BETTER THAN GOLD Gee it was awful funny; Dub didn’t get a chance to have his way at all.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Poor Dub, I was half laughing and half crying on account of him.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading BETTER THAN GOLD Gee it was awful funny; Dub didn’t get a chance to have his way at all.
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading BETTER THAN GOLD Gee it was awful funny; Dub didn’t get a chance to have his way at all.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading I guess he thought he was being kidnapped.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading BETTER THAN GOLD Gee it was awful funny; Dub didn’t get a chance to have his way at all.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading BETTER THAN GOLD Gee it was awful funny; Dub didn’t get a chance to have his way at all.
demanding attention
From this reading Poor Dub, I was half laughing and half crying on account of him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BETTER THAN GOLD Gee it was awful funny; Dub didn’t get a chance to have his way at all.
give a nickname to
From this reading BETTER THAN GOLD Gee it was awful funny; Dub didn’t get a chance to have his way at all.
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading BETTER THAN GOLD Gee it was awful funny; Dub didn’t get a chance to have his way at all.
a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated
From this reading BETTER THAN GOLD Gee it was awful funny; Dub didn’t get a chance to have his way at all.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading BETTER THAN GOLD Gee it was awful funny; Dub didn’t get a chance to have his way at all.
coins made of gold
From this reading BETTER THAN GOLD Gee it was awful funny; Dub didn’t get a chance to have his way at all.
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading I guess he thought he was being kidnapped.
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading Poor Dub, I was half laughing and half crying on account of him.
an event that happens
From this reading He didn’t know what was happening to him till it was all over.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading BETTER THAN GOLD Gee it was awful funny; Dub didn’t get a chance to have his way at all.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He didn’t know what was happening to him till it was all over.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He didn’t know what was happening to him till it was all over.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading BETTER THAN GOLD Gee it was awful funny; Dub didn’t get a chance to have his way at all.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I guess he thought he was being kidnapped.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading BETTER THAN GOLD Gee it was awful funny; Dub didn’t get a chance to have his way at all.
and nothing more
From this reading He just kept looking after the train.
(especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded
From this reading He just kept looking after the train.
inflected form of “kidnap” — take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
From this reading I guess he thought he was being kidnapped.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading He didn’t know what was happening to him till it was all over.
showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness
From this reading Poor Dub, I was half laughing and half crying on account of him.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading He just kept looking after the train.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Poor Dub, I was half laughing and half crying on account of him.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Poor Dub, I was half laughing and half crying on account of him.
above and across; more than
From this reading He didn’t know what was happening to him till it was all over.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading Poor Dub, I was half laughing and half crying on account of him.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading BETTER THAN GOLD Gee it was awful funny; Dub didn’t get a chance to have his way at all.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He just kept looking after the train.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I guess he thought he was being kidnapped.
up to a particular time
From this reading He didn’t know what was happening to him till it was all over.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BETTER THAN GOLD Gee it was awful funny; Dub didn’t get a chance to have his way at all.
create by training and teaching
From this reading He just kept looking after the train.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BETTER THAN GOLD Gee it was awful funny; Dub didn’t get a chance to have his way at all.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading BETTER THAN GOLD Gee it was awful funny; Dub didn’t get a chance to have his way at all.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading He didn’t know what was happening to him till it was all over.
Chapter 32 of Roy Blakeley's roundabout hike by Percy Keese Fitzhugh holds 54 sentences, grouped into 11 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 32 holds 54 sentences of Roy Blakeley's roundabout hike, unabridged, divided into 11 reading sections.
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