Chapter 2 of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ON THE SHELF Mm, _mmm_, that was good! I remind myself of Pee-wee Harris, eating three helpings. Now I’m going to start. When I went up to Temple Camp this summer about the first scout I saw was Hervey Willetts. I guess you know that fellow all right.
Chapter 2 of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail is here in full — 88 sentences across 18 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of consuming food
From this reading “I remind myself of Pee-wee Harris, eating three helpings.”
United States author who wrote the stories about Uncle Remus (1848-1908)
From this reading “I remind myself of Pee-wee Harris, eating three helpings.”
plural of “helping” — an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
From this reading “I remind myself of Pee-wee Harris, eating three helpings.”
put in the mind of someone
From this reading “I remind myself of Pee-wee Harris, eating three helpings.”
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading “When I went up to Temple Camp this summer about the first scout I saw was Hervey Willetts.”
A flat horizontal plane used to hold books or scrolls in a library.
From this reading “ON THE SHELF Mm, _mmm_, that was good!”
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading “When I went up to Temple Camp this summer about the first scout I saw was Hervey Willetts.”
place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity
From this reading “When I went up to Temple Camp this summer about the first scout I saw was Hervey Willetts.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “ON THE SHELF Mm, _mmm_, that was good!”
move upward
In this reading “When I went up to Temple Camp this summer about the first scout I saw was Hervey Willetts.”
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.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading When I went up to Temple Camp this summer about the first scout I saw was Hervey Willetts.
(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 you know that fellow all right.
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading When I went up to Temple Camp this summer about the first scout I saw was Hervey Willetts.
the act of consuming food
From this reading I remind myself of Pee-wee Harris, eating three helpings.
a boy or man
From this reading I guess you know that fellow all right.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading When I went up to Temple Camp this summer about the first scout I saw was Hervey Willetts.
the act of departing
From this reading Now I’m going to start.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading ON THE SHELF Mm, _mmm_, that was good!
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading I guess you know that fellow all right.
United States author who wrote the stories about Uncle Remus (1848-1908)
From this reading I remind myself of Pee-wee Harris, eating three helpings.
plural of “helping” — an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
From this reading I remind myself of Pee-wee Harris, eating three helpings.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When I went up to Temple Camp this summer about the first scout I saw was Hervey Willetts.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I remind myself of Pee-wee Harris, eating three helpings.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now I’m going to start.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I guess you know that fellow all right.
a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter
From this reading ON THE SHELF Mm, _mmm_, that was good!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ON THE SHELF Mm, _mmm_, that was good!
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I remind myself of Pee-wee Harris, eating three helpings.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now I’m going to start.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I remind myself of Pee-wee Harris, eating three helpings.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON THE SHELF Mm, _mmm_, that was good!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I remind myself of Pee-wee Harris, eating three helpings.
put in the mind of someone
From this reading I remind myself of Pee-wee Harris, eating three helpings.
precisely, exactly
From this reading I guess you know that fellow all right.
cut with a saw
From this reading When I went up to Temple Camp this summer about the first scout I saw was Hervey Willetts.
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading When I went up to Temple Camp this summer about the first scout I saw was Hervey Willetts.
A flat horizontal plane used to hold books or scrolls in a library.
From this reading ON THE SHELF Mm, _mmm_, that was good!
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Now I’m going to start.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading When I went up to Temple Camp this summer about the first scout I saw was Hervey Willetts.
place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity
From this reading When I went up to Temple Camp this summer about the first scout I saw was Hervey Willetts.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ON THE SHELF Mm, _mmm_, that was good!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ON THE SHELF Mm, _mmm_, that was good!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading When I went up to Temple Camp this summer about the first scout I saw was Hervey Willetts.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading I remind myself of Pee-wee Harris, eating three helpings.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Now I’m going to start.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading When I went up to Temple Camp this summer about the first scout I saw was Hervey Willetts.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ON THE SHELF Mm, _mmm_, that was good!
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading When I went up to Temple Camp this summer about the first scout I saw was Hervey Willetts.
at the time that
From this reading When I went up to Temple Camp this summer about the first scout I saw was Hervey Willetts.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When I went up to Temple Camp this summer about the first scout I saw was Hervey Willetts.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I guess you know that fellow all right.
Chapter 2 of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail by Percy Keese Fitzhugh holds 88 sentences, grouped into 18 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 2 holds 88 sentences of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail, unabridged, divided into 18 reading sections.
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