Chapter 12 of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail is here in full — 53 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail is here in full — 53 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GIRLS AND WASPS All the while Hervey Willetts was lying on his back looking up in the air and not saying anything. When he can’t be moving he’s as still as a ghost. He was kind of kicking his hat from one foot to the other. All of a sudden he started something—that was just like him. That fellow can start something lying on his back.
Chapter 12 of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail is here in full — 53 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading “When he can’t be moving he’s as still as a ghost.”
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading “He was kind of kicking his hat from one foot to the other.”
a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics
From this reading “He was kind of kicking his hat from one foot to the other.”
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading “GIRLS AND WASPS All the while Hervey Willetts was lying on his back looking up in the air and not saying anything.”
in motion
From this reading “When he can’t be moving he’s as still as a ghost.”
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “That fellow can start something lying on his back.”
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading “All of a sudden he started something—that was just like him.”
plural of “wasp” — a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination
From this reading “GIRLS AND WASPS All the while Hervey Willetts was lying on his back looking up in the air and not saying anything.”
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.
on everybody's mind
In this reading “GIRLS AND WASPS All the while Hervey Willetts was lying on his back looking up in the air and not saying anything.”
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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 When he can’t be moving he’s as still as a ghost.
a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
From this reading GIRLS AND WASPS All the while Hervey Willetts was lying on his back looking up in the air and not saying anything.
(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 GIRLS AND WASPS All the while Hervey Willetts was lying on his back looking up in the air and not saying anything.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading GIRLS AND WASPS All the while Hervey Willetts was lying on his back looking up in the air and not saying anything.
any thing at all
From this reading GIRLS AND WASPS All the while Hervey Willetts was lying on his back looking up in the air and not saying anything.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading When he can’t be moving he’s as still as a ghost.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading GIRLS AND WASPS All the while Hervey Willetts was lying on his back looking up in the air and not saying anything.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading When he can’t be moving he’s as still as a ghost.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading That fellow can start something lying on his back.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When he can’t be moving he’s as still as a ghost.
a boy or man
From this reading That fellow can start something lying on his back.
the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading He was kind of kicking his hat from one foot to the other.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He was kind of kicking his hat from one foot to the other.
a mental representation of some haunting experience
From this reading When he can’t be moving he’s as still as a ghost.
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading GIRLS AND WASPS All the while Hervey Willetts was lying on his back looking up in the air and not saying anything.
headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
From this reading He was kind of kicking his hat from one foot to the other.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When he can’t be moving he’s as still as a ghost.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When he can’t be moving he’s as still as a ghost.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GIRLS AND WASPS All the while Hervey Willetts was lying on his back looking up in the air and not saying anything.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All of a sudden he started something—that was just like him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading GIRLS AND WASPS All the while Hervey Willetts was lying on his back looking up in the air and not saying anything.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading GIRLS AND WASPS All the while Hervey Willetts was lying on his back looking up in the air and not saying anything.
and nothing more
From this reading All of a sudden he started something—that was just like him.
a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics
From this reading He was kind of kicking his hat from one foot to the other.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading He was kind of kicking his hat from one foot to the other.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading All of a sudden he started something—that was just like him.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading GIRLS AND WASPS All the while Hervey Willetts was lying on his back looking up in the air and not saying anything.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading GIRLS AND WASPS All the while Hervey Willetts was lying on his back looking up in the air and not saying anything.
in motion
From this reading When he can’t be moving he’s as still as a ghost.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading GIRLS AND WASPS All the while Hervey Willetts was lying on his back looking up in the air and not saying anything.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was kind of kicking his hat from one foot to the other.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading GIRLS AND WASPS All the while Hervey Willetts was lying on his back looking up in the air and not saying anything.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He was kind of kicking his hat from one foot to the other.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading He was kind of kicking his hat from one foot to the other.
a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
From this reading GIRLS AND WASPS All the while Hervey Willetts was lying on his back looking up in the air and not saying anything.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading All of a sudden he started something—that was just like him.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading That fellow can start something lying on his back.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading All of a sudden he started something—that was just like him.
not in physical motion
From this reading When he can’t be moving he’s as still as a ghost.
happening without warning or in a short space of time
From this reading All of a sudden he started something—that was just like him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All of a sudden he started something—that was just like him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading GIRLS AND WASPS All the while Hervey Willetts was lying on his back looking up in the air and not saying anything.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He was kind of kicking his hat from one foot to the other.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading GIRLS AND WASPS All the while Hervey Willetts was lying on his back looking up in the air and not saying anything.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading GIRLS AND WASPS All the while Hervey Willetts was lying on his back looking up in the air and not saying anything.
plural of “wasp” — a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination
From this reading GIRLS AND WASPS All the while Hervey Willetts was lying on his back looking up in the air and not saying anything.
at the time that
From this reading When he can’t be moving he’s as still as a ghost.
during the time that
From this reading GIRLS AND WASPS All the while Hervey Willetts was lying on his back looking up in the air and not saying anything.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GIRLS AND WASPS All the while Hervey Willetts was lying on his back looking up in the air and not saying anything.
Chapter 12 of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail by Percy Keese Fitzhugh holds 53 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 12 holds 53 sentences of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail, unabridged, divided into 11 reading sections.
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