Chapter 17 of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail is here in full — 54 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 17 of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail is here in full — 54 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ANCIENT HISTORY Marjorie Eaton said, “Can you be serious for five minutes?” “How long?” Warde asked her. She said, “Long enough to tell us something about the scouts.” “You want a serial story about them?”
Chapter 17 of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail is here in full — 54 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading “ANCIENT HISTORY Marjorie Eaton said, “Can you be serious for five minutes?””
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading “ANCIENT HISTORY Marjorie Eaton said, “Can you be serious for five minutes?””
the aggregate of past events
From this reading “ANCIENT HISTORY Marjorie Eaton said, “Can you be serious for five minutes?””
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading “ANCIENT HISTORY Marjorie Eaton said, “Can you be serious for five minutes?””
plural of “scout” — a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading “She said, “Long enough to tell us something about the scouts.””
in regular succession without gaps
From this reading ““You want a serial story about them?””
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading “ANCIENT HISTORY Marjorie Eaton said, “Can you be serious for five minutes?””
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading ““You want a serial story about them?””
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In this reading “ANCIENT HISTORY Marjorie Eaton said, “Can you be serious for five minutes?””
a history of the ancient world
In this reading “ANCIENT HISTORY Marjorie Eaton said, “Can you be serious for five minutes?””
In this reading “She said, “Long enough to tell us something about the scouts.””
In this reading “ANCIENT HISTORY Marjorie Eaton said, “Can you be serious for five minutes?””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 “You want a serial story about them?”
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She said, “Long enough to tell us something about the scouts.”
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading ANCIENT HISTORY Marjorie Eaton said, “Can you be serious for five minutes?”
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading Warde asked her.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading ANCIENT HISTORY Marjorie Eaton said, “Can you be serious for five minutes?”
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading ANCIENT HISTORY Marjorie Eaton said, “Can you be serious for five minutes?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ANCIENT HISTORY Marjorie Eaton said, “Can you be serious for five minutes?”
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading She said, “Long enough to tell us something about the scouts.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading ANCIENT HISTORY Marjorie Eaton said, “Can you be serious for five minutes?”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ANCIENT HISTORY Marjorie Eaton said, “Can you be serious for five minutes?”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Warde asked her.
the aggregate of past events
From this reading ANCIENT HISTORY Marjorie Eaton said, “Can you be serious for five minutes?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “How long?”
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading “How long?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ANCIENT HISTORY Marjorie Eaton said, “Can you be serious for five minutes?”
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading ANCIENT HISTORY Marjorie Eaton said, “Can you be serious for five minutes?”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading ANCIENT HISTORY Marjorie Eaton said, “Can you be serious for five minutes?”
plural of “scout” — a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
From this reading She said, “Long enough to tell us something about the scouts.”
in regular succession without gaps
From this reading “You want a serial story about them?”
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading ANCIENT HISTORY Marjorie Eaton said, “Can you be serious for five minutes?”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She said, “Long enough to tell us something about the scouts.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading She said, “Long enough to tell us something about the scouts.”
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “You want a serial story about them?”
express in words
From this reading She said, “Long enough to tell us something about the scouts.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She said, “Long enough to tell us something about the scouts.”
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “You want a serial story about them?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She said, “Long enough to tell us something about the scouts.”
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She said, “Long enough to tell us something about the scouts.”
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading “You want a serial story about them?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Warde asked her.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ANCIENT HISTORY Marjorie Eaton said, “Can you be serious for five minutes?”
Chapter 17 of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail 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 17 holds 54 sentences of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail, unabridged, divided into 11 reading sections.
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