Chapter 19 of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WE MEET A STRANGER I just thought I’d tell you about it so you’ll know. But I wasn’t strolling around with Brent as long as it took to tell it. In a couple of minutes we were back. He said, “Whatever you do don’t start that stuff with Hervey around. First thing you know he’ll be getting himself in trouble.
Chapter 19 of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail is here in full — 81 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
From this reading “But I wasn’t strolling around with Brent as long as it took to tell it.”
a pair who associate with one another
From this reading “In a couple of minutes we were back.”
the act of acquiring something
From this reading “First thing you know he’ll be getting himself in trouble.”
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “He said, “Whatever you do don’t start that stuff with Hervey around.”
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading “WE MEET A STRANGER I just thought I’d tell you about it so you’ll know.”
-ing form of “stroll” — walk leisurely and with no apparent aim
From this reading “But I wasn’t strolling around with Brent as long as it took to tell it.”
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
From this reading “He said, “Whatever you do don’t start that stuff with Hervey around.”
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading “He said, “Whatever you do don’t start that stuff with Hervey around.”
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 “First thing you know he’ll be getting himself in trouble.”
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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 WE MEET A STRANGER I just thought I’d tell you about it so you’ll know.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading WE MEET A STRANGER I just thought I’d tell you about it so you’ll know.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading But I wasn’t strolling around with Brent as long as it took to tell it.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But I wasn’t strolling around with Brent as long as it took to tell it.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading In a couple of minutes we were back.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading First thing you know he’ll be getting himself in trouble.
small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
From this reading But I wasn’t strolling around with Brent as long as it took to tell it.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I wasn’t strolling around with Brent as long as it took to tell it.
a pair who associate with one another
From this reading In a couple of minutes we were back.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading He said, “Whatever you do don’t start that stuff with Hervey around.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He said, “Whatever you do don’t start that stuff with Hervey around.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading First thing you know he’ll be getting himself in trouble.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading First thing you know he’ll be getting himself in trouble.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He said, “Whatever you do don’t start that stuff with Hervey around.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading First thing you know he’ll be getting himself in trouble.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He said, “Whatever you do don’t start that stuff with Hervey around.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading First thing you know he’ll be getting himself in trouble.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading WE MEET A STRANGER I just thought I’d tell you about it so you’ll know.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WE MEET A STRANGER I just thought I’d tell you about it so you’ll know.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In a couple of minutes we were back.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading WE MEET A STRANGER I just thought I’d tell you about it so you’ll know.
and nothing more
From this reading WE MEET A STRANGER I just thought I’d tell you about it so you’ll know.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading WE MEET A STRANGER I just thought I’d tell you about it so you’ll know.
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 But I wasn’t strolling around with Brent as long as it took to tell it.
come together
From this reading WE MEET A STRANGER I just thought I’d tell you about it so you’ll know.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading In a couple of minutes we were back.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In a couple of minutes we were back.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading He said, “Whatever you do don’t start that stuff with Hervey around.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading WE MEET A STRANGER I just thought I’d tell you about it so you’ll know.
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading He said, “Whatever you do don’t start that stuff with Hervey around.
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading WE MEET A STRANGER I just thought I’d tell you about it so you’ll know.
-ing form of “stroll” — walk leisurely and with no apparent aim
From this reading But I wasn’t strolling around with Brent as long as it took to tell it.
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
From this reading He said, “Whatever you do don’t start that stuff with Hervey around.
express in words
From this reading WE MEET A STRANGER I just thought I’d tell you about it so you’ll know.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He said, “Whatever you do don’t start that stuff with Hervey around.
a special situation
From this reading First thing you know he’ll be getting himself in trouble.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading WE MEET A STRANGER I just thought I’d tell you about it so you’ll know.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But I wasn’t strolling around with Brent as long as it took to tell it.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading But I wasn’t strolling around with Brent as long as it took to tell it.
a source of difficulty
From this reading First thing you know he’ll be getting himself in trouble.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But I wasn’t strolling around with Brent as long as it took to tell it.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading WE MEET A STRANGER I just thought I’d tell you about it so you’ll know.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In a couple of minutes we were back.
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading He said, “Whatever you do don’t start that stuff with Hervey around.
in the company of; together with
From this reading But I wasn’t strolling around with Brent as long as it took to tell it.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading WE MEET A STRANGER I just thought I’d tell you about it so you’ll know.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading WE MEET A STRANGER I just thought I’d tell you about it so you’ll know.
Chapter 19 of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail by Percy Keese Fitzhugh holds 81 sentences, grouped into 17 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 19 holds 81 sentences of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail, unabridged, divided into 17 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail by Percy Keese Fitzhugh exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 81 sentences, grouped into 17 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 17 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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