Chapter 30 of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail is here in full — 71 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail is here in full — 71 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE THREE OF US I said, “I don’t understand. What do you mean? What are you going to do? I didn’t call you a liar, Herve. You admit I didn’t, and I’m blamed glad I didn’t.
Chapter 30 of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail is here in full — 71 sentences across 15 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
From this reading “You admit I didn’t, and I’m blamed glad I didn’t.”
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “You admit I didn’t, and I’m blamed glad I didn’t.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “I didn’t call you a liar, Herve.”
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading “You admit I didn’t, and I’m blamed glad I didn’t.”
a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
From this reading “I didn’t call you a liar, Herve.”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “What do you mean?”
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading “THE THREE OF US I said, “I don’t understand.”
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading “THE THREE OF US I said, “I don’t understand.”
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.
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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 I didn’t call you a liar, Herve.
declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
From this reading You admit I didn’t, and I’m blamed glad I didn’t.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You admit I didn’t, and I’m blamed glad I didn’t.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading What are you going to do?
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading You admit I didn’t, and I’m blamed glad I didn’t.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading I didn’t call you a liar, Herve.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I didn’t call you a liar, Herve.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What do you mean?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE THREE OF US I said, “I don’t understand.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
From this reading You admit I didn’t, and I’m blamed glad I didn’t.
the act of departing
From this reading What are you going to do?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I didn’t call you a liar, Herve.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE THREE OF US I said, “I don’t understand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You admit I didn’t, and I’m blamed glad I didn’t.
a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly
From this reading I didn’t call you a liar, Herve.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading What do you mean?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE THREE OF US I said, “I don’t understand.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading THE THREE OF US I said, “I don’t understand.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE THREE OF US I said, “I don’t understand.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading THE THREE OF US I said, “I don’t understand.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What are you going to do?
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading THE THREE OF US I said, “I don’t understand.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE THREE OF US I said, “I don’t understand.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What do you mean?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What do you mean?
Chapter 30 of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail by Percy Keese Fitzhugh holds 71 sentences, grouped into 15 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 30 holds 71 sentences of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail, unabridged, divided into 15 reading sections.
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