Chapter 32 of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 32 of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HERVEY ALL OVER I was so excited that I let one of the oars go sliding into the water. “Where are you?” Hervey called. “Can’t you hang onto the boat?” “It’s sinking,” a voice called.
Chapter 32 of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail is here in full — 95 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading ““Can’t you hang onto the boat?””
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading “HERVEY ALL OVER I was so excited that I let one of the oars go sliding into the water.”
be suspended or hanging
From this reading ““Can’t you hang onto the boat?””
plural of “oar” — an implement used to propel or steer a boat
From this reading “HERVEY ALL OVER I was so excited that I let one of the oars go sliding into the water.”
moving to a position on a surface
From this reading ““Can’t you hang onto the boat?””
a descent as through liquid (especially through water)
From this reading ““It’s sinking,” a voice called.”
being a smooth continuous motion
From this reading “HERVEY ALL OVER I was so excited that I let one of the oars go sliding into the water.”
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading “HERVEY ALL OVER I was so excited that I let one of the oars go sliding into the water.”
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In this reading ““Can’t you hang onto the boat?””
In this reading “HERVEY ALL OVER I was so excited that I let one of the oars go sliding into the water.”
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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 “It’s sinking,” a voice called.
(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 HERVEY ALL OVER I was so excited that I let one of the oars go sliding into the water.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Where are you?”
a small vessel for travel on water
From this reading “Can’t you hang onto the boat?”
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Hervey called.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Can’t you hang onto the boat?”
(of persons) excessively affected by emotion
From this reading HERVEY ALL OVER I was so excited that I let one of the oars go sliding into the water.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading HERVEY ALL OVER I was so excited that I let one of the oars go sliding into the water.
be suspended or hanging
From this reading “Can’t you hang onto the boat?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HERVEY ALL OVER I was so excited that I let one of the oars go sliding into the water.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading HERVEY ALL OVER I was so excited that I let one of the oars go sliding into the water.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading HERVEY ALL OVER I was so excited that I let one of the oars go sliding into the water.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “It’s sinking,” a voice called.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading HERVEY ALL OVER I was so excited that I let one of the oars go sliding into the water.
plural of “oar” — an implement used to propel or steer a boat
From this reading HERVEY ALL OVER I was so excited that I let one of the oars go sliding into the water.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HERVEY ALL OVER I was so excited that I let one of the oars go sliding into the water.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading HERVEY ALL OVER I was so excited that I let one of the oars go sliding into the water.
moving to a position on a surface
From this reading “Can’t you hang onto the boat?”
above and across; more than
From this reading HERVEY ALL OVER I was so excited that I let one of the oars go sliding into the water.
a descent as through liquid (especially through water)
From this reading “It’s sinking,” a voice called.
being a smooth continuous motion
From this reading HERVEY ALL OVER I was so excited that I let one of the oars go sliding into the water.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading HERVEY ALL OVER I was so excited that I let one of the oars go sliding into the water.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading HERVEY ALL OVER I was so excited that I let one of the oars go sliding into the water.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HERVEY ALL OVER I was so excited that I let one of the oars go sliding into the water.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “It’s sinking,” a voice called.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HERVEY ALL OVER I was so excited that I let one of the oars go sliding into the water.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading HERVEY ALL OVER I was so excited that I let one of the oars go sliding into the water.
in or at the place that
From this reading “Where are you?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Where are you?”
Chapter 32 of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail by Percy Keese Fitzhugh holds 95 sentences, grouped into 19 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 32 holds 95 sentences of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail, unabridged, divided into 19 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 32 of Roy Blakeley's Tangled Trail by Percy Keese Fitzhugh exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 95 sentences, grouped into 19 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.
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