Chapter 4 of Double Challenge is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IV
Chapter 4 of Double Challenge is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"They'll be on your trail!" "Not right away, they won't. I went into the woods when I took off and they're lookin' for me there." He grinned briefly. "Callahan found me.
Chapter 4 of Double Challenge is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
for a short time
From this reading “He grinned briefly.”
set up or found
From this reading “"Callahan found me.”
inflected form of “grin” — to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
From this reading “He grinned briefly.”
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading “I went into the woods when I took off and they're lookin' for me there."”
precisely, exactly
From this reading “"Not right away, they won't.”
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading “I went into the woods when I took off and they're lookin' for me there."”
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading “"They'll be on your trail!"”
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading “I went into the woods when I took off and they're lookin' for me there."”
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.
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In this reading “I went into the woods when I took off and they're lookin' for me there."”
leave
In this reading “I went into the woods when I took off and they're lookin' for me there."”
to come or go into
In this reading “I went into the woods when I took off and they're lookin' for me there."”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I went into the woods when I took off and they're lookin' for me there."
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "Not right away, they won't.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "They'll be on your trail!"
for a short time
From this reading He grinned briefly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Callahan found me.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I went into the woods when I took off and they're lookin' for me there."
set up or found
From this reading "Callahan found me.
inflected form of “grin” — to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile, grimace, or snarl
From this reading He grinned briefly.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He grinned briefly.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I went into the woods when I took off and they're lookin' for me there."
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I went into the woods when I took off and they're lookin' for me there."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I went into the woods when I took off and they're lookin' for me there."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I went into the woods when I took off and they're lookin' for me there."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Not right away, they won't.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading I went into the woods when I took off and they're lookin' for me there."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "They'll be on your trail!"
precisely, exactly
From this reading "Not right away, they won't.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I went into the woods when I took off and they're lookin' for me there."
in or at that place or location
From this reading I went into the woods when I took off and they're lookin' for me there."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Not right away, they won't.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "They'll be on your trail!"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I went into the woods when I took off and they're lookin' for me there."
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading I went into the woods when I took off and they're lookin' for me there."
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading "They'll be on your trail!"
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I went into the woods when I took off and they're lookin' for me there."
at the time that
From this reading I went into the woods when I took off and they're lookin' for me there."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Not right away, they won't.
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
From this reading I went into the woods when I took off and they're lookin' for me there."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "They'll be on your trail!"
Chapter 4 of Double Challenge by Jim Kjelgaard holds 430 sentences, grouped into 86 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 4 holds 430 sentences of Double Challenge, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Double Challenge by Jim Kjelgaard exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 430 sentences, grouped into 86 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 86 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 86 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 4 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 319 minutes of reading across 767 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Double Challenge section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Double Challenge, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
