Chapter 6 of Double Challenge is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Double Challenge is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Ted walked slowly, on a course parallel to the cabin, and he turned his head from side to side as he walked. There were no thickets or windfalls here. There was nothing at all except the big beeches. Wherever Tammie had dropped it, the pack wouldn't be hard to see. Descending into a little swale, Ted flushed three woodcock out of it.
Chapter 6 of Double Challenge is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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coming down or downward
From this reading “Descending into a little swale, Ted flushed three woodcock out of it.”
arrange in a container
From this reading “Wherever Tammie had dropped it, the pack wouldn't be hard to see.”
something having the property of being analogous to something else
From this reading “Ted walked slowly, on a course parallel to the cabin, and he turned his head from side to side as he walked.”
a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
From this reading “Ted walked slowly, on a course parallel to the cabin, and he turned his head from side to side as he walked.”
plural of “thicket” — a dense growth of bushes
From this reading “There were no thickets or windfalls here.”
in or to any place at all
From this reading “Wherever Tammie had dropped it, the pack wouldn't be hard to see.”
plural of “windfall” — fruit that has fallen from the tree
From this reading “There were no thickets or windfalls here.”
game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
From this reading “Descending into a little swale, Ted flushed three woodcock out of it.”
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 Ted walked slowly, on a course parallel to the cabin, and he turned his head from side to side as he walked.
(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 There was nothing at all except the big beeches.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ted walked slowly, on a course parallel to the cabin, and he turned his head from side to side as he walked.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Ted walked slowly, on a course parallel to the cabin, and he turned his head from side to side as he walked.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There was nothing at all except the big beeches.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Wherever Tammie had dropped it, the pack wouldn't be hard to see.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was nothing at all except the big beeches.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading There was nothing at all except the big beeches.
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading Ted walked slowly, on a course parallel to the cabin, and he turned his head from side to side as he walked.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading Ted walked slowly, on a course parallel to the cabin, and he turned his head from side to side as he walked.
coming down or downward
From this reading Descending into a little swale, Ted flushed three woodcock out of it.
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading Wherever Tammie had dropped it, the pack wouldn't be hard to see.
apart from; not including
From this reading There was nothing at all except the big beeches.
having the pinkish flush of health
From this reading Descending into a little swale, Ted flushed three woodcock out of it.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Ted walked slowly, on a course parallel to the cabin, and he turned his head from side to side as he walked.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Wherever Tammie had dropped it, the pack wouldn't be hard to see.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading Wherever Tammie had dropped it, the pack wouldn't be hard to see.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Ted walked slowly, on a course parallel to the cabin, and he turned his head from side to side as he walked.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Ted walked slowly, on a course parallel to the cabin, and he turned his head from side to side as he walked.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading There were no thickets or windfalls here.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Ted walked slowly, on a course parallel to the cabin, and he turned his head from side to side as he walked.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Descending into a little swale, Ted flushed three woodcock out of it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Wherever Tammie had dropped it, the pack wouldn't be hard to see.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Descending into a little swale, Ted flushed three woodcock out of it.
not any; not one
From this reading There were no thickets or windfalls here.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There was nothing at all except the big beeches.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Descending into a little swale, Ted flushed three woodcock out of it.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Ted walked slowly, on a course parallel to the cabin, and he turned his head from side to side as he walked.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There were no thickets or windfalls here.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Descending into a little swale, Ted flushed three woodcock out of it.
arrange in a container
From this reading Wherever Tammie had dropped it, the pack wouldn't be hard to see.
something having the property of being analogous to something else
From this reading Ted walked slowly, on a course parallel to the cabin, and he turned his head from side to side as he walked.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading Wherever Tammie had dropped it, the pack wouldn't be hard to see.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Ted walked slowly, on a course parallel to the cabin, and he turned his head from side to side as he walked.
without speed (“slow” is sometimes used informally for “slowly”)
From this reading Ted walked slowly, on a course parallel to the cabin, and he turned his head from side to side as he walked.
a low area (especially a marshy area between ridges)
From this reading Descending into a little swale, Ted flushed three woodcock out of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wherever Tammie had dropped it, the pack wouldn't be hard to see.
a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
From this reading Ted walked slowly, on a course parallel to the cabin, and he turned his head from side to side as he walked.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ted walked slowly, on a course parallel to the cabin, and he turned his head from side to side as he walked.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There were no thickets or windfalls here.
plural of “thicket” — a dense growth of bushes
From this reading There were no thickets or windfalls here.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Descending into a little swale, Ted flushed three woodcock out of it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ted walked slowly, on a course parallel to the cabin, and he turned his head from side to side as he walked.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading Ted walked slowly, on a course parallel to the cabin, and he turned his head from side to side as he walked.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading Ted walked slowly, on a course parallel to the cabin, and he turned his head from side to side as he walked.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was nothing at all except the big beeches.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were no thickets or windfalls here.
in or to any place at all
From this reading Wherever Tammie had dropped it, the pack wouldn't be hard to see.
plural of “windfall” — fruit that has fallen from the tree
From this reading There were no thickets or windfalls here.
game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
From this reading Descending into a little swale, Ted flushed three woodcock out of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wherever Tammie had dropped it, the pack wouldn't be hard to see.
Chapter 6 of Double Challenge by Jim Kjelgaard holds 423 sentences, grouped into 85 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 6 holds 423 sentences of Double Challenge, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Double Challenge by Jim Kjelgaard exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 423 sentences, grouped into 85 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 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 85 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.
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