Chapter 8 of Double Challenge is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Double Challenge is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Then they were on the Lorton Road and started into the Mahela. John Wilson spoke for the first time since leaving the station. "They crowd in." "For deer season they do," Ted agreed. "The day after it ends, you could shoot a cannon down Main Street and never hit a person."
Chapter 8 of Double Challenge is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 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.
a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
From this reading “"The day after it ends, you could shoot a cannon down Main Street and never hit a person."”
distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
From this reading “"For deer season they do," Ted agreed.”
plural of “end” — either extremity of something that has length
From this reading “"The day after it ends, you could shoot a cannon down Main Street and never hit a person."”
cause to move by striking
From this reading “"The day after it ends, you could shoot a cannon down Main Street and never hit a person."”
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
From this reading “"For deer season they do," Ted agreed.”
hit with a missile from a weapon
From this reading “"The day after it ends, you could shoot a cannon down Main Street and never hit a person."”
a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
From this reading “"For deer season they do," Ted agreed.”
author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)
From this reading “John Wilson spoke for the first time since leaving the station.”
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.
street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town
In this reading “"The day after it ends, you could shoot a cannon down Main Street and never hit a person."”
In this reading “John Wilson spoke for the first time since leaving the station.”
In this reading “John Wilson spoke for the first time since leaving the station.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "The day after it ends, you could shoot a cannon down Main Street and never hit a person."
later than; following
From this reading "The day after it ends, you could shoot a cannon down Main Street and never hit a person."
united by being of the same opinion
From this reading "For deer season they do," Ted agreed.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then they were on the Lorton Road and started into the Mahela.
a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
From this reading "The day after it ends, you could shoot a cannon down Main Street and never hit a person."
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "The day after it ends, you could shoot a cannon down Main Street and never hit a person."
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading "They crowd in."
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading "The day after it ends, you could shoot a cannon down Main Street and never hit a person."
distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers
From this reading "For deer season they do," Ted agreed.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "For deer season they do," Ted agreed.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading "The day after it ends, you could shoot a cannon down Main Street and never hit a person."
plural of “end” — either extremity of something that has length
From this reading "The day after it ends, you could shoot a cannon down Main Street and never hit a person."
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading John Wilson spoke for the first time since leaving the station.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading John Wilson spoke for the first time since leaving the station.
cause to move by striking
From this reading "The day after it ends, you could shoot a cannon down Main Street and never hit a person."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "They crowd in."
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Then they were on the Lorton Road and started into the Mahela.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "The day after it ends, you could shoot a cannon down Main Street and never hit a person."
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading John Wilson spoke for the first time since leaving the station.
the act of departing
From this reading John Wilson spoke for the first time since leaving the station.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then they were on the Lorton Road and started into the Mahela.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then they were on the Lorton Road and started into the Mahela.
most important element
From this reading "The day after it ends, you could shoot a cannon down Main Street and never hit a person."
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "The day after it ends, you could shoot a cannon down Main Street and never hit a person."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Then they were on the Lorton Road and started into the Mahela.
a human being
From this reading "The day after it ends, you could shoot a cannon down Main Street and never hit a person."
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading Then they were on the Lorton Road and started into the Mahela.
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
From this reading "For deer season they do," Ted agreed.
hit with a missile from a weapon
From this reading "The day after it ends, you could shoot a cannon down Main Street and never hit a person."
from a time in the past until now
From this reading John Wilson spoke for the first time since leaving the station.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading John Wilson spoke for the first time since leaving the station.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Then they were on the Lorton Road and started into the Mahela.
a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
From this reading John Wilson spoke for the first time since leaving the station.
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
From this reading "The day after it ends, you could shoot a cannon down Main Street and never hit a person."
a tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
From this reading "For deer season they do," Ted agreed.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then they were on the Lorton Road and started into the Mahela.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then they were on the Lorton Road and started into the Mahela.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then they were on the Lorton Road and started into the Mahela.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading John Wilson spoke for the first time since leaving the station.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Then they were on the Lorton Road and started into the Mahela.
author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)
From this reading John Wilson spoke for the first time since leaving the station.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "The day after it ends, you could shoot a cannon down Main Street and never hit a person."
Chapter 8 of Double Challenge by Jim Kjelgaard holds 425 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 8 holds 425 sentences of Double Challenge, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Double Challenge by Jim Kjelgaard exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 425 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 8 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.
Choose one of the 9 chapters of Double Challenge to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
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.
