Chapter 14 of Kazan is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of Kazan is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A FIGHT UNDER THE STARS On their haunches Kazan and Gray Wolf waited. Five minutes passed, ten--fifteen--and Gray Wolf became uneasy. No response had followed her call. Again she howled, with Kazan quivering and listening beside her, and again there followed that dead stillness of the night. This was not the way of the pack.
Chapter 14 of Kazan is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “howl” — emit long loud cries
From this reading “Again she howled, with Kazan quivering and listening beside her, and again there followed that dead stillness of the night.”
United States stage and screen director (born in Turkey) and believer in method acting (1909-2003)
From this reading “A FIGHT UNDER THE STARS On their haunches Kazan and Gray Wolf waited.”
arrange in a container
From this reading “This was not the way of the pack.”
a shaky motion
From this reading “Again she howled, with Kazan quivering and listening beside her, and again there followed that dead stillness of the night.”
a result
From this reading “No response had followed her call.”
(poetic) tranquil silence
From this reading “Again she howled, with Kazan quivering and listening beside her, and again there followed that dead stillness of the night.”
lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
From this reading “Five minutes passed, ten--fifteen--and Gray Wolf became uneasy.”
any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading “A FIGHT UNDER THE STARS On their haunches Kazan and Gray Wolf waited.”
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 A FIGHT UNDER THE STARS On their haunches Kazan and Gray Wolf waited.
anew
From this reading Again she howled, with Kazan quivering and listening beside her, and again there followed that dead stillness of the night.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A FIGHT UNDER THE STARS On their haunches Kazan and Gray Wolf waited.
inflected form of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading Five minutes passed, ten--fifteen--and Gray Wolf became uneasy.
next to; at the side of
From this reading Again she howled, with Kazan quivering and listening beside her, and again there followed that dead stillness of the night.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading No response had followed her call.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading Again she howled, with Kazan quivering and listening beside her, and again there followed that dead stillness of the night.
the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one
From this reading Five minutes passed, ten--fifteen--and Gray Wolf became uneasy.
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading A FIGHT UNDER THE STARS On their haunches Kazan and Gray Wolf waited.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading Five minutes passed, ten--fifteen--and Gray Wolf became uneasy.
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading No response had followed her call.
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading A FIGHT UNDER THE STARS On their haunches Kazan and Gray Wolf waited.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading No response had followed her call.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A FIGHT UNDER THE STARS On their haunches Kazan and Gray Wolf waited.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading No response had followed her call.
past form of “howl” — emit long loud cries
From this reading Again she howled, with Kazan quivering and listening beside her, and again there followed that dead stillness of the night.
United States stage and screen director (born in Turkey) and believer in method acting (1909-2003)
From this reading A FIGHT UNDER THE STARS On their haunches Kazan and Gray Wolf waited.
the act of hearing attentively
From this reading Again she howled, with Kazan quivering and listening beside her, and again there followed that dead stillness of the night.
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading Five minutes passed, ten--fifteen--and Gray Wolf became uneasy.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Again she howled, with Kazan quivering and listening beside her, and again there followed that dead stillness of the night.
not any; not one
From this reading No response had followed her call.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading This was not the way of the pack.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Again she howled, with Kazan quivering and listening beside her, and again there followed that dead stillness of the night.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A FIGHT UNDER THE STARS On their haunches Kazan and Gray Wolf waited.
arrange in a container
From this reading This was not the way of the pack.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Five minutes passed, ten--fifteen--and Gray Wolf became uneasy.
a shaky motion
From this reading Again she howled, with Kazan quivering and listening beside her, and again there followed that dead stillness of the night.
a result
From this reading No response had followed her call.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Again she howled, with Kazan quivering and listening beside her, and again there followed that dead stillness of the night.
plural of “star” — (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading A FIGHT UNDER THE STARS On their haunches Kazan and Gray Wolf waited.
(poetic) tranquil silence
From this reading Again she howled, with Kazan quivering and listening beside her, and again there followed that dead stillness of the night.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading Five minutes passed, ten--fifteen--and Gray Wolf became uneasy.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Again she howled, with Kazan quivering and listening beside her, and again there followed that dead stillness of the night.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A FIGHT UNDER THE STARS On their haunches Kazan and Gray Wolf waited.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A FIGHT UNDER THE STARS On their haunches Kazan and Gray Wolf waited.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Again she howled, with Kazan quivering and listening beside her, and again there followed that dead stillness of the night.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was not the way of the pack.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading A FIGHT UNDER THE STARS On their haunches Kazan and Gray Wolf waited.
lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
From this reading Five minutes passed, ten--fifteen--and Gray Wolf became uneasy.
past form of “wait” — stay in one place and anticipate or expect something
From this reading A FIGHT UNDER THE STARS On their haunches Kazan and Gray Wolf waited.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This was not the way of the pack.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading This was not the way of the pack.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Again she howled, with Kazan quivering and listening beside her, and again there followed that dead stillness of the night.
any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading A FIGHT UNDER THE STARS On their haunches Kazan and Gray Wolf waited.
Chapter 14 of Kazan by James Oliver Curwood holds 104 sentences, grouped into 21 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 14 holds 104 sentences of Kazan, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.
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