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Kazan

Chapter XV

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THE CALL Followed days of feasting on the frozen flesh of the old bull.
In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.
Day by day the temperature rose.
There was hunting now.
And Gray Wolf wanted to be alone--with Kazan.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Kazan

Chapter XV

Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE CALL Followed days of feasting on the frozen flesh of the old bull.
Line 2
In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.
Line 3
Day by day the temperature rose.
Line 4
There was hunting now.
Line 5
And Gray Wolf wanted to be alone--with Kazan.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Alone noun US /alone/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “And Gray Wolf wanted to be alone--with Kazan.”

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alonenounUS /alone/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading And Gray Wolf wanted to be alone--with Kazan.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading And Gray Wolf wanted to be alone--with Kazan.

bull

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From this reading THE CALL Followed days of feasting on the frozen flesh of the old bull.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Day by day the temperature rose.

CALL

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From this reading THE CALL Followed days of feasting on the frozen flesh of the old bull.

Day

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From this reading Day by day the temperature rose.

days

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From this reading THE CALL Followed days of feasting on the frozen flesh of the old bull.

feasting

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From this reading THE CALL Followed days of feasting on the frozen flesh of the old bull.

flesh

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From this reading THE CALL Followed days of feasting on the frozen flesh of the old bull.

Followed

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From this reading THE CALL Followed days of feasting on the frozen flesh of the old bull.

forests

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From this reading In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.

frozen

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From this reading THE CALL Followed days of feasting on the frozen flesh of the old bull.

Gray

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From this reading In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.

hunting

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From this reading There was hunting now.

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.

Kazan

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From this reading In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.

lure

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From this reading In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.

now

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From this reading There was hunting now.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE CALL Followed days of feasting on the frozen flesh of the old bull.

off

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From this reading In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.

old

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From this reading THE CALL Followed days of feasting on the frozen flesh of the old bull.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading THE CALL Followed days of feasting on the frozen flesh of the old bull.

rose

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From this reading Day by day the temperature rose.

swamps

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From this reading In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.

temperature

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From this reading Day by day the temperature rose.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE CALL Followed days of feasting on the frozen flesh of the old bull.

There

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From this reading There was hunting now.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.

tried

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From this reading In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.

vain

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From this reading In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.

wanted

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From this reading And Gray Wolf wanted to be alone--with Kazan.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading There was hunting now.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading And Gray Wolf wanted to be alone--with Kazan.

Wolf

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From this reading In vain Gray Wolf tried to lure Kazan off into the forests and the swamps.