Chapter 6 of Old Crow is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of Old Crow is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
At this Raven laughed and she glanced at him mildly, as if wandering what he had found to please him. He had been thinking. "Now," he said, "we must plan what you're going to do. You won't let me send you and the baby away to stay awhile?" She shook her head.
Chapter 6 of Old Crow is here in full — 410 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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for a short time
From this reading “You won't let me send you and the baby away to stay awhile?"”
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading “You won't let me send you and the baby away to stay awhile?"”
past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading “At this Raven laughed and she glanced at him mildly, as if wandering what he had found to please him.”
to a moderate degree
From this reading “At this Raven laughed and she glanced at him mildly, as if wandering what he had found to please him.”
have the will and intention to carry out some action
From this reading “"Now," he said, "we must plan what you're going to do.”
obtain or seize by violence
From this reading “At this Raven laughed and she glanced at him mildly, as if wandering what he had found to please him.”
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading “She shook her head.”
migratory
From this reading “At this Raven laughed and she glanced at him mildly, as if wandering what he had found to please him.”
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.
In this reading “You won't let me send you and the baby away to stay awhile?"”
In this reading “At this Raven laughed and she glanced at him mildly, as if wandering what he had found to please him.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At this Raven laughed and she glanced at him mildly, as if wandering what he had found to please him.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading At this Raven laughed and she glanced at him mildly, as if wandering what he had found to please him.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At this Raven laughed and she glanced at him mildly, as if wandering what he had found to please him.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading You won't let me send you and the baby away to stay awhile?"
for a short time
From this reading You won't let me send you and the baby away to stay awhile?"
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading You won't let me send you and the baby away to stay awhile?"
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had been thinking.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Now," he said, "we must plan what you're going to do.
set up or found
From this reading At this Raven laughed and she glanced at him mildly, as if wandering what he had found to please him.
past form of “glance” — throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading At this Raven laughed and she glanced at him mildly, as if wandering what he had found to please him.
the act of departing
From this reading "Now," he said, "we must plan what you're going to do.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At this Raven laughed and she glanced at him mildly, as if wandering what he had found to please him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At this Raven laughed and she glanced at him mildly, as if wandering what he had found to please him.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading She shook her head.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She shook her head.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading At this Raven laughed and she glanced at him mildly, as if wandering what he had found to please him.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading At this Raven laughed and she glanced at him mildly, as if wandering what he had found to please him.
past form of “laugh” — produce laughter
From this reading At this Raven laughed and she glanced at him mildly, as if wandering what he had found to please him.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading You won't let me send you and the baby away to stay awhile?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You won't let me send you and the baby away to stay awhile?"
to a moderate degree
From this reading At this Raven laughed and she glanced at him mildly, as if wandering what he had found to please him.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "Now," he said, "we must plan what you're going to do.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "Now," he said, "we must plan what you're going to do.
have the will and intention to carry out some action
From this reading "Now," he said, "we must plan what you're going to do.
give pleasure to or be pleasing to
From this reading At this Raven laughed and she glanced at him mildly, as if wandering what he had found to please him.
obtain or seize by violence
From this reading At this Raven laughed and she glanced at him mildly, as if wandering what he had found to please him.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "Now," he said, "we must plan what you're going to do.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading You won't let me send you and the baby away to stay awhile?"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At this Raven laughed and she glanced at him mildly, as if wandering what he had found to please him.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading She shook her head.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading You won't let me send you and the baby away to stay awhile?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You won't let me send you and the baby away to stay awhile?"
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading He had been thinking.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading At this Raven laughed and she glanced at him mildly, as if wandering what he had found to please him.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At this Raven laughed and she glanced at him mildly, as if wandering what he had found to please him.
migratory
From this reading At this Raven laughed and she glanced at him mildly, as if wandering what he had found to please him.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Now," he said, "we must plan what you're going to do.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading At this Raven laughed and she glanced at him mildly, as if wandering what he had found to please him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You won't let me send you and the baby away to stay awhile?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You won't let me send you and the baby away to stay awhile?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Now," he said, "we must plan what you're going to do.
Chapter 6 of Old Crow by Alice Brown holds 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 410 sentences of Old Crow, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Old Crow by Alice Brown exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 410 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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