Chapter 7 of Old Crow is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of Old Crow is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"In there?" Tenney repeated. "All night?" She nodded at him. The afternoon brightness was again on her face, and for an instant he felt afraid of her, she looked so strange.
Chapter 7 of Old Crow is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading “The afternoon brightness was again on her face, and for an instant he felt afraid of her, she looked so strange.”
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading “The afternoon brightness was again on her face, and for an instant he felt afraid of her, she looked so strange.”
the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
From this reading “The afternoon brightness was again on her face, and for an instant he felt afraid of her, she looked so strange.”
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading “The afternoon brightness was again on her face, and for an instant he felt afraid of her, she looked so strange.”
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
From this reading “The afternoon brightness was again on her face, and for an instant he felt afraid of her, she looked so strange.”
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading “She nodded at him.”
recurring again and again
From this reading “Tenney repeated.”
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading “The afternoon brightness was again on her face, and for an instant he felt afraid of her, she looked so strange.”
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 “The afternoon brightness was again on her face, and for an instant he felt afraid of her, she looked so strange.”
In this reading “"All night?"”
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Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading The afternoon brightness was again on her face, and for an instant he felt afraid of her, she looked so strange.
the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading The afternoon brightness was again on her face, and for an instant he felt afraid of her, she looked so strange.
anew
From this reading The afternoon brightness was again on her face, and for an instant he felt afraid of her, she looked so strange.
(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 "All night?"
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The afternoon brightness was again on her face, and for an instant he felt afraid of her, she looked so strange.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The afternoon brightness was again on her face, and for an instant he felt afraid of her, she looked so strange.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She nodded at him.
the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
From this reading The afternoon brightness was again on her face, and for an instant he felt afraid of her, she looked so strange.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading The afternoon brightness was again on her face, and for an instant he felt afraid of her, she looked so strange.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading The afternoon brightness was again on her face, and for an instant he felt afraid of her, she looked so strange.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The afternoon brightness was again on her face, and for an instant he felt afraid of her, she looked so strange.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The afternoon brightness was again on her face, and for an instant he felt afraid of her, she looked so strange.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The afternoon brightness was again on her face, and for an instant he felt afraid of her, she looked so strange.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She nodded at him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "In there?"
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
From this reading The afternoon brightness was again on her face, and for an instant he felt afraid of her, she looked so strange.
past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading The afternoon brightness was again on her face, and for an instant he felt afraid of her, she looked so strange.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading "All night?"
inflected form of “nod” — express or signify by nodding
From this reading She nodded at him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The afternoon brightness was again on her face, and for an instant he felt afraid of her, she looked so strange.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The afternoon brightness was again on her face, and for an instant he felt afraid of her, she looked so strange.
recurring again and again
From this reading Tenney repeated.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She nodded at him.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The afternoon brightness was again on her face, and for an instant he felt afraid of her, she looked so strange.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading The afternoon brightness was again on her face, and for an instant he felt afraid of her, she looked so strange.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tenney repeated.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The afternoon brightness was again on her face, and for an instant he felt afraid of her, she looked so strange.
in or at that place or location
From this reading "In there?"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The afternoon brightness was again on her face, and for an instant he felt afraid of her, she looked so strange.
Chapter 7 of Old Crow by Alice Brown holds 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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 7 holds 415 sentences of Old Crow, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of Old Crow by Alice Brown exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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 83 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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