Chapter 15 of Old Crow is here in full — 444 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of Old Crow is here in full — 444 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"No," said Raven. "I didn't find it through you." Tenney was ingenuously taken aback. "There is one way," he said, "into the sheepfold--only one." He turned about, muttering, and Raven, looking after him, thought he was an ugly customer.
Chapter 15 of Old Crow is here in full — 444 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/88 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
having the wind against the forward side of the sails
From this reading “Tenney was ingenuously taken aback.”
someone who pays for goods or services
From this reading “He turned about, muttering, and Raven, looking after him, thought he was an ugly customer.”
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading “"I didn't find it through you."”
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading “He turned about, muttering, and Raven, looking after him, thought he was an ugly customer.”
a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
From this reading “He turned about, muttering, and Raven, looking after him, thought he was an ugly customer.”
obtain or seize by violence
From this reading “"No," said Raven.”
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading “Tenney was ingenuously taken aback.”
displeasing to the senses
From this reading “He turned about, muttering, and Raven, looking after him, thought he was an ugly customer.”
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 “He turned about, muttering, and Raven, looking after him, thought he was an ugly customer.”
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having the wind against the forward side of the sails
From this reading Tenney was ingenuously taken aback.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He turned about, muttering, and Raven, looking after him, thought he was an ugly customer.
later than; following
From this reading He turned about, muttering, and Raven, looking after him, thought he was an ugly customer.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He turned about, muttering, and Raven, looking after him, thought he was an ugly customer.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He turned about, muttering, and Raven, looking after him, thought he was an ugly customer.
someone who pays for goods or services
From this reading He turned about, muttering, and Raven, looking after him, thought he was an ugly customer.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I didn't find it through you."
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading "I didn't find it through you."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "There is one way," he said, "into the sheepfold--only one."
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He turned about, muttering, and Raven, looking after him, thought he was an ugly customer.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I didn't find it through you."
in an ingenuous manner
From this reading Tenney was ingenuously taken aback.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "There is one way," he said, "into the sheepfold--only one."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "There is one way," he said, "into the sheepfold--only one."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I didn't find it through you."
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading He turned about, muttering, and Raven, looking after him, thought he was an ugly customer.
a low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech
From this reading He turned about, muttering, and Raven, looking after him, thought he was an ugly customer.
not any; not one
From this reading "No," said Raven.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "There is one way," he said, "into the sheepfold--only one."
and nothing more
From this reading "There is one way," he said, "into the sheepfold--only one."
obtain or seize by violence
From this reading "No," said Raven.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "No," said Raven.
a pen for sheep
From this reading "There is one way," he said, "into the sheepfold--only one."
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading Tenney was ingenuously taken aback.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Tenney was ingenuously taken aback.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "There is one way," he said, "into the sheepfold--only one."
in or at that place or location
From this reading "There is one way," he said, "into the sheepfold--only one."
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading He turned about, muttering, and Raven, looking after him, thought he was an ugly customer.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading "I didn't find it through you."
moved around an axis or center
From this reading He turned about, muttering, and Raven, looking after him, thought he was an ugly customer.
displeasing to the senses
From this reading He turned about, muttering, and Raven, looking after him, thought he was an ugly customer.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Tenney was ingenuously taken aback.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "There is one way," he said, "into the sheepfold--only one."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I didn't find it through you."
Chapter 15 of Old Crow by Alice Brown holds 444 sentences, grouped into 89 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 15 holds 444 sentences of Old Crow, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of Old Crow by Alice Brown exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 444 sentences, grouped into 89 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 89 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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