Chapter 6 of Old Granny Fox is here in full — 64 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of Old Granny Fox is here in full — 64 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Granny Fox Has A Bad Dream Nothing ever simply happens; Bear that point in mind. If you look long and hard enough A cause you’ll always find. —_Old Granny Fox_. Old Granny Fox was dreaming. Yes, Sir, she was dreaming.
Chapter 6 of Old Granny Fox is here in full — 64 sentences across 13 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/12 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
have
From this reading “Granny Fox Has A Bad Dream Nothing ever simply happens; Bear that point in mind.”
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading “If you look long and hard enough A cause you’ll always find.”
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading “Granny Fox Has A Bad Dream Nothing ever simply happens; Bear that point in mind.”
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
From this reading “Old Granny Fox was dreaming.”
alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
From this reading “Granny Fox Has A Bad Dream Nothing ever simply happens; Bear that point in mind.”
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading “Granny Fox Has A Bad Dream Nothing ever simply happens; Bear that point in mind.”
third-person singular of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading “Granny Fox Has A Bad Dream Nothing ever simply happens; Bear that point in mind.”
and nothing more
From this reading “Granny Fox Has A Bad Dream Nothing ever simply happens; Bear that point in mind.”
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 Granny Fox Has A Bad Dream Nothing ever simply happens; Bear that point in mind.
at all times; all the time and on every occasion
From this reading If you look long and hard enough A cause you’ll always find.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading If you look long and hard enough A cause you’ll always find.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading Granny Fox Has A Bad Dream Nothing ever simply happens; Bear that point in mind.
have
From this reading Granny Fox Has A Bad Dream Nothing ever simply happens; Bear that point in mind.
events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
From this reading If you look long and hard enough A cause you’ll always find.
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading Granny Fox Has A Bad Dream Nothing ever simply happens; Bear that point in mind.
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
From this reading Old Granny Fox was dreaming.
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading If you look long and hard enough A cause you’ll always find.
at any time
From this reading Granny Fox Has A Bad Dream Nothing ever simply happens; Bear that point in mind.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading If you look long and hard enough A cause you’ll always find.
alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
From this reading Granny Fox Has A Bad Dream Nothing ever simply happens; Bear that point in mind.
the mother of your father or mother
From this reading Granny Fox Has A Bad Dream Nothing ever simply happens; Bear that point in mind.
third-person singular of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading Granny Fox Has A Bad Dream Nothing ever simply happens; Bear that point in mind.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading If you look long and hard enough A cause you’ll always find.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Granny Fox Has A Bad Dream Nothing ever simply happens; Bear that point in mind.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you look long and hard enough A cause you’ll always find.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Granny Fox Has A Bad Dream Nothing ever simply happens; Bear that point in mind.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading If you look long and hard enough A cause you’ll always find.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading If you look long and hard enough A cause you’ll always find.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading Granny Fox Has A Bad Dream Nothing ever simply happens; Bear that point in mind.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Granny Fox Has A Bad Dream Nothing ever simply happens; Bear that point in mind.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading —_Old Granny Fox_.
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading Granny Fox Has A Bad Dream Nothing ever simply happens; Bear that point in mind.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Yes, Sir, she was dreaming.
and nothing more
From this reading Granny Fox Has A Bad Dream Nothing ever simply happens; Bear that point in mind.
term of address for a man
From this reading Yes, Sir, she was dreaming.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Granny Fox Has A Bad Dream Nothing ever simply happens; Bear that point in mind.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Old Granny Fox was dreaming.
an affirmative
From this reading Yes, Sir, she was dreaming.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If you look long and hard enough A cause you’ll always find.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If you look long and hard enough A cause you’ll always find.
Chapter 6 of Old Granny Fox by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess holds 64 sentences, grouped into 13 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 64 sentences of Old Granny Fox, unabridged, divided into 13 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of Old Granny Fox by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 64 sentences, grouped into 13 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 13 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 13 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 6 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 119 minutes of reading across 287 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Old Granny Fox, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
