Chapter 7 of The Black Fawn is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Black Fawn is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Didn't you see Sammy Toller's dead sheep?" "Yes, but wasn't that unusual?" "Not a bit. I'd rather face a pack of timber wolves than a bunch of wild dogs any day. Where a wolf will kite off and keep on kiting, a dog will plan.
Chapter 7 of The Black Fawn is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a grouping of a number of similar things
From this reading “I'd rather face a pack of timber wolves than a bunch of wild dogs any day.”
a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
From this reading “Where a wolf will kite off and keep on kiting, a dog will plan.”
-ing form of “kite” — increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently
From this reading “Where a wolf will kite off and keep on kiting, a dog will plan.”
arrange in a container
From this reading “I'd rather face a pack of timber wolves than a bunch of wild dogs any day.”
the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
From this reading “I'd rather face a pack of timber wolves than a bunch of wild dogs any day.”
not usual or common or ordinary
From this reading “"Yes, but wasn't that unusual?"”
any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading “Where a wolf will kite off and keep on kiting, a dog will plan.”
plural of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading “I'd rather face a pack of timber wolves than a bunch of wild dogs any day.”
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.
a wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North America
In this reading “I'd rather face a pack of timber wolves than a bunch of wild dogs any day.”
any of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves
In this reading “I'd rather face a pack of timber wolves than a bunch of wild dogs any day.”
In this reading “I'd rather face a pack of timber wolves than a bunch of wild dogs any day.”
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 "Not a bit.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Where a wolf will kite off and keep on kiting, a dog will plan.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading I'd rather face a pack of timber wolves than a bunch of wild dogs any day.
a small piece or quantity of something
From this reading "Not a bit.
a grouping of a number of similar things
From this reading I'd rather face a pack of timber wolves than a bunch of wild dogs any day.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Yes, but wasn't that unusual?"
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading I'd rather face a pack of timber wolves than a bunch of wild dogs any day.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading "Didn't you see Sammy Toller's dead sheep?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Didn't you see Sammy Toller's dead sheep?"
a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading Where a wolf will kite off and keep on kiting, a dog will plan.
plural of “dog” — a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
From this reading I'd rather face a pack of timber wolves than a bunch of wild dogs any day.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading I'd rather face a pack of timber wolves than a bunch of wild dogs any day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'd rather face a pack of timber wolves than a bunch of wild dogs any day.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading Where a wolf will kite off and keep on kiting, a dog will plan.
a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
From this reading Where a wolf will kite off and keep on kiting, a dog will plan.
-ing form of “kite” — increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently
From this reading Where a wolf will kite off and keep on kiting, a dog will plan.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Not a bit.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I'd rather face a pack of timber wolves than a bunch of wild dogs any day.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Where a wolf will kite off and keep on kiting, a dog will plan.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Where a wolf will kite off and keep on kiting, a dog will plan.
arrange in a container
From this reading I'd rather face a pack of timber wolves than a bunch of wild dogs any day.
have the will and intention to carry out some action
From this reading Where a wolf will kite off and keep on kiting, a dog will plan.
on the contrary
From this reading I'd rather face a pack of timber wolves than a bunch of wild dogs any day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Didn't you see Sammy Toller's dead sheep?"
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading "Didn't you see Sammy Toller's dead sheep?"
woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
From this reading "Didn't you see Sammy Toller's dead sheep?"
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I'd rather face a pack of timber wolves than a bunch of wild dogs any day.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Yes, but wasn't that unusual?"
the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
From this reading I'd rather face a pack of timber wolves than a bunch of wild dogs any day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Didn't you see Sammy Toller's dead sheep?"
not usual or common or ordinary
From this reading "Yes, but wasn't that unusual?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Yes, but wasn't that unusual?"
in or at the place that
From this reading Where a wolf will kite off and keep on kiting, a dog will plan.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading I'd rather face a pack of timber wolves than a bunch of wild dogs any day.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Where a wolf will kite off and keep on kiting, a dog will plan.
any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading Where a wolf will kite off and keep on kiting, a dog will plan.
plural of “wolf” — any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
From this reading I'd rather face a pack of timber wolves than a bunch of wild dogs any day.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes, but wasn't that unusual?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Didn't you see Sammy Toller's dead sheep?"
Chapter 7 of The Black Fawn by Jim Kjelgaard holds 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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 424 sentences of The Black Fawn, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of The Black Fawn by Jim Kjelgaard exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 85 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 7 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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How to work through The Black Fawn section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Black Fawn, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
