Chapter 2 of Young Crow Raider is here in full — 475 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Young Crow Raider is here in full — 475 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I could see that the buzzard was watching you,” Clawing Bear continued. “When you leaned toward the buffalo to shoot your arrow, the buzzard started down. Then I caught sight of an eagle above the buzzard. A feather fell from the eagle’s tail. It passed just ahead of the buzzard’s beak.
Chapter 2 of Young Crow Raider is here in full — 475 sentences across 95 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/95 · 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.
a mark to indicate a direction or relation
From this reading ““When you leaned toward the buffalo to shoot your arrow, the buzzard started down.”
beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)
From this reading “It passed just ahead of the buzzard’s beak.”
large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
From this reading ““When you leaned toward the buffalo to shoot your arrow, the buzzard started down.”
a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States
From this reading ““I could see that the buzzard was watching you,” Clawing Bear continued.”
possessive form of “buzzard” — a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States
-ing form of “claw” — move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging
From this reading ““I could see that the buzzard was watching you,” Clawing Bear continued.”
possessive form of “eagle” — any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
join tongue and groove, in carpentry
From this reading “A feather fell from the eagle’s tail.”
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.
see something for a brief time
In this reading “Then I caught sight of an eagle above the buzzard.”
In this reading ““When you leaned toward the buffalo to shoot your arrow, the buzzard started down.”
In this reading “A feather fell from the eagle’s tail.”
In this reading ““When you leaned toward the buffalo to shoot your arrow, the buzzard started down.”
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 A feather fell from the eagle’s tail.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Then I caught sight of an eagle above the buzzard.
at or in the front
From this reading It passed just ahead of the buzzard’s beak.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Then I caught sight of an eagle above the buzzard.
a mark to indicate a direction or relation
From this reading “When you leaned toward the buffalo to shoot your arrow, the buzzard started down.
beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)
From this reading It passed just ahead of the buzzard’s beak.
have
From this reading “I could see that the buzzard was watching you,” Clawing Bear continued.
large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
From this reading “When you leaned toward the buffalo to shoot your arrow, the buzzard started down.
a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States
From this reading “I could see that the buzzard was watching you,” Clawing Bear continued.
possessive form of “buzzard” — a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States
From this reading It passed just ahead of the buzzard’s beak.
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading Then I caught sight of an eagle above the buzzard.
-ing form of “claw” — move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging
From this reading “I could see that the buzzard was watching you,” Clawing Bear continued.
without stop or interruption
From this reading “I could see that the buzzard was watching you,” Clawing Bear continued.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “I could see that the buzzard was watching you,” Clawing Bear continued.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading “When you leaned toward the buffalo to shoot your arrow, the buzzard started down.
any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
From this reading Then I caught sight of an eagle above the buzzard.
possessive form of “eagle” — any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight
From this reading A feather fell from the eagle’s tail.
join tongue and groove, in carpentry
From this reading A feather fell from the eagle’s tail.
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
From this reading A feather fell from the eagle’s tail.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A feather fell from the eagle’s tail.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I could see that the buzzard was watching you,” Clawing Bear continued.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It passed just ahead of the buzzard’s beak.
and nothing more
From this reading It passed just ahead of the buzzard’s beak.
past form of “lean” — to incline or bend from a vertical position
From this reading “When you leaned toward the buffalo to shoot your arrow, the buzzard started down.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then I caught sight of an eagle above the buzzard.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading It passed just ahead of the buzzard’s beak.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading “I could see that the buzzard was watching you,” Clawing Bear continued.
hit with a missile from a weapon
From this reading “When you leaned toward the buffalo to shoot your arrow, the buzzard started down.
an instance of visual perception
From this reading Then I caught sight of an eagle above the buzzard.
past form of “start” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading “When you leaned toward the buffalo to shoot your arrow, the buzzard started down.
the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
From this reading A feather fell from the eagle’s tail.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I could see that the buzzard was watching you,” Clawing Bear continued.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I could see that the buzzard was watching you,” Clawing Bear continued.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then I caught sight of an eagle above the buzzard.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “When you leaned toward the buffalo to shoot your arrow, the buzzard started down.
in the direction of
From this reading “When you leaned toward the buffalo to shoot your arrow, the buzzard started down.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “I could see that the buzzard was watching you,” Clawing Bear continued.
the act of observing; taking a patient look
From this reading “I could see that the buzzard was watching you,” Clawing Bear continued.
at the time that
From this reading “When you leaned toward the buffalo to shoot your arrow, the buzzard started down.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I could see that the buzzard was watching you,” Clawing Bear continued.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “When you leaned toward the buffalo to shoot your arrow, the buzzard started down.
Chapter 2 of Young Crow Raider by Francis Lynde Kroll holds 475 sentences, grouped into 95 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 2 holds 475 sentences of Young Crow Raider, unabridged, divided into 95 reading sections.
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