Hawk Eye

Chapter XIII

Chapter 13 of Hawk Eye is here in full — 42 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By David Cory • Curated US English Learning Edition

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THE BOYS ARE TAKEN PRISONERS The sun set and it set again.

Raven Wing and Hawk Eye pushed on across the prairie toward the Minnesota River.

They had left the trail and were veering toward the north.

"It would not be wise to make the great ford called by the white men Sioux," Hawk Eye had said.

"We must come at a fair distance from there down the river to a point where the banks are high and the timber heavy."

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Hawk Eye

Chapter XIII

Chapter 13 of Hawk Eye is here in full — 42 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/8 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

THE BOYS ARE TAKEN PRISONERS The sun set and it set again.

/ðə bɔɪz ɑːr ˈteɪkən ˈprɪzənərz ðə sʌn set ənd ɪt set əˈɡen/

Line 2

Raven Wing and Hawk Eye pushed on across the prairie toward the Minnesota River.

/ˈreɪvən wɪŋ ənd hɔːk aɪ pʊʃt ɑːn əˈkrɔːs ðə ˈpreri təˈwɔːrd ðə ˌmɪnɪˈsoʊtə ˈrɪvər/

Line 3

They had left the trail and were veering toward the north.

/ðeɪ hæd left ðə treɪl ənd wɜːr ˈvɪrɪŋ təˈwɔːrd ðə nɔːrθ/

Line 4

"It would not be wise to make the great ford called by the white men Sioux," Hawk Eye had said.

/ɪt wʊd nɑːt biː waɪz tuː meɪk ðə ɡreɪt fɔːrd kɔːld baɪ ðə waɪt men suː hɔːk aɪ hæd sed/

Line 5

"We must come at a fair distance from there down the river to a point where the banks are high and the timber heavy."

/wiː mʌst kʌm æt ə fer ˈdɪstəns frʌm ðer daʊn ðə ˈrɪvər tuː ə pɔɪnt wer ðə bæŋks ɑːr haɪ ənd ðə ˈtɪmbər ˈhevi/

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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.

ford noun US /fɔːrd/

United States film maker (1896-1973)

From this reading “"It would not be wise to make the great ford called by the white men Sioux," Hawk Eye had said.”

Hawk noun US /hɔːk/

diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail

From this reading “Raven Wing and Hawk Eye pushed on across the prairie toward the Minnesota River.”

Minnesota noun US /ˌmɪnɪˈsoʊtə/

a midwestern state

From this reading “Raven Wing and Hawk Eye pushed on across the prairie toward the Minnesota River.”

prairie noun US /ˈpreri/

a treeless grassy plain

From this reading “Raven Wing and Hawk Eye pushed on across the prairie toward the Minnesota River.”

Raven verb US /ˈreɪvən/

obtain or seize by violence

From this reading “Raven Wing and Hawk Eye pushed on across the prairie toward the Minnesota River.”

Sioux noun US /suː/

a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains

From this reading “"It would not be wise to make the great ford called by the white men Sioux," Hawk Eye had said.”

timber noun US /ˈtɪmbər/

the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

From this reading “"We must come at a fair distance from there down the river to a point where the banks are high and the timber heavy."”

veering noun US /ˈvɪrɪŋ/

the act of turning aside suddenly

From this reading “They had left the trail and were veering toward the north.”

Word partnerships in these lines

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.

across the prairie preposition + article + noun counted as “across … prairie”

In this reading “Raven Wing and Hawk Eye pushed on across the prairie toward the Minnesota River.”

TAKEN PRISONERS adjective + noun counted as “taken prisoner”

In this reading “THE BOYS ARE TAKEN PRISONERS The sun set and it set again.”

toward the north preposition + article + noun counted as “toward … north”

In this reading “They had left the trail and were veering toward the north.”

white men noun + noun

In this reading “"It would not be wise to make the great ford called by the white men Sioux," Hawk Eye had said.”

pushed on verb + particle counted as “push on”

continue moving forward

In this reading “Raven Wing and Hawk Eye pushed on across the prairie toward the Minnesota River.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading "We must come at a fair distance from there down the river to a point where the banks are high and the timber heavy."

acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/

from one side of something to the other

From this reading Raven Wing and Hawk Eye pushed on across the prairie toward the Minnesota River.

againadverbUS /əˈɡen/

anew

From this reading THE BOYS ARE TAKEN PRISONERS The sun set and it set again.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading THE BOYS ARE TAKEN PRISONERS The sun set and it set again.

AREauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading THE BOYS ARE TAKEN PRISONERS The sun set and it set again.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading "We must come at a fair distance from there down the river to a point where the banks are high and the timber heavy."

banksnounUS /bæŋks/

English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820)

From this reading "We must come at a fair distance from there down the river to a point where the banks are high and the timber heavy."

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading "It would not be wise to make the great ford called by the white men Sioux," Hawk Eye had said.

BOYSnounUS /bɔɪz/

plural of “boy” — a youthful male person

From this reading THE BOYS ARE TAKEN PRISONERS The sun set and it set again.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading "It would not be wise to make the great ford called by the white men Sioux," Hawk Eye had said.

calledverbUS /kɔːld/

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading "It would not be wise to make the great ford called by the white men Sioux," Hawk Eye had said.

comeverbUS /kʌm/

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading "We must come at a fair distance from there down the river to a point where the banks are high and the timber heavy."

distancenounUS /ˈdɪstəns/

the property created by the space between two objects or points

From this reading "We must come at a fair distance from there down the river to a point where the banks are high and the timber heavy."

downadjectiveUS /daʊn/

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading "We must come at a fair distance from there down the river to a point where the banks are high and the timber heavy."

EyenounUS /aɪ/

the organ of sight

From this reading Raven Wing and Hawk Eye pushed on across the prairie toward the Minnesota River.

fairadjectiveUS /fer/

free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

From this reading "We must come at a fair distance from there down the river to a point where the banks are high and the timber heavy."

fordnounUS /fɔːrd/

United States film maker (1896-1973)

From this reading "It would not be wise to make the great ford called by the white men Sioux," Hawk Eye had said.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading "We must come at a fair distance from there down the river to a point where the banks are high and the timber heavy."

greatadjectiveUS /ɡreɪt/

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading "It would not be wise to make the great ford called by the white men Sioux," Hawk Eye had said.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading They had left the trail and were veering toward the north.

HawknounUS /hɔːk/

diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail

From this reading Raven Wing and Hawk Eye pushed on across the prairie toward the Minnesota River.

heavyadjectiveUS /ˈhevi/

of comparatively great physical weight or density

From this reading "We must come at a fair distance from there down the river to a point where the banks are high and the timber heavy."

highadjectiveUS /haɪ/

greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading "We must come at a fair distance from there down the river to a point where the banks are high and the timber heavy."

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading THE BOYS ARE TAKEN PRISONERS The sun set and it set again.

leftnounUS /left/

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading They had left the trail and were veering toward the north.

makeverbUS /meɪk/

engage in

From this reading "It would not be wise to make the great ford called by the white men Sioux," Hawk Eye had said.

mennounUS /men/

the force of workers available

From this reading "It would not be wise to make the great ford called by the white men Sioux," Hawk Eye had said.

MinnesotanounUS /ˌmɪnɪˈsoʊtə/

a midwestern state

From this reading Raven Wing and Hawk Eye pushed on across the prairie toward the Minnesota River.

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading "We must come at a fair distance from there down the river to a point where the banks are high and the timber heavy."

northnounUS /nɔːrθ/

the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading They had left the trail and were veering toward the north.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading "It would not be wise to make the great ford called by the white men Sioux," Hawk Eye had said.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Raven Wing and Hawk Eye pushed on across the prairie toward the Minnesota River.

pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/

a geometric element that has position but no extension

From this reading "We must come at a fair distance from there down the river to a point where the banks are high and the timber heavy."

prairienounUS /ˈpreri/

a treeless grassy plain

From this reading Raven Wing and Hawk Eye pushed on across the prairie toward the Minnesota River.

PRISONERSnounUS /ˈprɪzənərz/

plural of “prisoner” — a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war

From this reading THE BOYS ARE TAKEN PRISONERS The sun set and it set again.

pushedverbUS /pʊʃt/

past form of “push” — move with force

From this reading Raven Wing and Hawk Eye pushed on across the prairie toward the Minnesota River.

RavenverbUS /ˈreɪvən/

obtain or seize by violence

From this reading Raven Wing and Hawk Eye pushed on across the prairie toward the Minnesota River.

RivernounUS /ˈrɪvər/

a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading Raven Wing and Hawk Eye pushed on across the prairie toward the Minnesota River.

saidadjectiveUS /sed/

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading "It would not be wise to make the great ford called by the white men Sioux," Hawk Eye had said.

setverbUS /set/

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading THE BOYS ARE TAKEN PRISONERS The sun set and it set again.

SiouxnounUS /suː/

a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains

From this reading "It would not be wise to make the great ford called by the white men Sioux," Hawk Eye had said.

sunnounUS /sʌn/

the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system

From this reading THE BOYS ARE TAKEN PRISONERS The sun set and it set again.

TAKENadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/

understood in a certain way; made sense of

From this reading THE BOYS ARE TAKEN PRISONERS The sun set and it set again.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE BOYS ARE TAKEN PRISONERS The sun set and it set again.

thereadverbUS /ðer/

in or at that place or location

From this reading "We must come at a fair distance from there down the river to a point where the banks are high and the timber heavy."

TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading They had left the trail and were veering toward the north.

timbernounUS /ˈtɪmbər/

the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

From this reading "We must come at a fair distance from there down the river to a point where the banks are high and the timber heavy."

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading "It would not be wise to make the great ford called by the white men Sioux," Hawk Eye had said.

towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/

in the direction of

From this reading Raven Wing and Hawk Eye pushed on across the prairie toward the Minnesota River.

trailnounUS /treɪl/

a track or mark left by something that has passed

From this reading They had left the trail and were veering toward the north.

veeringnounUS /ˈvɪrɪŋ/

the act of turning aside suddenly

From this reading They had left the trail and were veering toward the north.

WepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading "We must come at a fair distance from there down the river to a point where the banks are high and the timber heavy."

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading They had left the trail and were veering toward the north.

whereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading "We must come at a fair distance from there down the river to a point where the banks are high and the timber heavy."

whitenounUS /waɪt/

a Caucasian

From this reading "It would not be wise to make the great ford called by the white men Sioux," Hawk Eye had said.

WingnounUS /wɪŋ/

a movable organ for flying (one of a pair)

From this reading Raven Wing and Hawk Eye pushed on across the prairie toward the Minnesota River.

wiseadjectiveUS /waɪz/

having or prompted by wisdom or discernment

From this reading "It would not be wise to make the great ford called by the white men Sioux," Hawk Eye had said.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading "It would not be wise to make the great ford called by the white men Sioux," Hawk Eye had said.

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