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Red Cloud, the Solitary Sioux
Red Cloud, the Solitary Sioux

Chapter III

Chapter 3 of Red Cloud, the Solitary Sioux is here in full — 265 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By William Francis, Sir Butler • Curated US English Learning Edition
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Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.
A year passed away.
It was summer again――summer hurrying towards autumn――and the day drawing near the evening.
The scene had changed.
Far away into the west stretched a vast green plain.
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/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Red Cloud, the Solitary Sioux

Chapter III

Chapter 3 of Red Cloud, the Solitary Sioux is here in full — 265 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/53 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.
Line 2
A year passed away.
/ə jɪr pæst əˈweɪ/
Line 3
It was summer again――summer hurrying towards autumn――and the day drawing near the evening.
Line 4
The scene had changed.
/ðə siːn hæd tʃeɪndʒd/
Line 5
Far away into the west stretched a vast green plain.
/fɑːr əˈweɪ ˈɪntuː ðə west stretʃt ə væst ɡriːn pleɪn/

Learner Dictionary

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.

cache noun US /kæʃ/

a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
hurrying adjective US /ˈhɜːriɪŋ/

moving with great haste

From this reading “It was summer again――summer hurrying towards autumn――and the day drawing near the evening.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Losses noun US /ˈlɔːsəz/

something lost (especially money lost at gambling)

From this reading “Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Outlooks noun US /ˈaʊtlʊks/

plural of “outlook” — a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations

From this reading “Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
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 “Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
solitary adjective US /ˈsɑːləteri/

characterized by or preferring solitude

From this reading “Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Sunset noun US /ˈsʌnset/

the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon

From this reading “Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wilds noun US /waɪldz/

plural of “wild” — a wild primitive state untouched by civilization

From this reading “Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

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.

passed away verb + particle counted as “pass away”

pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

In this reading “A year passed away.”

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All words in this reading · 48

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.

AdeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
againadverbUS /əˈɡen/

anew

From this reading Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading It was summer again――summer hurrying towards autumn――and the day drawing near the evening.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
autumnnounUS /ˈɔːtəm/

the season when the leaves fall from the trees

From this reading It was summer again――summer hurrying towards autumn――and the day drawing near the evening.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
awayadverbUS /əˈweɪ/

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading A year passed away.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
cachenounUS /kæʃ/

a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons)

From this reading Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
campnounUS /kæmp/

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

From this reading Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
changedadjectiveUS /tʃeɪndʒd/

made or become different in nature or form

From this reading The scene had changed.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
CloudverbUS /klaʊd/

make overcast or cloudy

From this reading Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
daynounUS /deɪ/

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading It was summer again――summer hurrying towards autumn――and the day drawing near the evening.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
departurenounUS /dɪˈpɑːrtʃər/

the act of departing

From this reading Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
drawingnounUS /ˈdrɔːɪŋ/

an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper

From this reading It was summer again――summer hurrying towards autumn――and the day drawing near the evening.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
eveningnounUS /ˈiːvnɪŋ/

the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

From this reading It was summer again――summer hurrying towards autumn――and the day drawing near the evening.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
FaradverbUS /fɑːr/

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading Far away into the west stretched a vast green plain.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
greennounUS /ɡriːn/

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

From this reading Far away into the west stretched a vast green plain.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

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

From this reading The scene had changed.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
hurryingadjectiveUS /ˈhɜːriɪŋ/

moving with great haste

From this reading It was summer again――summer hurrying towards autumn――and the day drawing near the evening.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Far away into the west stretched a vast green plain.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was summer again――summer hurrying towards autumn――and the day drawing near the evening.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
LossesnounUS /ˈlɔːsəz/

something lost (especially money lost at gambling)

From this reading Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
man'snounUS /mænz/

possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
nearadverbUS /nɪr/

near in time or place or relationship

From this reading It was summer again――summer hurrying towards autumn――and the day drawing near the evening.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
newadjectiveUS /nuː/

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
offerverbUS /ˈɔːfər/

make available or accessible, provide or furnish

From this reading Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
OutlooksnounUS /ˈaʊtlʊks/

plural of “outlook” — a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations

From this reading Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
passedverbUS /pæst/

past form of “pass” — go across or through

From this reading A year passed away.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
plainadjectiveUS /pleɪn/

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

From this reading Far away into the west stretched a vast green plain.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
RednounUS /red/

red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

From this reading Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
scenenounUS /siːn/

the place where some action occurs

From this reading The scene had changed.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
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 Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
solitaryadjectiveUS /ˈsɑːləteri/

characterized by or preferring solitude

From this reading Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Souri

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.

Pending verification
storynounUS /ˈstɔːri/

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
stretchedadjectiveUS /stretʃt/

(of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching

From this reading Far away into the west stretched a vast green plain.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
summernounUS /ˈsʌmər/

the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox

From this reading It was summer again――summer hurrying towards autumn――and the day drawing near the evening.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
SunsetnounUS /ˈsʌnset/

the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon

From this reading Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/

in the direction of

From this reading It was summer again――summer hurrying towards autumn――and the day drawing near the evening.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
vastadjectiveUS /væst/

unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

From this reading Far away into the west stretched a vast green plain.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It was summer again――summer hurrying towards autumn――and the day drawing near the evening.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
westnounUS /west/

the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America

From this reading Far away into the west stretched a vast green plain.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wildsnounUS /waɪldz/

plural of “wild” — a wild primitive state untouched by civilization

From this reading Sunset in the wilds――Our first camp――Outlooks――The solitary Sioux――Losses――The Sioux again――A new departure――The _cache_ at the Souri――The story of Red Cloud――The red man’s offer.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
yearnounUS /jɪr/

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading A year passed away.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

Chapter 3 of Red Cloud, the Solitary Sioux by William Francis, Sir Butler holds 265 sentences, grouped into 53 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.

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