Chapter 2 of Young Sioux Warrior is here in full — 439 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Young Sioux Warrior is here in full — 439 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Flying Arrow took his quiver from around his neck. He tied his arrows with a thong and handed the quiver to Little Bear. It was a beautiful piece of leather. On it, Flying Arrow had carved a warrior chasing a buffalo. He had worked the top with beads.
Chapter 2 of Young Sioux Warrior is here in full — 439 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 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 “Flying Arrow took his quiver from around his neck.”
plural of “arrow” — a mark to indicate a direction or relation
From this reading “He tied his arrows with a thong and handed the quiver to Little Bear.”
several beads threaded together on a string
From this reading “He had worked the top with beads.”
made for or formed by carving (“carven” is archaic or literary)
From this reading “On it, Flying Arrow had carved a warrior chasing a buffalo.”
-ing form of “chase” — go after with the intent to catch
From this reading “On it, Flying Arrow had carved a warrior chasing a buffalo.”
shake with fast, tremulous movements
From this reading “Flying Arrow took his quiver from around his neck.”
leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
From this reading “He tied his arrows with a thong and handed the quiver to Little Bear.”
someone engaged in or experienced in warfare
From this reading “On it, Flying Arrow had carved a warrior chasing a buffalo.”
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.
In this reading “It was a beautiful piece of leather.”
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 He tied his arrows with a thong and handed the quiver to Little Bear.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He tied his arrows with a thong and handed the quiver to Little Bear.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Flying Arrow took his quiver from around his neck.
a mark to indicate a direction or relation
From this reading Flying Arrow took his quiver from around his neck.
plural of “arrow” — a mark to indicate a direction or relation
From this reading He tied his arrows with a thong and handed the quiver to Little Bear.
several beads threaded together on a string
From this reading He had worked the top with beads.
have
From this reading He tied his arrows with a thong and handed the quiver to Little Bear.
delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration
From this reading It was a beautiful piece of leather.
large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
From this reading On it, Flying Arrow had carved a warrior chasing a buffalo.
made for or formed by carving (“carven” is archaic or literary)
From this reading On it, Flying Arrow had carved a warrior chasing a buffalo.
-ing form of “chase” — go after with the intent to catch
From this reading On it, Flying Arrow had carved a warrior chasing a buffalo.
moving swiftly
From this reading Flying Arrow took his quiver from around his neck.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Flying Arrow took his quiver from around his neck.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading On it, Flying Arrow had carved a warrior chasing a buffalo.
having or involving the use of hands
From this reading He tied his arrows with a thong and handed the quiver to Little Bear.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He tied his arrows with a thong and handed the quiver to Little Bear.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Flying Arrow took his quiver from around his neck.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a beautiful piece of leather.
an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
From this reading It was a beautiful piece of leather.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading He tied his arrows with a thong and handed the quiver to Little Bear.
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body
From this reading Flying Arrow took his quiver from around his neck.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was a beautiful piece of leather.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On it, Flying Arrow had carved a warrior chasing a buffalo.
a separate part of a whole
From this reading It was a beautiful piece of leather.
shake with fast, tremulous movements
From this reading Flying Arrow took his quiver from around his neck.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He tied his arrows with a thong and handed the quiver to Little Bear.
leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip
From this reading He tied his arrows with a thong and handed the quiver to Little Bear.
bound or secured closely
From this reading He tied his arrows with a thong and handed the quiver to Little Bear.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He tied his arrows with a thong and handed the quiver to Little Bear.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading Flying Arrow took his quiver from around his neck.
the upper part of anything
From this reading He had worked the top with beads.
someone engaged in or experienced in warfare
From this reading On it, Flying Arrow had carved a warrior chasing a buffalo.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a beautiful piece of leather.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He tied his arrows with a thong and handed the quiver to Little Bear.
past form of “work” — exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading He had worked the top with beads.
Chapter 2 of Young Sioux Warrior by Francis Lynde Kroll holds 439 sentences, grouped into 88 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 439 sentences of Young Sioux Warrior, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Young Sioux Warrior by Francis Lynde Kroll exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 439 sentences, grouped into 88 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 88 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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