Every word is available to listen to. 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 The record of this part of my life comes to me sometimes as a series of vivid pictures.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading I can see again, under the clear, sweet, quiet sky, the picture of those painted men--their waving lances, their swaying bodies as they reached for the quivers across their shoulders.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I can see again, under the clear, sweet, quiet sky, the picture of those painted men--their waving lances, their swaying bodies as they reached for the quivers across their shoulders.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I can see the loose ropes trailing at the horses' noses, and see the light leaning forward of the red and yellow and ghastly white-striped and black-stained bodies, and the barred black of the war paint on their faces.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The record of this part of my life comes to me sometimes as a series of vivid pictures.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
banks
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
barred
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see the loose ropes trailing at the horses' noses, and see the light leaning forward of the red and yellow and ghastly white-striped and black-stained bodies, and the barred black of the war paint on their faces.
black
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see the loose ropes trailing at the horses' noses, and see the light leaning forward of the red and yellow and ghastly white-striped and black-stained bodies, and the barred black of the war paint on their faces.
black-stained
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see the loose ropes trailing at the horses' noses, and see the light leaning forward of the red and yellow and ghastly white-striped and black-stained bodies, and the barred black of the war paint on their faces.
bodies
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see again, under the clear, sweet, quiet sky, the picture of those painted men--their waving lances, their swaying bodies as they reached for the quivers across their shoulders.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
clear
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see again, under the clear, sweet, quiet sky, the picture of those painted men--their waving lances, their swaying bodies as they reached for the quivers across their shoulders.
comes
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The record of this part of my life comes to me sometimes as a series of vivid pictures.
coulee
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
dotted
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
edged
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
faces
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see the loose ropes trailing at the horses' noses, and see the light leaning forward of the red and yellow and ghastly white-striped and black-stained bodies, and the barred black of the war paint on their faces.
flat
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I can see again, under the clear, sweet, quiet sky, the picture of those painted men--their waving lances, their swaying bodies as they reached for the quivers across their shoulders.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I can see the loose ropes trailing at the horses' noses, and see the light leaning forward of the red and yellow and ghastly white-striped and black-stained bodies, and the barred black of the war paint on their faces.
ghastly
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see the loose ropes trailing at the horses' noses, and see the light leaning forward of the red and yellow and ghastly white-striped and black-stained bodies, and the barred black of the war paint on their faces.
gray
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
green
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
horses
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see the loose ropes trailing at the horses' noses, and see the light leaning forward of the red and yellow and ghastly white-striped and black-stained bodies, and the barred black of the war paint on their faces.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
islands
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
lances
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see again, under the clear, sweet, quiet sky, the picture of those painted men--their waving lances, their swaying bodies as they reached for the quivers across their shoulders.
leaning
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see the loose ropes trailing at the horses' noses, and see the light leaning forward of the red and yellow and ghastly white-striped and black-stained bodies, and the barred black of the war paint on their faces.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The record of this part of my life comes to me sometimes as a series of vivid pictures.
light
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see the loose ropes trailing at the horses' noses, and see the light leaning forward of the red and yellow and ghastly white-striped and black-stained bodies, and the barred black of the war paint on their faces.
loose
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see the loose ropes trailing at the horses' noses, and see the light leaning forward of the red and yellow and ghastly white-striped and black-stained bodies, and the barred black of the war paint on their faces.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The record of this part of my life comes to me sometimes as a series of vivid pictures.
men
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see again, under the clear, sweet, quiet sky, the picture of those painted men--their waving lances, their swaying bodies as they reached for the quivers across their shoulders.
mouths
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The record of this part of my life comes to me sometimes as a series of vivid pictures.
noses
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see the loose ropes trailing at the horses' noses, and see the light leaning forward of the red and yellow and ghastly white-striped and black-stained bodies, and the barred black of the war paint on their faces.
now
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The record of this part of my life comes to me sometimes as a series of vivid pictures.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I can see the loose ropes trailing at the horses' noses, and see the light leaning forward of the red and yellow and ghastly white-striped and black-stained bodies, and the barred black of the war paint on their faces.
out
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
paint
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see the loose ropes trailing at the horses' noses, and see the light leaning forward of the red and yellow and ghastly white-striped and black-stained bodies, and the barred black of the war paint on their faces.
painted
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see again, under the clear, sweet, quiet sky, the picture of those painted men--their waving lances, their swaying bodies as they reached for the quivers across their shoulders.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The record of this part of my life comes to me sometimes as a series of vivid pictures.
picture
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
pictures
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The record of this part of my life comes to me sometimes as a series of vivid pictures.
quiet
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see again, under the clear, sweet, quiet sky, the picture of those painted men--their waving lances, their swaying bodies as they reached for the quivers across their shoulders.
quivers
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see again, under the clear, sweet, quiet sky, the picture of those painted men--their waving lances, their swaying bodies as they reached for the quivers across their shoulders.
reached
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see again, under the clear, sweet, quiet sky, the picture of those painted men--their waving lances, their swaying bodies as they reached for the quivers across their shoulders.
record
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The record of this part of my life comes to me sometimes as a series of vivid pictures.
red
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see the loose ropes trailing at the horses' noses, and see the light leaning forward of the red and yellow and ghastly white-striped and black-stained bodies, and the barred black of the war paint on their faces.
river
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
ropes
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see the loose ropes trailing at the horses' noses, and see the light leaning forward of the red and yellow and ghastly white-striped and black-stained bodies, and the barred black of the war paint on their faces.
sandy
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
see
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
series
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The record of this part of my life comes to me sometimes as a series of vivid pictures.
shallow
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
shimmering
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
shoulders
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see again, under the clear, sweet, quiet sky, the picture of those painted men--their waving lances, their swaying bodies as they reached for the quivers across their shoulders.
SIOUX
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SIOUX!
sky
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see again, under the clear, sweet, quiet sky, the picture of those painted men--their waving lances, their swaying bodies as they reached for the quivers across their shoulders.
sometimes
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The record of this part of my life comes to me sometimes as a series of vivid pictures.
spots
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
swaying
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see again, under the clear, sweet, quiet sky, the picture of those painted men--their waving lances, their swaying bodies as they reached for the quivers across their shoulders.
sweet
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see again, under the clear, sweet, quiet sky, the picture of those painted men--their waving lances, their swaying bodies as they reached for the quivers across their shoulders.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The record of this part of my life comes to me sometimes as a series of vivid pictures.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading I can see again, under the clear, sweet, quiet sky, the picture of those painted men--their waving lances, their swaying bodies as they reached for the quivers across their shoulders.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I can see again, under the clear, sweet, quiet sky, the picture of those painted men--their waving lances, their swaying bodies as they reached for the quivers across their shoulders.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The record of this part of my life comes to me sometimes as a series of vivid pictures.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading I can see again, under the clear, sweet, quiet sky, the picture of those painted men--their waving lances, their swaying bodies as they reached for the quivers across their shoulders.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The record of this part of my life comes to me sometimes as a series of vivid pictures.
trailing
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see the loose ropes trailing at the horses' noses, and see the light leaning forward of the red and yellow and ghastly white-striped and black-stained bodies, and the barred black of the war paint on their faces.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading I can see again, under the clear, sweet, quiet sky, the picture of those painted men--their waving lances, their swaying bodies as they reached for the quivers across their shoulders.
valley
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
vivid
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The record of this part of my life comes to me sometimes as a series of vivid pictures.
war
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see the loose ropes trailing at the horses' noses, and see the light leaning forward of the red and yellow and ghastly white-striped and black-stained bodies, and the barred black of the war paint on their faces.
waving
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see again, under the clear, sweet, quiet sky, the picture of those painted men--their waving lances, their swaying bodies as they reached for the quivers across their shoulders.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
white-striped
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see the loose ropes trailing at the horses' noses, and see the light leaning forward of the red and yellow and ghastly white-striped and black-stained bodies, and the barred black of the war paint on their faces.
wide
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
worked
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see this picture now--the wide gray of the flat valley, edged with green at the coulee mouths; the sandy spots where the wind had worked at the foot of the banks; the dotted islands out in the shimmering, shallow river.
yellow
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I can see the loose ropes trailing at the horses' noses, and see the light leaning forward of the red and yellow and ghastly white-striped and black-stained bodies, and the barred black of the war paint on their faces.
