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Young Crow Raider
Young Crow Raider

Chapter V

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They came to a small stream at midday.
The horses drank and then were allowed to graze.
Flying Arrow again dug into the mud along the bank.
This time he stood up, holding a handful of odd-colored mud.
“This will help heal your wound,” he told Bent Arrow.
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Young Crow Raider

Chapter V

Reading 1/94 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
They came to a small stream at midday.
Line 2
The horses drank and then were allowed to graze.
Line 3
Flying Arrow again dug into the mud along the bank.
Line 4
This time he stood up, holding a handful of odd-colored mud.
Line 5
“This will help heal your wound,” he told Bent Arrow.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Again noun US /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Flying Arrow again dug into the mud along the bank.”

Along preposition US /əˈlɔːŋ/

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading “Flying Arrow again dug into the mud along the bank.”

Help noun US /help/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““This will help heal your wound,” he told Bent Arrow.”

Stood noun US /stood/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “This time he stood up, holding a handful of odd-colored mud.”

Time noun US /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “This time he stood up, holding a handful of odd-colored mud.”

Told noun US /told/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ““This will help heal your wound,” he told Bent Arrow.”

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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 They came to a small stream at midday.

againnounUS /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Flying Arrow again dug into the mud along the bank.

allowed

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From this reading The horses drank and then were allowed to graze.

alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading Flying Arrow again dug into the mud along the bank.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading The horses drank and then were allowed to graze.

Arrow

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From this reading Flying Arrow again dug into the mud along the bank.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading They came to a small stream at midday.

bank

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From this reading Flying Arrow again dug into the mud along the bank.

Bent

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From this reading “This will help heal your wound,” he told Bent Arrow.

came

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From this reading They came to a small stream at midday.

drank

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From this reading The horses drank and then were allowed to graze.

dug

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From this reading Flying Arrow again dug into the mud along the bank.

Flying

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From this reading Flying Arrow again dug into the mud along the bank.

graze

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From this reading The horses drank and then were allowed to graze.

handful

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From this reading This time he stood up, holding a handful of odd-colored mud.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading This time he stood up, holding a handful of odd-colored mud.

heal

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From this reading “This will help heal your wound,” he told Bent Arrow.

helpnounUS /help/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “This will help heal your wound,” he told Bent Arrow.

holding

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From this reading This time he stood up, holding a handful of odd-colored mud.

horses

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From this reading The horses drank and then were allowed to graze.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Flying Arrow again dug into the mud along the bank.

midday

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From this reading They came to a small stream at midday.

mud

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From this reading Flying Arrow again dug into the mud along the bank.

odd-colored

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From this reading This time he stood up, holding a handful of odd-colored mud.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading This time he stood up, holding a handful of odd-colored mud.

small

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From this reading They came to a small stream at midday.

stoodnounUS /stood/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading This time he stood up, holding a handful of odd-colored mud.

stream

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From this reading They came to a small stream at midday.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading The horses drank and then were allowed to graze.

then

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From this reading The horses drank and then were allowed to graze.

TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/

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

From this reading They came to a small stream at midday.

ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading This time he stood up, holding a handful of odd-colored mud.

timenounUS /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading This time he stood up, holding a handful of odd-colored mud.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading They came to a small stream at midday.

toldnounUS /told/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “This will help heal your wound,” he told Bent Arrow.

up

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From this reading This time he stood up, holding a handful of odd-colored mud.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

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

From this reading The horses drank and then were allowed to graze.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading “This will help heal your wound,” he told Bent Arrow.

wound

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From this reading “This will help heal your wound,” he told Bent Arrow.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “This will help heal your wound,” he told Bent Arrow.