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Chapter III
“Why do the clouds trouble you, Grandfather?” Little Bear asked. “I have the feeling of bad weather,” Great Bear replied. “These canyons are dangerous places when Old-Man-of-the-Sky dumps much water.” They had left the wide flat valleys and were riding through narrow canyons with steep sides.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Little Bear asked.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““I have the feeling of bad weather,” Great Bear replied.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I have the feeling of bad weather,” Great Bear replied.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““I have the feeling of bad weather,” Great Bear replied.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They had left the wide flat valleys and were riding through narrow canyons with steep sides.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Little Bear asked.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I have the feeling of bad weather,” Great Bear replied.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading ““These canyons are dangerous places when Old-Man-of-the-Sky dumps much water.””
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “They had left the wide flat valleys and were riding through narrow canyons with steep sides.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They had left the wide flat valleys and were riding through narrow canyons with steep sides.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “These canyons are dangerous places when Old-Man-of-the-Sky dumps much water.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Little Bear asked.
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From this reading “I have the feeling of bad weather,” Great Bear replied.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Little Bear asked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “These canyons are dangerous places when Old-Man-of-the-Sky dumps much water.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why do the clouds trouble you, Grandfather?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “These canyons are dangerous places when Old-Man-of-the-Sky dumps much water.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Why do the clouds trouble you, Grandfather?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “These canyons are dangerous places when Old-Man-of-the-Sky dumps much water.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I have the feeling of bad weather,” Great Bear replied.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They had left the wide flat valleys and were riding through narrow canyons with steep sides.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why do the clouds trouble you, Grandfather?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I have the feeling of bad weather,” Great Bear replied.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had left the wide flat valleys and were riding through narrow canyons with steep sides.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have the feeling of bad weather,” Great Bear replied.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I have the feeling of bad weather,” Great Bear replied.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had left the wide flat valleys and were riding through narrow canyons with steep sides.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Little Bear asked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “These canyons are dangerous places when Old-Man-of-the-Sky dumps much water.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They had left the wide flat valleys and were riding through narrow canyons with steep sides.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I have the feeling of bad weather,” Great Bear replied.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “These canyons are dangerous places when Old-Man-of-the-Sky dumps much water.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “These canyons are dangerous places when Old-Man-of-the-Sky dumps much water.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I have the feeling of bad weather,” Great Bear replied.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They had left the wide flat valleys and were riding through narrow canyons with steep sides.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They had left the wide flat valleys and were riding through narrow canyons with steep sides.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They had left the wide flat valleys and were riding through narrow canyons with steep sides.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Why do the clouds trouble you, Grandfather?”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “These canyons are dangerous places when Old-Man-of-the-Sky dumps much water.”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had left the wide flat valleys and were riding through narrow canyons with steep sides.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They had left the wide flat valleys and were riding through narrow canyons with steep sides.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why do the clouds trouble you, Grandfather?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They had left the wide flat valleys and were riding through narrow canyons with steep sides.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “These canyons are dangerous places when Old-Man-of-the-Sky dumps much water.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I have the feeling of bad weather,” Great Bear replied.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They had left the wide flat valleys and were riding through narrow canyons with steep sides.
at the time that
From this reading “These canyons are dangerous places when Old-Man-of-the-Sky dumps much water.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why do the clouds trouble you, Grandfather?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They had left the wide flat valleys and were riding through narrow canyons with steep sides.
in the company of; together with
From this reading They had left the wide flat valleys and were riding through narrow canyons with steep sides.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Why do the clouds trouble you, Grandfather?”
