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A Man in the Open
A Man in the Open

Chapter XI

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THE ILLUSTRIOUS SALVATOR _Jesse's Letter_ Mother, I'm married.
I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.
I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.
Nobody loves me, and the mosquitoes has mistook me for a greenhorn.
I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

A Man in the Open

Chapter XI

Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE ILLUSTRIOUS SALVATOR _Jesse's Letter_ Mother, I'm married.
Line 2
I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.
Line 3
I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.
Line 4
Nobody loves me, and the mosquitoes has mistook me for a greenhorn.
Line 5
I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.

Learner Dictionary

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

Below preposition US /bɪˈloʊ/

at or to a lower level than something

From this reading “I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.”

Distant adjective US /ˈdɪstənt/

not friendly or close

From this reading “I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.”

Has auxiliary verb US /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading “Nobody loves me, and the mosquitoes has mistook me for a greenhorn.”

Nobody pronoun US /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/

no person; not anyone

From this reading “Nobody loves me, and the mosquitoes has mistook me for a greenhorn.”

Outside noun US /ˈoutside/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.”

Pipe noun US /pipe/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.”

Thought noun US /thought/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.”

All words in this reading · 65

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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 I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.

belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/

at or to a lower level than something

From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.

bliss

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From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.

breath

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From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.

can't

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From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.

caught

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From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.

clogs

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From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.

cold

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From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.

distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/

not friendly or close

From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.

feels

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From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.

fellow's

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From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.

forty

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From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.

got

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From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.

greenhorn

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From this reading Nobody loves me, and the mosquitoes has mistook me for a greenhorn.

hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Nobody loves me, and the mosquitoes has mistook me for a greenhorn.

Heaven

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From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.

home

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From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.

horns

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From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.

I'd

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From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.

I'm

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From this reading THE ILLUSTRIOUS SALVATOR _Jesse's Letter_ Mother, I'm married.

I've

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From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.

ice

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From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.

ILLUSTRIOUS

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From this reading THE ILLUSTRIOUS SALVATOR _Jesse's Letter_ Mother, I'm married.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.

it's

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From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.

Jesse's

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From this reading THE ILLUSTRIOUS SALVATOR _Jesse's Letter_ Mother, I'm married.

kind

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From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.

lady's

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From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.

Letter

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From this reading THE ILLUSTRIOUS SALVATOR _Jesse's Letter_ Mother, I'm married.

lonesome

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From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.

loves

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From this reading Nobody loves me, and the mosquitoes has mistook me for a greenhorn.

married

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From this reading THE ILLUSTRIOUS SALVATOR _Jesse's Letter_ Mother, I'm married.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Nobody loves me, and the mosquitoes has mistook me for a greenhorn.

mistook

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From this reading Nobody loves me, and the mosquitoes has mistook me for a greenhorn.

mosquitoes

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From this reading Nobody loves me, and the mosquitoes has mistook me for a greenhorn.

Mother

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From this reading THE ILLUSTRIOUS SALVATOR _Jesse's Letter_ Mother, I'm married.

NobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/

no person; not anyone

From this reading Nobody loves me, and the mosquitoes has mistook me for a greenhorn.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.

outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.

pipe

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From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.

roped

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From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.

SALVATOR

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From this reading THE ILLUSTRIOUS SALVATOR _Jesse's Letter_ Mother, I'm married.

seems

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From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.

smoke

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From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading THE ILLUSTRIOUS SALVATOR _Jesse's Letter_ Mother, I'm married.

thoughtnounUS /thought/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.

throwed

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From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.

trouble

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

From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.

weren't

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From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading I thought I'd got bliss by the horns, but seems I've not roped what I throwed for, and what I've caught is trouble.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.

wish

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From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading I wish you weren't in Heaven, which feels kind of cold and distant when a fellow's lonesome.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.

zero

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From this reading I can't smoke in the lady's home, and when it's forty below zero outside, a pipe clogs with ice from your breath.