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Casey Ryan
Casey Ryan

Chapter XXI

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Oddly enough, it was Lucy Lily who unconsciously brought Casey to his rainbow.
Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.
Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.
Lucy Lily did not abandon her bait.
She used it again, and a renegade white man snapped at it, worse luck.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Casey Ryan

Chapter XXI

Reading 1/18 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Oddly enough, it was Lucy Lily who unconsciously brought Casey to his rainbow.
Line 2
Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.
Line 3
Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.
Line 4
Lucy Lily did not abandon her bait.
Line 5
She used it again, and a renegade white man snapped at it, worse luck.

Learner Dictionary

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

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.”

Again noun US /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “She used it again, and a renegade white man snapped at it, worse luck.”

Brought noun US /ˈbrought/

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

From this reading “Oddly enough, it was Lucy Lily who unconsciously brought Casey to his rainbow.”

Mine pronoun US /maɪn/

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading “Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.”

Nothing pronoun US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading “Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.”

Perhaps noun US /perhaps/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.”

Princess noun US /ˈprɪn.ses/

The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.

From this reading “Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.”

Think noun US /think/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.”

Took noun US /took/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.”

Whose determiner US /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading “Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.”

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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 Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.

abandon

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From this reading Lucy Lily did not abandon her bait.

aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.

againnounUS /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading She used it again, and a renegade white man snapped at it, worse luck.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.

any

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From this reading Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.

assure

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From this reading Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading She used it again, and a renegade white man snapped at it, worse luck.

bait

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From this reading Lucy Lily did not abandon her bait.

broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/

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

From this reading Oddly enough, it was Lucy Lily who unconsciously brought Casey to his rainbow.

bucket

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From this reading Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.

Casey

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From this reading Oddly enough, it was Lucy Lily who unconsciously brought Casey to his rainbow.

didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.

Don't

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From this reading Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.

enough

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From this reading Oddly enough, it was Lucy Lily who unconsciously brought Casey to his rainbow.

Fate

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From this reading Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.

favor

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From this reading Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.

forget

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From this reading Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.

go

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From this reading Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.

gold

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From this reading Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Oddly enough, it was Lucy Lily who unconsciously brought Casey to his rainbow.

hunting

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From this reading Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Oddly enough, it was Lucy Lily who unconsciously brought Casey to his rainbow.

just

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From this reading Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.

lard

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From this reading Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.

like

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From this reading Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.

Lily

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From this reading Oddly enough, it was Lucy Lily who unconsciously brought Casey to his rainbow.

live

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From this reading Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.

luck

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From this reading She used it again, and a renegade white man snapped at it, worse luck.

Lucy

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From this reading Oddly enough, it was Lucy Lily who unconsciously brought Casey to his rainbow.

man

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From this reading She used it again, and a renegade white man snapped at it, worse luck.

mean

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From this reading Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.

minepronounUS /maɪn/

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.

moment

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

From this reading Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.

nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.

Oddly

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From this reading Oddly enough, it was Lucy Lily who unconsciously brought Casey to his rainbow.

perhaps

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From this reading Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.

princessnounUS /ˈprɪn.ses/

The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.

From this reading Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.

rainbow

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From this reading Oddly enough, it was Lucy Lily who unconsciously brought Casey to his rainbow.

renegade

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From this reading She used it again, and a renegade white man snapped at it, worse luck.

richness

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From this reading Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.

say

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

From this reading Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.

seen

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From this reading Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.

snapped

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

From this reading She used it again, and a renegade white man snapped at it, worse luck.

squaw

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From this reading Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.

thinknounUS /think/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Oddly enough, it was Lucy Lily who unconsciously brought Casey to his rainbow.

tooknounUS /took/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.

unconsciously

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

From this reading Oddly enough, it was Lucy Lily who unconsciously brought Casey to his rainbow.

used

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From this reading Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.

wants

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From this reading Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading Oddly enough, it was Lucy Lily who unconsciously brought Casey to his rainbow.

white

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From this reading Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading Oddly enough, it was Lucy Lily who unconsciously brought Casey to his rainbow.

whosedeterminerUS /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Don't think that a squaw who wants to live like a white princess will forget to go hunting a gold mine whose richness she had seen,--in a lard bucket, perhaps.

worse

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From this reading She used it again, and a renegade white man snapped at it, worse luck.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Lucy Lily did not mean to do Casey any favor, I can assure you, but Fate just took her and used her for the moment, and Lucy Lily had nothing to say about it.