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Chapter XVIII

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"D'YOU WONDER SHE HATES ME?"
To Morse came Angus McRae with the right hand of friendship the day after the battle in the log house.
Eyes blue as Highland lochs fastened to those of the fur-trader.
"Lad, I canna tell ye what's in my heart.
'The Lord bless thee, and keep thee.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

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Chapter XVIII

Reading 1/46 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"D'YOU WONDER SHE HATES ME?"
Line 2
To Morse came Angus McRae with the right hand of friendship the day after the battle in the log house.
Line 3
Eyes blue as Highland lochs fastened to those of the fur-trader.
Line 4
"Lad, I canna tell ye what's in my heart.
Line 5
'The Lord bless thee, and keep thee.

Learner Dictionary

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

After preposition US /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “To Morse came Angus McRae with the right hand of friendship the day after the battle in the log house.”

Hand noun US /hand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “To Morse came Angus McRae with the right hand of friendship the day after the battle in the log house.”

Right noun US /right/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “To Morse came Angus McRae with the right hand of friendship the day after the battle in the log house.”

Tell noun US /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Lad, I canna tell ye what's in my heart.”

Thee pronoun US /ðiː/

an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person

From this reading “'The Lord bless thee, and keep thee.”

Those determiner US /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading “Eyes blue as Highland lochs fastened to those of the fur-trader.”

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afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading To Morse came Angus McRae with the right hand of friendship the day after the battle in the log house.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading 'The Lord bless thee, and keep thee.

Angus

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From this reading To Morse came Angus McRae with the right hand of friendship the day after the battle in the log house.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Eyes blue as Highland lochs fastened to those of the fur-trader.

battle

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From this reading To Morse came Angus McRae with the right hand of friendship the day after the battle in the log house.

bless

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From this reading 'The Lord bless thee, and keep thee.

blue

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From this reading Eyes blue as Highland lochs fastened to those of the fur-trader.

came

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From this reading To Morse came Angus McRae with the right hand of friendship the day after the battle in the log house.

canna

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From this reading "Lad, I canna tell ye what's in my heart.

D'YOU

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From this reading "D'YOU WONDER SHE HATES ME?"

day

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From this reading To Morse came Angus McRae with the right hand of friendship the day after the battle in the log house.

Eyes

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From this reading Eyes blue as Highland lochs fastened to those of the fur-trader.

fastened

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From this reading Eyes blue as Highland lochs fastened to those of the fur-trader.

friendship

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From this reading To Morse came Angus McRae with the right hand of friendship the day after the battle in the log house.

fur-trader

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From this reading Eyes blue as Highland lochs fastened to those of the fur-trader.

hand

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From this reading To Morse came Angus McRae with the right hand of friendship the day after the battle in the log house.

HATES

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From this reading "D'YOU WONDER SHE HATES ME?"

heart

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From this reading "Lad, I canna tell ye what's in my heart.

Highland

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From this reading Eyes blue as Highland lochs fastened to those of the fur-trader.

house

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From this reading To Morse came Angus McRae with the right hand of friendship the day after the battle in the log house.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading "Lad, I canna tell ye what's in my heart.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading To Morse came Angus McRae with the right hand of friendship the day after the battle in the log house.

keep

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From this reading 'The Lord bless thee, and keep thee.

Lad

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From this reading "Lad, I canna tell ye what's in my heart.

lochs

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From this reading Eyes blue as Highland lochs fastened to those of the fur-trader.

log

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From this reading To Morse came Angus McRae with the right hand of friendship the day after the battle in the log house.

Lord

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From this reading 'The Lord bless thee, and keep thee.

McRae

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From this reading To Morse came Angus McRae with the right hand of friendship the day after the battle in the log house.

MEpronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading "D'YOU WONDER SHE HATES ME?"

Morse

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From this reading To Morse came Angus McRae with the right hand of friendship the day after the battle in the log house.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading "Lad, I canna tell ye what's in my heart.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading To Morse came Angus McRae with the right hand of friendship the day after the battle in the log house.

rightnounUS /right/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading To Morse came Angus McRae with the right hand of friendship the day after the battle in the log house.

SHEpronounUS /ʃiː/

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

From this reading "D'YOU WONDER SHE HATES ME?"

tellnounUS /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Lad, I canna tell ye what's in my heart.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading To Morse came Angus McRae with the right hand of friendship the day after the battle in the log house.

theepronounUS /ðiː/

an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person

From this reading 'The Lord bless thee, and keep thee.

thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading Eyes blue as Highland lochs fastened to those of the fur-trader.

ToparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading To Morse came Angus McRae with the right hand of friendship the day after the battle in the log house.

what's

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From this reading "Lad, I canna tell ye what's in my heart.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading To Morse came Angus McRae with the right hand of friendship the day after the battle in the log house.

WONDER

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From this reading "D'YOU WONDER SHE HATES ME?"

yepronounUS /jiː/

an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person

From this reading "Lad, I canna tell ye what's in my heart.