Chapter XXI
Then I am not dead. I live. I am saved! It was Haj-Ewa, and not her spirit. It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.
Osceola the Seminole
Chapter XXI
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Then
I
am
not
dead.
I
live.
I
am
saved!
It
was
Haj-Ewa,
and
not
her
spirit.
It
was
Maumee
herself--whose
beautiful,
brilliant
eyes
were
looking
into
mine.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
Then
I
am
not
dead.
Line 2
I
live.
Line 3
I
am
saved!
/aɪ æm saved/
Line 4
It
was
Haj-Ewa,
and
not
her
spirit.
Line 5
It
was
Maumee
herself--whose
beautiful,
brilliant
eyes
were
looking
into
mine.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Dead
noun
US /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then I am not dead.”
Herself
pronoun
US /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.”
Mine
pronoun
US /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.”
Saved
noun
US /saved/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I am saved!”
Whose
determiner
US /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading “It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.”
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amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Then I am not dead.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was Haj-Ewa, and not her spirit.
beautiful
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From this reading It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.
brilliant
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From this reading It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then I am not dead.
eyes
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From this reading It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.
Haj-Ewa
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From this reading It was Haj-Ewa, and not her spirit.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It was Haj-Ewa, and not her spirit.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Then I am not dead.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Haj-Ewa, and not her spirit.
live
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From this reading I live.
looking
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From this reading It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.
Maumee
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From this reading It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Then I am not dead.
savednounUS /saved/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I am saved!
spirit
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From this reading It was Haj-Ewa, and not her spirit.
Then
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From this reading Then I am not dead.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was Haj-Ewa, and not her spirit.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading It was Maumee herself--whose beautiful, brilliant eyes were looking into mine.