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The Law of the Land Of Miss Lady, Whom It

Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

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By Emerson Hough • Curated US English Learning Edition
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THE MAKING OP THE WILDERNESS In the northern pine-lands Father Messasebe murmured to himself, whispering among his rush-environed shores.
"You have taken from me my own," murmured Father Messasebe.
"You have swept away my children.
You have made child's roads for yourselves along my courses.
You have had freedom with me, the Father of the Waters.
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The Law of the Land Of Miss Lady, Whom It

Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

Chapter 18 of The Law of the Land Of Miss Lady, Whom It is here in full — 42 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/8 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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THE MAKING OP THE WILDERNESS In the northern pine-lands Father Messasebe murmured to himself, whispering among his rush-environed shores.
Line 2
"You have taken from me my own," murmured Father Messasebe.
Line 3
"You have swept away my children.
/juː hæv swept əˈweɪ maɪ ˈtʃɪldrən/
Line 4
You have made child's roads for yourselves along my courses.
/juː hæv meɪd tʃaɪldz roʊdz fɔːr jʊrˈselvz əˈlɔːŋ maɪ ˈkɔːrsəz/
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You have had freedom with me, the Father of the Waters.
/juː hæv hæd ˈfriːdəm wɪð miː ðə ˈfɑːðər ʌv ðə ˈwɔːtərz/

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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

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

child's noun US /tʃaɪldz/

possessive form of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading “You have made child's roads for yourselves along my courses.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
courses noun US /ˈkɔːrsəz/

plural of “course” — education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading “You have made child's roads for yourselves along my courses.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
northern adjective US /ˈnɔːrðərn/

in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading “THE MAKING OP THE WILDERNESS In the northern pine-lands Father Messasebe murmured to himself, whispering among his rush-environed shores.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
roads noun US /roʊdz/

a partly sheltered anchorage

From this reading “You have made child's roads for yourselves along my courses.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
shores noun US /ʃɔːrz/

plural of “shore” — the land along the edge of a body of water

From this reading “THE MAKING OP THE WILDERNESS In the northern pine-lands Father Messasebe murmured to himself, whispering among his rush-environed shores.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
whispering noun US /ˈwɪspərɪŋ/

a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind

From this reading “THE MAKING OP THE WILDERNESS In the northern pine-lands Father Messasebe murmured to himself, whispering among his rush-environed shores.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wilderness noun US /ˈwɪldərnəs/

(politics) a state of disfavor

From this reading “THE MAKING OP THE WILDERNESS In the northern pine-lands Father Messasebe murmured to himself, whispering among his rush-environed shores.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
yourselves pronoun US /jʊrˈselvz/

used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action

From this reading “You have made child's roads for yourselves along my courses.”

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

All words in this reading · 39

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

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alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading You have made child's roads for yourselves along my courses.

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amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading THE MAKING OP THE WILDERNESS In the northern pine-lands Father Messasebe murmured to himself, whispering among his rush-environed shores.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
awayadverbUS /əˈweɪ/

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading "You have swept away my children.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
child'snounUS /tʃaɪldz/

possessive form of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading You have made child's roads for yourselves along my courses.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
childrennounUS /ˈtʃɪldrən/

plural of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading "You have swept away my children.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
coursesnounUS /ˈkɔːrsəz/

plural of “course” — education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading You have made child's roads for yourselves along my courses.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
FathernounUS /ˈfɑːðər/

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading THE MAKING OP THE WILDERNESS In the northern pine-lands Father Messasebe murmured to himself, whispering among his rush-environed shores.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading You have made child's roads for yourselves along my courses.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
freedomnounUS /ˈfriːdəm/

the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints

From this reading You have had freedom with me, the Father of the Waters.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading "You have taken from me my own," murmured Father Messasebe.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

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

From this reading You have had freedom with me, the Father of the Waters.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading "You have taken from me my own," murmured Father Messasebe.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading THE MAKING OP THE WILDERNESS In the northern pine-lands Father Messasebe murmured to himself, whispering among his rush-environed shores.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading THE MAKING OP THE WILDERNESS In the northern pine-lands Father Messasebe murmured to himself, whispering among his rush-environed shores.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
InprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading THE MAKING OP THE WILDERNESS In the northern pine-lands Father Messasebe murmured to himself, whispering among his rush-environed shores.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
madeadjectiveUS /meɪd/

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading You have made child's roads for yourselves along my courses.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
MAKINGnounUS /ˈmeɪkɪŋ/

the act that results in something coming to be

From this reading THE MAKING OP THE WILDERNESS In the northern pine-lands Father Messasebe murmured to himself, whispering among his rush-environed shores.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading "You have taken from me my own," murmured Father Messasebe.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
Messasebe

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

From this reading THE MAKING OP THE WILDERNESS In the northern pine-lands Father Messasebe murmured to himself, whispering among his rush-environed shores.

Pending verification
murmuredverbUS /ˈmɜːrmərd/

past form of “murmur” — speak softly or indistinctly

From this reading THE MAKING OP THE WILDERNESS In the northern pine-lands Father Messasebe murmured to himself, whispering among his rush-environed shores.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading "You have taken from me my own," murmured Father Messasebe.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
northernadjectiveUS /ˈnɔːrðərn/

in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading THE MAKING OP THE WILDERNESS In the northern pine-lands Father Messasebe murmured to himself, whispering among his rush-environed shores.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading You have had freedom with me, the Father of the Waters.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
OP

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

From this reading THE MAKING OP THE WILDERNESS In the northern pine-lands Father Messasebe murmured to himself, whispering among his rush-environed shores.

Pending verification
ownverbUS /oʊn/

have ownership or possession of

From this reading "You have taken from me my own," murmured Father Messasebe.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
pine-lands

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

From this reading THE MAKING OP THE WILDERNESS In the northern pine-lands Father Messasebe murmured to himself, whispering among his rush-environed shores.

Pending verification
roadsnounUS /roʊdz/

a partly sheltered anchorage

From this reading You have made child's roads for yourselves along my courses.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
rush-environed

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

From this reading THE MAKING OP THE WILDERNESS In the northern pine-lands Father Messasebe murmured to himself, whispering among his rush-environed shores.

Pending verification
shoresnounUS /ʃɔːrz/

plural of “shore” — the land along the edge of a body of water

From this reading THE MAKING OP THE WILDERNESS In the northern pine-lands Father Messasebe murmured to himself, whispering among his rush-environed shores.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
sweptadjectiveUS /swept/

possessing sweep

From this reading "You have swept away my children.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/

understood in a certain way; made sense of

From this reading "You have taken from me my own," murmured Father Messasebe.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading THE MAKING OP THE WILDERNESS In the northern pine-lands Father Messasebe murmured to himself, whispering among his rush-environed shores.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading THE MAKING OP THE WILDERNESS In the northern pine-lands Father Messasebe murmured to himself, whispering among his rush-environed shores.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
WatersnounUS /ˈwɔːtərz/

United States actress and singer (1896-1977)

From this reading You have had freedom with me, the Father of the Waters.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
whisperingnounUS /ˈwɪspərɪŋ/

a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind

From this reading THE MAKING OP THE WILDERNESS In the northern pine-lands Father Messasebe murmured to himself, whispering among his rush-environed shores.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
WILDERNESSnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/

(politics) a state of disfavor

From this reading THE MAKING OP THE WILDERNESS In the northern pine-lands Father Messasebe murmured to himself, whispering among his rush-environed shores.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading You have had freedom with me, the Father of the Waters.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "You have taken from me my own," murmured Father Messasebe.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
yourselvespronounUS /jʊrˈselvz/

used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action

From this reading You have made child's roads for yourselves along my courses.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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