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Winning the Wilderness
Winning the Wilderness

Chapter XXIV

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THE END OF THE WILDERNESS Have I named one single river?
Have I claimed one single acre?
Have I kept one single nugget (barring samples)?
No, not I. Because my price was paid me ten times over by my Maker.
But you wouldn't understand it.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Winning the Wilderness

Chapter XXIV

Reading 1/45 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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THE END OF THE WILDERNESS Have I named one single river?
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Have I claimed one single acre?
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Have I kept one single nugget (barring samples)?
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No, not I. Because my price was paid me ten times over by my Maker.
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But you wouldn't understand it.

Learner Dictionary

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

Because conjunction US /bɪˈkɔːz/

for the reason that

From this reading “No, not I. Because my price was paid me ten times over by my Maker.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “THE END OF THE WILDERNESS Have I named one single river?”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “THE END OF THE WILDERNESS Have I named one single river?”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “No, not I. Because my price was paid me ten times over by my Maker.”

Understand noun US /understand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “But you wouldn't understand it.”

WILDERNESS noun US /ˈwɪldərnəs/

a wild area where few people live

From this reading “THE END OF THE WILDERNESS Have I named one single river?”

All words in this reading · 34

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acre

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From this reading Have I claimed one single acre?

barring

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From this reading Have I kept one single nugget (barring samples)?

BecauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/

for the reason that

From this reading No, not I. Because my price was paid me ten times over by my Maker.

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But you wouldn't understand it.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading No, not I. Because my price was paid me ten times over by my Maker.

claimed

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From this reading Have I claimed one single acre?

END

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From this reading THE END OF THE WILDERNESS Have I named one single river?

Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading THE END OF THE WILDERNESS Have I named one single river?

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading THE END OF THE WILDERNESS Have I named one single river?

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading But you wouldn't understand it.

kept

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From this reading Have I kept one single nugget (barring samples)?

Maker

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From this reading No, not I. Because my price was paid me ten times over by my Maker.

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading No, not I. Because my price was paid me ten times over by my Maker.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading No, not I. Because my price was paid me ten times over by my Maker.

named

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From this reading THE END OF THE WILDERNESS Have I named one single river?

NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading No, not I. Because my price was paid me ten times over by my Maker.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading No, not I. Because my price was paid me ten times over by my Maker.

nugget

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From this reading Have I kept one single nugget (barring samples)?

OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE END OF THE WILDERNESS Have I named one single river?

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading THE END OF THE WILDERNESS Have I named one single river?

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading No, not I. Because my price was paid me ten times over by my Maker.

paid

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From this reading No, not I. Because my price was paid me ten times over by my Maker.

price

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From this reading No, not I. Because my price was paid me ten times over by my Maker.

river

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From this reading THE END OF THE WILDERNESS Have I named one single river?

samples

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From this reading Have I kept one single nugget (barring samples)?

single

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From this reading THE END OF THE WILDERNESS Have I named one single river?

ten

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From this reading No, not I. Because my price was paid me ten times over by my Maker.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading THE END OF THE WILDERNESS Have I named one single river?

times

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From this reading No, not I. Because my price was paid me ten times over by my Maker.

understandnounUS /understand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading But you wouldn't understand it.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading No, not I. Because my price was paid me ten times over by my Maker.

WILDERNESSnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/

a wild area where few people live

From this reading THE END OF THE WILDERNESS Have I named one single river?

wouldn't

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From this reading But you wouldn't understand it.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading But you wouldn't understand it.