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Winning the Wilderness
Winning the Wilderness

Chapter XXI

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THE CROOKED TRAIL Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the field.
--Lowell.
"Here's yo' letter from the Fillippians, Mis' Virginia; Mr. Champers done bring hit for you all."
Boanerges Peeperville fairly danced into the living room of the Sunflower Inn.
"They ain't no black mournin' aidge bindin' it round nuthah, thank the good Lawd foh that."
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Winning the Wilderness

Chapter XXI

Reading 1/86 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE CROOKED TRAIL Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the field.
Line 2
--Lowell.
Line 3
"Here's yo' letter from the Fillippians, Mis' Virginia; Mr. Champers done bring hit for you all."
Line 4
Boanerges Peeperville fairly danced into the living room of the Sunflower Inn.
Line 5
"They ain't no black mournin' aidge bindin' it round nuthah, thank the good Lawd foh that."

Learner Dictionary

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

Done noun US /done/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"Here's yo' letter from the Fillippians, Mis' Virginia; Mr. Champers done bring hit for you all."”

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “"They ain't no black mournin' aidge bindin' it round nuthah, thank the good Lawd foh that."”

Life noun US /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “THE CROOKED TRAIL Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the field.”

May modal verb US /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading “THE CROOKED TRAIL Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the field.”

Sealed adjective US /siːld/

closed and kept secret in this chapter’s sailing situation

From this reading “THE CROOKED TRAIL Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the field.”

All words in this reading · 60

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aidge

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From this reading "They ain't no black mournin' aidge bindin' it round nuthah, thank the good Lawd foh that."

ain't

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From this reading "They ain't no black mournin' aidge bindin' it round nuthah, thank the good Lawd foh that."

all

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From this reading "Here's yo' letter from the Fillippians, Mis' Virginia; Mr. Champers done bring hit for you all."

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading THE CROOKED TRAIL Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the field.

AsconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading THE CROOKED TRAIL Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the field.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading THE CROOKED TRAIL Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the field.

bindin

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From this reading "They ain't no black mournin' aidge bindin' it round nuthah, thank the good Lawd foh that."

black

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From this reading "They ain't no black mournin' aidge bindin' it round nuthah, thank the good Lawd foh that."

Boanerges

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From this reading Boanerges Peeperville fairly danced into the living room of the Sunflower Inn.

bravely

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From this reading THE CROOKED TRAIL Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the field.

bring

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From this reading "Here's yo' letter from the Fillippians, Mis' Virginia; Mr. Champers done bring hit for you all."

Champers

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From this reading "Here's yo' letter from the Fillippians, Mis' Virginia; Mr. Champers done bring hit for you all."

closet

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From this reading THE CROOKED TRAIL Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the field.

CROOKED

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From this reading THE CROOKED TRAIL Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the field.

danced

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From this reading Boanerges Peeperville fairly danced into the living room of the Sunflower Inn.

donenounUS /done/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Here's yo' letter from the Fillippians, Mis' Virginia; Mr. Champers done bring hit for you all."

fairly

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From this reading Boanerges Peeperville fairly danced into the living room of the Sunflower Inn.

field

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From this reading THE CROOKED TRAIL Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the field.

Fillippians

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From this reading "Here's yo' letter from the Fillippians, Mis' Virginia; Mr. Champers done bring hit for you all."

foh

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From this reading "They ain't no black mournin' aidge bindin' it round nuthah, thank the good Lawd foh that."

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading "Here's yo' letter from the Fillippians, Mis' Virginia; Mr. Champers done bring hit for you all."

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading "Here's yo' letter from the Fillippians, Mis' Virginia; Mr. Champers done bring hit for you all."

given

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From this reading THE CROOKED TRAIL Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the field.

goodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "They ain't no black mournin' aidge bindin' it round nuthah, thank the good Lawd foh that."

Here's

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From this reading "Here's yo' letter from the Fillippians, Mis' Virginia; Mr. Champers done bring hit for you all."

hit

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From this reading "Here's yo' letter from the Fillippians, Mis' Virginia; Mr. Champers done bring hit for you all."

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading THE CROOKED TRAIL Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the field.

Inn

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From this reading Boanerges Peeperville fairly danced into the living room of the Sunflower Inn.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Boanerges Peeperville fairly danced into the living room of the Sunflower Inn.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "They ain't no black mournin' aidge bindin' it round nuthah, thank the good Lawd foh that."

Lawd

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From this reading "They ain't no black mournin' aidge bindin' it round nuthah, thank the good Lawd foh that."

letter

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From this reading "Here's yo' letter from the Fillippians, Mis' Virginia; Mr. Champers done bring hit for you all."

LifenounUS /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading THE CROOKED TRAIL Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the field.

living

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From this reading Boanerges Peeperville fairly danced into the living room of the Sunflower Inn.

Lowell

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From this reading --Lowell.

loyalty

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From this reading THE CROOKED TRAIL Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the field.

many

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From this reading THE CROOKED TRAIL Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the field.

maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading THE CROOKED TRAIL Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the field.

Mis

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From this reading "Here's yo' letter from the Fillippians, Mis' Virginia; Mr. Champers done bring hit for you all."

mournin

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From this reading "They ain't no black mournin' aidge bindin' it round nuthah, thank the good Lawd foh that."

Mr

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From this reading "Here's yo' letter from the Fillippians, Mis' Virginia; Mr. Champers done bring hit for you all."

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading "They ain't no black mournin' aidge bindin' it round nuthah, thank the good Lawd foh that."

nuthah

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From this reading "They ain't no black mournin' aidge bindin' it round nuthah, thank the good Lawd foh that."

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Boanerges Peeperville fairly danced into the living room of the Sunflower Inn.

Peeperville

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From this reading Boanerges Peeperville fairly danced into the living room of the Sunflower Inn.

room

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From this reading Boanerges Peeperville fairly danced into the living room of the Sunflower Inn.

round

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From this reading "They ain't no black mournin' aidge bindin' it round nuthah, thank the good Lawd foh that."

sealedadjectiveUS /siːld/

closed and kept secret in this chapter’s sailing situation

From this reading THE CROOKED TRAIL Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the field.

Sunflower

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From this reading Boanerges Peeperville fairly danced into the living room of the Sunflower Inn.

thank

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From this reading "They ain't no black mournin' aidge bindin' it round nuthah, thank the good Lawd foh that."

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "They ain't no black mournin' aidge bindin' it round nuthah, thank the good Lawd foh that."

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading THE CROOKED TRAIL Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the field.

TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "They ain't no black mournin' aidge bindin' it round nuthah, thank the good Lawd foh that."

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading THE CROOKED TRAIL Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the field.

TRAIL

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From this reading THE CROOKED TRAIL Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the field.

truth

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From this reading THE CROOKED TRAIL Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the field.

Virginia

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From this reading "Here's yo' letter from the Fillippians, Mis' Virginia; Mr. Champers done bring hit for you all."

ways

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From this reading THE CROOKED TRAIL Life may be given in many ways, And loyalty to truth be sealed As bravely in the closet as the field.

yo

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

From this reading "Here's yo' letter from the Fillippians, Mis' Virginia; Mr. Champers done bring hit for you all."

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Here's yo' letter from the Fillippians, Mis' Virginia; Mr. Champers done bring hit for you all."