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Chapter VII
"WENT GLIDING AWAY LIKE A BEAUTIFUL GHOST." "They bid me forget her--oh, how can it be? In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue. I try to forget her, but canna forget, I've liket her lang, an' I aye like her yet." THOM, _the Inverury Poet_.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"WENT GLIDING AWAY LIKE A BEAUTIFUL GHOST."”
but in spite of that
From this reading “I try to forget her, but canna forget, I've liket her lang, an' I aye like her yet."”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "WENT GLIDING AWAY LIKE A BEAUTIFUL GHOST."
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.
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From this reading "WENT GLIDING AWAY LIKE A BEAUTIFUL GHOST."
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From this reading I try to forget her, but canna forget, I've liket her lang, an' I aye like her yet."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "They bid me forget her--oh, how can it be?
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From this reading "WENT GLIDING AWAY LIKE A BEAUTIFUL GHOST."
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From this reading "They bid me forget her--oh, how can it be?
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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I try to forget her, but canna forget, I've liket her lang, an' I aye like her yet."
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "They bid me forget her--oh, how can it be?
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From this reading I try to forget her, but canna forget, I've liket her lang, an' I aye like her yet."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.
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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.
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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.
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From this reading "They bid me forget her--oh, how can it be?
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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.
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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.
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From this reading "WENT GLIDING AWAY LIKE A BEAUTIFUL GHOST."
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From this reading "WENT GLIDING AWAY LIKE A BEAUTIFUL GHOST."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "They bid me forget her--oh, how can it be?
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From this reading "They bid me forget her--oh, how can it be?
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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.
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From this reading I try to forget her, but canna forget, I've liket her lang, an' I aye like her yet."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.
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From this reading THOM, _the Inverury Poet_.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "They bid me forget her--oh, how can it be?
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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.
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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.
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From this reading I try to forget her, but canna forget, I've liket her lang, an' I aye like her yet."
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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.
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From this reading "WENT GLIDING AWAY LIKE A BEAUTIFUL GHOST."
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From this reading I try to forget her, but canna forget, I've liket her lang, an' I aye like her yet."
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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "They bid me forget her--oh, how can it be?
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From this reading "They bid me forget her--oh, how can it be?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.
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From this reading THOM, _the Inverury Poet_.
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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.
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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.
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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.
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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "They bid me forget her--oh, how can it be?
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From this reading THOM, _the Inverury Poet_.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I try to forget her, but canna forget, I've liket her lang, an' I aye like her yet."
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From this reading I try to forget her, but canna forget, I've liket her lang, an' I aye like her yet."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "WENT GLIDING AWAY LIKE A BEAUTIFUL GHOST."
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From this reading In kindness or scorn she's ever wi' me; I feel her fell frown in the lift's frosty blue, An' I weel ken her smile in the lily's saft hue.
but in spite of that
From this reading I try to forget her, but canna forget, I've liket her lang, an' I aye like her yet."
