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Chapter 10 of Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws is here in full — 325 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
30. ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’ 31. ‘Then you must get a noble gunner, my lord, That can set well with his eye, And sink his pinnace into the sea, And soon then overcome will he be. 32.
Chapter 10 of Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws is here in full — 325 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
From this reading “‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’”
a serviceman in the artillery
From this reading “‘Then you must get a noble gunner, my lord, That can set well with his eye, And sink his pinnace into the sea, And soon then overcome will he be.”
English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)
From this reading “‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’”
win a victory over
From this reading “‘Then you must get a noble gunner, my lord, That can set well with his eye, And sink his pinnace into the sea, And soon then overcome will he be.”
one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
From this reading “‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’”
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading “‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’”
fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading “‘Then you must get a noble gunner, my lord, That can set well with his eye, And sink his pinnace into the sea, And soon then overcome will he be.”
accept gladly
From this reading “‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’”
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From this reading 30.
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From this reading 31.
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From this reading 32.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading ‘Then you must get a noble gunner, my lord, That can set well with his eye, And sink his pinnace into the sea, And soon then overcome will he be.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading ‘Then you must get a noble gunner, my lord, That can set well with his eye, And sink his pinnace into the sea, And soon then overcome will he be.
move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
the organ of sight
From this reading ‘Then you must get a noble gunner, my lord, That can set well with his eye, And sink his pinnace into the sea, And soon then overcome will he be.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading ‘Then you must get a noble gunner, my lord, That can set well with his eye, And sink his pinnace into the sea, And soon then overcome will he be.
a serviceman in the artillery
From this reading ‘Then you must get a noble gunner, my lord, That can set well with his eye, And sink his pinnace into the sea, And soon then overcome will he be.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
moving to the inside of something
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading ‘Then you must get a noble gunner, my lord, That can set well with his eye, And sink his pinnace into the sea, And soon then overcome will he be.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
impressive in appearance
From this reading ‘Then you must get a noble gunner, my lord, That can set well with his eye, And sink his pinnace into the sea, And soon then overcome will he be.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
win a victory over
From this reading ‘Then you must get a noble gunner, my lord, That can set well with his eye, And sink his pinnace into the sea, And soon then overcome will he be.
a boat for communication between ship and shore
From this reading ‘Then you must get a noble gunner, my lord, That can set well with his eye, And sink his pinnace into the sea, And soon then overcome will he be.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading ‘Then you must get a noble gunner, my lord, That can set well with his eye, And sink his pinnace into the sea, And soon then overcome will he be.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
transport commercially
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading ‘Then you must get a noble gunner, my lord, That can set well with his eye, And sink his pinnace into the sea, And soon then overcome will he be.
in the near future
From this reading ‘Then you must get a noble gunner, my lord, That can set well with his eye, And sink his pinnace into the sea, And soon then overcome will he be.
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘Then you must get a noble gunner, my lord, That can set well with his eye, And sink his pinnace into the sea, And soon then overcome will he be.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading ‘Then you must get a noble gunner, my lord, That can set well with his eye, And sink his pinnace into the sea, And soon then overcome will he be.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
accept gladly
From this reading ‘This is cold comfort,’ says my lord Howard, ‘To welcome a stranger thus to the sea; I’ll bring him and his ship to shore, Or else into Scotland he shall carry me.’
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading ‘Then you must get a noble gunner, my lord, That can set well with his eye, And sink his pinnace into the sea, And soon then overcome will he be.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading ‘Then you must get a noble gunner, my lord, That can set well with his eye, And sink his pinnace into the sea, And soon then overcome will he be.
in the company of; together with
From this reading ‘Then you must get a noble gunner, my lord, That can set well with his eye, And sink his pinnace into the sea, And soon then overcome will he be.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘Then you must get a noble gunner, my lord, That can set well with his eye, And sink his pinnace into the sea, And soon then overcome will he be.
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