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Chapter 6 of Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular is here in full — 380 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
16. Willie he was scarce awa’, And the lady put to bed, When in and came her father dear: ‘Make haste, and busk the bride.’ 17. ‘There’s a sair pain in my head, father, There’s a sair pain in my side; And ill, O ill, am I, father, This day for to be a bride.’ 18.
Chapter 6 of Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular is here in full — 380 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading “Willie he was scarce awa’, And the lady put to bed, When in and came her father dear: ‘Make haste, and busk the bride.’”
a woman who has recently been married
From this reading “Willie he was scarce awa’, And the lady put to bed, When in and came her father dear: ‘Make haste, and busk the bride.’”
play music in a public place and solicit money for it
From this reading “Willie he was scarce awa’, And the lady put to bed, When in and came her father dear: ‘Make haste, and busk the bride.’”
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading “Willie he was scarce awa’, And the lady put to bed, When in and came her father dear: ‘Make haste, and busk the bride.’”
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading “‘There’s a sair pain in my head, father, There’s a sair pain in my side; And ill, O ill, am I, father, This day for to be a bride.’”
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading “‘There’s a sair pain in my head, father, There’s a sair pain in my side; And ill, O ill, am I, father, This day for to be a bride.’”
only a very short time before
From this reading “Willie he was scarce awa’, And the lady put to bed, When in and came her father dear: ‘Make haste, and busk the bride.’”
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading “‘There’s a sair pain in my head, father, There’s a sair pain in my side; And ill, O ill, am I, father, This day for to be a bride.’”
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From this reading 16.
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From this reading 17.
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From this reading 18.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading ‘There’s a sair pain in my head, father, There’s a sair pain in my side; And ill, O ill, am I, father, This day for to be a bride.’
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading ‘There’s a sair pain in my head, father, There’s a sair pain in my side; And ill, O ill, am I, father, This day for to be a bride.’
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Willie he was scarce awa’, And the lady put to bed, When in and came her father dear: ‘Make haste, and busk the bride.’
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From this reading Willie he was scarce awa’, And the lady put to bed, When in and came her father dear: ‘Make haste, and busk the bride.’
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading ‘There’s a sair pain in my head, father, There’s a sair pain in my side; And ill, O ill, am I, father, This day for to be a bride.’
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading Willie he was scarce awa’, And the lady put to bed, When in and came her father dear: ‘Make haste, and busk the bride.’
a woman who has recently been married
From this reading Willie he was scarce awa’, And the lady put to bed, When in and came her father dear: ‘Make haste, and busk the bride.’
play music in a public place and solicit money for it
From this reading Willie he was scarce awa’, And the lady put to bed, When in and came her father dear: ‘Make haste, and busk the bride.’
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Willie he was scarce awa’, And the lady put to bed, When in and came her father dear: ‘Make haste, and busk the bride.’
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading ‘There’s a sair pain in my head, father, There’s a sair pain in my side; And ill, O ill, am I, father, This day for to be a bride.’
dearly loved
From this reading Willie he was scarce awa’, And the lady put to bed, When in and came her father dear: ‘Make haste, and busk the bride.’
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Willie he was scarce awa’, And the lady put to bed, When in and came her father dear: ‘Make haste, and busk the bride.’
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ‘There’s a sair pain in my head, father, There’s a sair pain in my side; And ill, O ill, am I, father, This day for to be a bride.’
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)
From this reading Willie he was scarce awa’, And the lady put to bed, When in and came her father dear: ‘Make haste, and busk the bride.’
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Willie he was scarce awa’, And the lady put to bed, When in and came her father dear: ‘Make haste, and busk the bride.’
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading ‘There’s a sair pain in my head, father, There’s a sair pain in my side; And ill, O ill, am I, father, This day for to be a bride.’
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Willie he was scarce awa’, And the lady put to bed, When in and came her father dear: ‘Make haste, and busk the bride.’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘There’s a sair pain in my head, father, There’s a sair pain in my side; And ill, O ill, am I, father, This day for to be a bride.’
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading ‘There’s a sair pain in my head, father, There’s a sair pain in my side; And ill, O ill, am I, father, This day for to be a bride.’
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Willie he was scarce awa’, And the lady put to bed, When in and came her father dear: ‘Make haste, and busk the bride.’
a polite name for any woman
From this reading Willie he was scarce awa’, And the lady put to bed, When in and came her father dear: ‘Make haste, and busk the bride.’
engage in
From this reading Willie he was scarce awa’, And the lady put to bed, When in and came her father dear: ‘Make haste, and busk the bride.’
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘There’s a sair pain in my head, father, There’s a sair pain in my side; And ill, O ill, am I, father, This day for to be a bride.’
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading ‘There’s a sair pain in my head, father, There’s a sair pain in my side; And ill, O ill, am I, father, This day for to be a bride.’
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading ‘There’s a sair pain in my head, father, There’s a sair pain in my side; And ill, O ill, am I, father, This day for to be a bride.’
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Willie he was scarce awa’, And the lady put to bed, When in and came her father dear: ‘Make haste, and busk the bride.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘There’s a sair pain in my head, father, There’s a sair pain in my side; And ill, O ill, am I, father, This day for to be a bride.’
only a very short time before
From this reading Willie he was scarce awa’, And the lady put to bed, When in and came her father dear: ‘Make haste, and busk the bride.’
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading ‘There’s a sair pain in my head, father, There’s a sair pain in my side; And ill, O ill, am I, father, This day for to be a bride.’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Willie he was scarce awa’, And the lady put to bed, When in and came her father dear: ‘Make haste, and busk the bride.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘There’s a sair pain in my head, father, There’s a sair pain in my side; And ill, O ill, am I, father, This day for to be a bride.’
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading ‘There’s a sair pain in my head, father, There’s a sair pain in my side; And ill, O ill, am I, father, This day for to be a bride.’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Willie he was scarce awa’, And the lady put to bed, When in and came her father dear: ‘Make haste, and busk the bride.’
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Willie he was scarce awa’, And the lady put to bed, When in and came her father dear: ‘Make haste, and busk the bride.’
at the time that
From this reading Willie he was scarce awa’, And the lady put to bed, When in and came her father dear: ‘Make haste, and busk the bride.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Willie he was scarce awa’, And the lady put to bed, When in and came her father dear: ‘Make haste, and busk the bride.’
Chapter 6 of Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular by Frank Sidgwick holds 380 sentences, grouped into 76 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
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