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Chapter 10 of From John O'Groats to Land's End is here in full — 380 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
REED ROBIN Come into mey cabin, reed Robin! Threyce welcome, blithe warbler, to me! Noo Siddaw hes thrown a wheyte cap on, Agean I'll gie shelter to thee! Come, freely hop into mey pantry; Partake o' mey puir holsome fare; Tho' seldom I bwoast of a dainty. Yet meyne, man or burd sal aye share.
Chapter 10 of From John O'Groats to Land's End is here in full — 380 sentences across 76 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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lacking or showing a lack of due concern
From this reading “Threyce welcome, blithe warbler, to me!”
delicately beautiful
From this reading “Come, freely hop into mey pantry; Partake o' mey puir holsome fare; Tho' seldom I bwoast of a dainty.”
jump lightly
From this reading “Come, freely hop into mey pantry; Partake o' mey puir holsome fare; Tho' seldom I bwoast of a dainty.”
a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
From this reading “Come, freely hop into mey pantry; Partake o' mey puir holsome fare; Tho' seldom I bwoast of a dainty.”
have some of the qualities or attributes of something
From this reading “Come, freely hop into mey pantry; Partake o' mey puir holsome fare; Tho' seldom I bwoast of a dainty.”
tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
From this reading “REED ROBIN Come into mey cabin, reed Robin!”
a branch of the Tai languages
From this reading “Come, freely hop into mey pantry; Partake o' mey puir holsome fare; Tho' seldom I bwoast of a dainty.”
a singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song
From this reading “Threyce welcome, blithe warbler, to me!”
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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 Noo Siddaw hes thrown a wheyte cap on, Agean I'll gie shelter to thee!
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From this reading Noo Siddaw hes thrown a wheyte cap on, Agean I'll gie shelter to thee!
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From this reading Yet meyne, man or burd sal aye share.
lacking or showing a lack of due concern
From this reading Threyce welcome, blithe warbler, to me!
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From this reading Yet meyne, man or burd sal aye share.
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From this reading Come, freely hop into mey pantry; Partake o' mey puir holsome fare; Tho' seldom I bwoast of a dainty.
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
From this reading REED ROBIN Come into mey cabin, reed Robin!
a tight-fitting headdress
From this reading Noo Siddaw hes thrown a wheyte cap on, Agean I'll gie shelter to thee!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading REED ROBIN Come into mey cabin, reed Robin!
delicately beautiful
From this reading Come, freely hop into mey pantry; Partake o' mey puir holsome fare; Tho' seldom I bwoast of a dainty.
an agenda of things to do
From this reading Come, freely hop into mey pantry; Partake o' mey puir holsome fare; Tho' seldom I bwoast of a dainty.
in a free manner
From this reading Come, freely hop into mey pantry; Partake o' mey puir holsome fare; Tho' seldom I bwoast of a dainty.
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From this reading Noo Siddaw hes thrown a wheyte cap on, Agean I'll gie shelter to thee!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Noo Siddaw hes thrown a wheyte cap on, Agean I'll gie shelter to thee!
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From this reading Come, freely hop into mey pantry; Partake o' mey puir holsome fare; Tho' seldom I bwoast of a dainty.
jump lightly
From this reading Come, freely hop into mey pantry; Partake o' mey puir holsome fare; Tho' seldom I bwoast of a dainty.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Come, freely hop into mey pantry; Partake o' mey puir holsome fare; Tho' seldom I bwoast of a dainty.
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From this reading Noo Siddaw hes thrown a wheyte cap on, Agean I'll gie shelter to thee!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading REED ROBIN Come into mey cabin, reed Robin!
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Yet meyne, man or burd sal aye share.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Threyce welcome, blithe warbler, to me!
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From this reading REED ROBIN Come into mey cabin, reed Robin!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yet meyne, man or burd sal aye share.
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From this reading Noo Siddaw hes thrown a wheyte cap on, Agean I'll gie shelter to thee!
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 Come, freely hop into mey pantry; Partake o' mey puir holsome fare; Tho' seldom I bwoast of a dainty.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Come, freely hop into mey pantry; Partake o' mey puir holsome fare; Tho' seldom I bwoast of a dainty.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Noo Siddaw hes thrown a wheyte cap on, Agean I'll gie shelter to thee!
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Yet meyne, man or burd sal aye share.
a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
From this reading Come, freely hop into mey pantry; Partake o' mey puir holsome fare; Tho' seldom I bwoast of a dainty.
have some of the qualities or attributes of something
From this reading Come, freely hop into mey pantry; Partake o' mey puir holsome fare; Tho' seldom I bwoast of a dainty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Come, freely hop into mey pantry; Partake o' mey puir holsome fare; Tho' seldom I bwoast of a dainty.
tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
From this reading REED ROBIN Come into mey cabin, reed Robin!
small Old World songbird with a reddish breast
From this reading REED ROBIN Come into mey cabin, reed Robin!
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From this reading Yet meyne, man or burd sal aye share.
not often
From this reading Come, freely hop into mey pantry; Partake o' mey puir holsome fare; Tho' seldom I bwoast of a dainty.
have in common
From this reading Yet meyne, man or burd sal aye share.
a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
From this reading Noo Siddaw hes thrown a wheyte cap on, Agean I'll gie shelter to thee!
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From this reading Noo Siddaw hes thrown a wheyte cap on, Agean I'll gie shelter to thee!
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Noo Siddaw hes thrown a wheyte cap on, Agean I'll gie shelter to thee!
a branch of the Tai languages
From this reading Come, freely hop into mey pantry; Partake o' mey puir holsome fare; Tho' seldom I bwoast of a dainty.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Threyce welcome, blithe warbler, to me!
caused to fall to the ground
From this reading Noo Siddaw hes thrown a wheyte cap on, Agean I'll gie shelter to thee!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Threyce welcome, blithe warbler, to me!
a singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song
From this reading Threyce welcome, blithe warbler, to me!
accept gladly
From this reading Threyce welcome, blithe warbler, to me!
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From this reading Noo Siddaw hes thrown a wheyte cap on, Agean I'll gie shelter to thee!
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet meyne, man or burd sal aye share.
Chapter 10 of From John O'Groats to Land's End by John Anderton Naylor 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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