aboot
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From this reading ‘Verra weel, lassie! ye ken what ye’re aboot, and I s’ no interfere wi’ ye.
afore
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From this reading But, eh, ye’ll be tired afore ye win to yer bed!’
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading PHEMY’S CHAMPION When she had told all, Kirsty rose, and laying aside the stocking, said, ‘I maun awa to Weelset, mother.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading PHEMY’S CHAMPION When she had told all, Kirsty rose, and laying aside the stocking, said, ‘I maun awa to Weelset, mother.
on or to one side
From this reading PHEMY’S CHAMPION When she had told all, Kirsty rose, and laying aside the stocking, said, ‘I maun awa to Weelset, mother.
awa
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From this reading PHEMY’S CHAMPION When she had told all, Kirsty rose, and laying aside the stocking, said, ‘I maun awa to Weelset, mother.
bairnnoun
a child: son or daughter
From this reading I promised the bairn I would lat Francie ken whaur she was, and gie him the chance o’ sayin his say til her.’
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But, eh, ye’ll be tired afore ye win to yer bed!’
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading But, eh, ye’ll be tired afore ye win to yer bed!’
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, eh, ye’ll be tired afore ye win to yer bed!’
CHAMPIONnounUS /ˈtʃæmpiən/
someone who has won first place in a competition
From this reading PHEMY’S CHAMPION When she had told all, Kirsty rose, and laying aside the stocking, said, ‘I maun awa to Weelset, mother.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading I promised the bairn I would lat Francie ken whaur she was, and gie him the chance o’ sayin his say til her.’
eh
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Francie
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From this reading I promised the bairn I would lat Francie ken whaur she was, and gie him the chance o’ sayin his say til her.’
gie
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From this reading I promised the bairn I would lat Francie ken whaur she was, and gie him the chance o’ sayin his say til her.’
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
From this reading ‘I’ll no tramp it, mother; I’ll tak the gray mear.’
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading PHEMY’S CHAMPION When she had told all, Kirsty rose, and laying aside the stocking, said, ‘I maun awa to Weelset, mother.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I promised the bairn I would lat Francie ken whaur she was, and gie him the chance o’ sayin his say til her.’
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I promised the bairn I would lat Francie ken whaur she was, and gie him the chance o’ sayin his say til her.’
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I promised the bairn I would lat Francie ken whaur she was, and gie him the chance o’ sayin his say til her.’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading PHEMY’S CHAMPION When she had told all, Kirsty rose, and laying aside the stocking, said, ‘I maun awa to Weelset, mother.
I'll
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From this reading ‘I’ll no tramp it, mother; I’ll tak the gray mear.’
interfereverbUS /ˌɪntərˈfɪr/
come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle
From this reading ‘Verra weel, lassie! ye ken what ye’re aboot, and I s’ no interfere wi’ ye.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ‘I’ll no tramp it, mother; I’ll tak the gray mear.’
kennounUS /ken/
range of what one can know or understand
From this reading I promised the bairn I would lat Francie ken whaur she was, and gie him the chance o’ sayin his say til her.’
Kirsty
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From this reading PHEMY’S CHAMPION When she had told all, Kirsty rose, and laying aside the stocking, said, ‘I maun awa to Weelset, mother.
lassienounUS /ˈlæsi/
a girl or young woman who is unmarried
From this reading ‘Verra weel, lassie! ye ken what ye’re aboot, and I s’ no interfere wi’ ye.
latnounUS /lɑːt/
a broad flat muscle on either side of the back
From this reading I promised the bairn I would lat Francie ken whaur she was, and gie him the chance o’ sayin his say til her.’
the production of eggs (especially in birds)
From this reading PHEMY’S CHAMPION When she had told all, Kirsty rose, and laying aside the stocking, said, ‘I maun awa to Weelset, mother.
maun
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From this reading PHEMY’S CHAMPION When she had told all, Kirsty rose, and laying aside the stocking, said, ‘I maun awa to Weelset, mother.
mear
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From this reading ‘I’ll no tramp it, mother; I’ll tak the gray mear.’
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading PHEMY’S CHAMPION When she had told all, Kirsty rose, and laying aside the stocking, said, ‘I maun awa to Weelset, mother.
not any; not one
From this reading ‘Verra weel, lassie! ye ken what ye’re aboot, and I s’ no interfere wi’ ye.
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 I promised the bairn I would lat Francie ken whaur she was, and gie him the chance o’ sayin his say til her.’
PHEMY'S
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From this reading PHEMY’S CHAMPION When she had told all, Kirsty rose, and laying aside the stocking, said, ‘I maun awa to Weelset, mother.
past form of “promise” — make a promise or commitment
From this reading I promised the bairn I would lat Francie ken whaur she was, and gie him the chance o’ sayin his say til her.’
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading PHEMY’S CHAMPION When she had told all, Kirsty rose, and laying aside the stocking, said, ‘I maun awa to Weelset, mother.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading ‘Verra weel, lassie! ye ken what ye’re aboot, and I s’ no interfere wi’ ye.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading PHEMY’S CHAMPION When she had told all, Kirsty rose, and laying aside the stocking, said, ‘I maun awa to Weelset, mother.
express in words
From this reading I promised the bairn I would lat Francie ken whaur she was, and gie him the chance o’ sayin his say til her.’
sayin
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From this reading I promised the bairn I would lat Francie ken whaur she was, and gie him the chance o’ sayin his say til her.’
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading PHEMY’S CHAMPION When she had told all, Kirsty rose, and laying aside the stocking, said, ‘I maun awa to Weelset, mother.
stockingnounUS /ˈstɑːkɪŋ/
close-fitting hosiery to cover the foot and leg; come in matched pairs (usually used in the plural)
From this reading PHEMY’S CHAMPION When she had told all, Kirsty rose, and laying aside the stocking, said, ‘I maun awa to Weelset, mother.
tak
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From this reading ‘I’ll no tramp it, mother; I’ll tak the gray mear.’
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PHEMY’S CHAMPION When she had told all, Kirsty rose, and laying aside the stocking, said, ‘I maun awa to Weelset, mother.
til
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From this reading I promised the bairn I would lat Francie ken whaur she was, and gie him the chance o’ sayin his say til her.’
tiredadjectiveUS /ˈtaɪərd/
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading But, eh, ye’ll be tired afore ye win to yer bed!’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading PHEMY’S CHAMPION When she had told all, Kirsty rose, and laying aside the stocking, said, ‘I maun awa to Weelset, mother.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading PHEMY’S CHAMPION When she had told all, Kirsty rose, and laying aside the stocking, said, ‘I maun awa to Weelset, mother.
trampnounUS /træmp/
a vagrant
From this reading ‘I’ll no tramp it, mother; I’ll tak the gray mear.’
Verra
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From this reading ‘Verra weel, lassie! ye ken what ye’re aboot, and I s’ no interfere wi’ ye.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I promised the bairn I would lat Francie ken whaur she was, and gie him the chance o’ sayin his say til her.’
weel
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From this reading ‘Verra weel, lassie! ye ken what ye’re aboot, and I s’ no interfere wi’ ye.
Weelset
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From this reading PHEMY’S CHAMPION When she had told all, Kirsty rose, and laying aside the stocking, said, ‘I maun awa to Weelset, mother.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ‘Verra weel, lassie! ye ken what ye’re aboot, and I s’ no interfere wi’ ye.
whaur
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From this reading I promised the bairn I would lat Francie ken whaur she was, and gie him the chance o’ sayin his say til her.’
at the time that
From this reading PHEMY’S CHAMPION When she had told all, Kirsty rose, and laying aside the stocking, said, ‘I maun awa to Weelset, mother.
winoun
a midwestern state in north central United States
From this reading ‘Verra weel, lassie! ye ken what ye’re aboot, and I s’ no interfere wi’ ye.
be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious
From this reading But, eh, ye’ll be tired afore ye win to yer bed!’
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I promised the bairn I would lat Francie ken whaur she was, and gie him the chance o’ sayin his say til her.’
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading ‘Verra weel, lassie! ye ken what ye’re aboot, and I s’ no interfere wi’ ye.
ye'll
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From this reading But, eh, ye’ll be tired afore ye win to yer bed!’
ye're
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From this reading ‘Verra weel, lassie! ye ken what ye’re aboot, and I s’ no interfere wi’ ye.
yer
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From this reading But, eh, ye’ll be tired afore ye win to yer bed!’
