the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading ‘But, eh! what am I to du wantin ye, Kirsty?’ moaned her mother.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘He’s come in sicht o’ ’s high callin, and it’s no possible for ye langer to refuse him.’
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading ‘Ye min’, mother,’ answered Kirsty, ‘hoo I wad be oot the lang day wi’ Steenie, and ye never thoucht ye hadna me!’
bairnnoun
a child: son or daughter
From this reading ‘Ye du richt, my bairn,’ said her father.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading ‘Ye min’, mother,’ answered Kirsty, ‘hoo I wad be oot the lang day wi’ Steenie, and ye never thoucht ye hadna me!’
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading ‘But, eh! what am I to du wantin ye, Kirsty?’ moaned her mother.
callin
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From this reading ‘He’s come in sicht o’ ’s high callin, and it’s no possible for ye langer to refuse him.’
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading ‘He’s come in sicht o’ ’s high callin, and it’s no possible for ye langer to refuse him.’
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading ‘Ye min’, mother,’ answered Kirsty, ‘hoo I wad be oot the lang day wi’ Steenie, and ye never thoucht ye hadna me!’
du
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From this reading ‘Ye du richt, my bairn,’ said her father.
eh
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From this reading ‘But, eh! what am I to du wantin ye, Kirsty?’ moaned her mother.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading ‘Ye du richt, my bairn,’ said her father.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ‘He’s come in sicht o’ ’s high callin, and it’s no possible for ye langer to refuse him.’
Francie
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From this reading KIRSTY’S TOCHER The next morning, Kirsty told her parents that she was going to marry Francie.
the act of departing
From this reading KIRSTY’S TOCHER The next morning, Kirsty told her parents that she was going to marry Francie.
hadna
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From this reading ‘Ye min’, mother,’ answered Kirsty, ‘hoo I wad be oot the lang day wi’ Steenie, and ye never thoucht ye hadna me!’
He's
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From this reading ‘He’s come in sicht o’ ’s high callin, and it’s no possible for ye langer to refuse him.’
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading KIRSTY’S TOCHER The next morning, Kirsty told her parents that she was going to marry Francie.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading ‘He’s come in sicht o’ ’s high callin, and it’s no possible for ye langer to refuse him.’
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘He’s come in sicht o’ ’s high callin, and it’s no possible for ye langer to refuse him.’
hoo
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From this reading ‘Ye min’, mother,’ answered Kirsty, ‘hoo I wad be oot the lang day wi’ Steenie, and ye never thoucht ye hadna me!’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘But, eh! what am I to du wantin ye, Kirsty?’ moaned her mother.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ‘He’s come in sicht o’ ’s high callin, and it’s no possible for ye langer to refuse him.’
it's
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From this reading ‘He’s come in sicht o’ ’s high callin, and it’s no possible for ye langer to refuse him.’
Kirsty
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From this reading KIRSTY’S TOCHER The next morning, Kirsty told her parents that she was going to marry Francie.
KIRSTY'S
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From this reading KIRSTY’S TOCHER The next morning, Kirsty told her parents that she was going to marry Francie.
lang
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From this reading ‘Ye min’, mother,’ answered Kirsty, ‘hoo I wad be oot the lang day wi’ Steenie, and ye never thoucht ye hadna me!’
langer
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From this reading ‘He’s come in sicht o’ ’s high callin, and it’s no possible for ye langer to refuse him.’
take in marriage
From this reading KIRSTY’S TOCHER The next morning, Kirsty told her parents that she was going to marry Francie.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ‘Ye min’, mother,’ answered Kirsty, ‘hoo I wad be oot the lang day wi’ Steenie, and ye never thoucht ye hadna me!’
minnounUS /mɪn/
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading ‘Ye min’, mother,’ answered Kirsty, ‘hoo I wad be oot the lang day wi’ Steenie, and ye never thoucht ye hadna me!’
moanedverbUS /moʊnd/
past form of “moan” — indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure
From this reading ‘But, eh! what am I to du wantin ye, Kirsty?’ moaned her mother.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading KIRSTY’S TOCHER The next morning, Kirsty told her parents that she was going to marry Francie.
a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
From this reading ‘But, eh! what am I to du wantin ye, Kirsty?’ moaned her mother.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘Ye du richt, my bairn,’ said her father.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading ‘Ye min’, mother,’ answered Kirsty, ‘hoo I wad be oot the lang day wi’ Steenie, and ye never thoucht ye hadna me!’
immediately following in time or order
From this reading KIRSTY’S TOCHER The next morning, Kirsty told her parents that she was going to marry Francie.
not any; not one
From this reading ‘He’s come in sicht o’ ’s high callin, and it’s no possible for ye langer to refuse him.’
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 ‘He’s come in sicht o’ ’s high callin, and it’s no possible for ye langer to refuse him.’
oot
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From this reading ‘Ye min’, mother,’ answered Kirsty, ‘hoo I wad be oot the lang day wi’ Steenie, and ye never thoucht ye hadna me!’
plural of “parent” — a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
From this reading KIRSTY’S TOCHER The next morning, Kirsty told her parents that she was going to marry Francie.
capable of happening or existing
From this reading ‘He’s come in sicht o’ ’s high callin, and it’s no possible for ye langer to refuse him.’
show unwillingness towards
From this reading ‘He’s come in sicht o’ ’s high callin, and it’s no possible for ye langer to refuse him.’
richt
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From this reading ‘Ye du richt, my bairn,’ said her father.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading ‘He’s come in sicht o’ ’s high callin, and it’s no possible for ye langer to refuse him.’
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading ‘Ye du richt, my bairn,’ said her father.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading KIRSTY’S TOCHER The next morning, Kirsty told her parents that she was going to marry Francie.
sicht
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From this reading ‘He’s come in sicht o’ ’s high callin, and it’s no possible for ye langer to refuse him.’
Steenie
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From this reading ‘Ye min’, mother,’ answered Kirsty, ‘hoo I wad be oot the lang day wi’ Steenie, and ye never thoucht ye hadna me!’
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading KIRSTY’S TOCHER The next morning, Kirsty told her parents that she was going to marry Francie.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading KIRSTY’S TOCHER The next morning, Kirsty told her parents that she was going to marry Francie.
thoucht
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From this reading ‘Ye min’, mother,’ answered Kirsty, ‘hoo I wad be oot the lang day wi’ Steenie, and ye never thoucht ye hadna me!’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading KIRSTY’S TOCHER The next morning, Kirsty told her parents that she was going to marry Francie.
TOCHER
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From this reading KIRSTY’S TOCHER The next morning, Kirsty told her parents that she was going to marry Francie.
inflected form of “tell” — express in words
From this reading KIRSTY’S TOCHER The next morning, Kirsty told her parents that she was going to marry Francie.
wadverbUS /wɑːd/
compress into a wad
From this reading ‘Ye min’, mother,’ answered Kirsty, ‘hoo I wad be oot the lang day wi’ Steenie, and ye never thoucht ye hadna me!’
wantin
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From this reading ‘But, eh! what am I to du wantin ye, Kirsty?’ moaned her mother.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading KIRSTY’S TOCHER The next morning, Kirsty told her parents that she was going to marry Francie.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ‘But, eh! what am I to du wantin ye, Kirsty?’ moaned her mother.
winoun
a midwestern state in north central United States
From this reading ‘Ye min’, mother,’ answered Kirsty, ‘hoo I wad be oot the lang day wi’ Steenie, and ye never thoucht ye hadna me!’
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading ‘Ye du richt, my bairn,’ said her father.
