Chapter VI
BRIAN TAKES CAPTIVES. "_Failte abhaile!_ Welcome, Yellow Brian!" "So you won back before me, eh?" Brian swung down from his horse and gripped hands with old Turlough Wolf. "Get the men camped, Cathbarr, then join us."
Nuala O'Malley
Chapter VI
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BRIAN
TAKES
CAPTIVES.
"_Failte
abhaile!_
Welcome,
Yellow
Brian!"
"So
you
won
back
before
me,
eh?"
Brian
swung
down
from
his
horse
and
gripped
hands
with
old
Turlough
Wolf.
"Get
the
men
camped,
Cathbarr,
then
join
us."
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
BRIAN
TAKES
CAPTIVES.
Line 2
"_Failte
abhaile!_
Welcome,
Yellow
Brian!"
Line 3
"So
you
won
back
before
me,
eh?"
Line 4
Brian
swung
down
from
his
horse
and
gripped
hands
with
old
Turlough
Wolf.
Line 5
"Get
the
men
camped,
Cathbarr,
then
join
us."
Learner Dictionary
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Before
preposition
US /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “"So you won back before me, eh?"”
Hands
plural noun
US /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “Brian swung down from his horse and gripped hands with old Turlough Wolf.”
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abhaile
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From this reading "_Failte abhaile!_ Welcome, Yellow Brian!"
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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back
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beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "So you won back before me, eh?"
BRIAN
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camped
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CAPTIVES
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From this reading BRIAN TAKES CAPTIVES.
Cathbarr
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down
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eh
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Failte
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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Brian swung down from his horse and gripped hands with old Turlough Wolf.
Get
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gripped
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handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Brian swung down from his horse and gripped hands with old Turlough Wolf.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Brian swung down from his horse and gripped hands with old Turlough Wolf.
horse
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From this reading Brian swung down from his horse and gripped hands with old Turlough Wolf.
join
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From this reading "Get the men camped, Cathbarr, then join us."
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "So you won back before me, eh?"
men
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old
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SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So you won back before me, eh?"
swung
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From this reading Brian swung down from his horse and gripped hands with old Turlough Wolf.
TAKES
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From this reading BRIAN TAKES CAPTIVES.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Get the men camped, Cathbarr, then join us."
then
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Turlough
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From this reading Brian swung down from his horse and gripped hands with old Turlough Wolf.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Get the men camped, Cathbarr, then join us."
Welcome
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From this reading "_Failte abhaile!_ Welcome, Yellow Brian!"
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Brian swung down from his horse and gripped hands with old Turlough Wolf.
Wolf
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From this reading Brian swung down from his horse and gripped hands with old Turlough Wolf.
won
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Yellow
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From this reading "_Failte abhaile!_ Welcome, Yellow Brian!"
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "So you won back before me, eh?"