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Chapter XL
What tragic tears bedim the eye! What deaths we suffer ere we die! Our broken friendships we deplore, And loves of youth that are no more. LOGAN. Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Our broken friendships we deplore, And loves of youth that are no more.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.””
an old word for “before”
From this reading “What deaths we suffer ere we die!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.””
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.””
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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 Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Our broken friendships we deplore, And loves of youth that are no more.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Our broken friendships we deplore, And loves of youth that are no more.
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From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
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From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
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From this reading What tragic tears bedim the eye!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Our broken friendships we deplore, And loves of youth that are no more.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
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From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
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From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
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From this reading What deaths we suffer ere we die!
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From this reading Our broken friendships we deplore, And loves of youth that are no more.
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From this reading What deaths we suffer ere we die!
an old word for “before”
From this reading What deaths we suffer ere we die!
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From this reading What tragic tears bedim the eye!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
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From this reading Our broken friendships we deplore, And loves of youth that are no more.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
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From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
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From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
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From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
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From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
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From this reading LOGAN.
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From this reading Our broken friendships we deplore, And loves of youth that are no more.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
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From this reading Our broken friendships we deplore, And loves of youth that are no more.
not any; not one
From this reading Our broken friendships we deplore, And loves of youth that are no more.
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From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Our broken friendships we deplore, And loves of youth that are no more.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our broken friendships we deplore, And loves of youth that are no more.
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From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
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From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
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From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
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From this reading What deaths we suffer ere we die!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
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From this reading What tragic tears bedim the eye!
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Our broken friendships we deplore, And loves of youth that are no more.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What tragic tears bedim the eye!
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
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From this reading What tragic tears bedim the eye!
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From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
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From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading What deaths we suffer ere we die!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What tragic tears bedim the eye!
in the company of; together with
From this reading Cuddie soon returned, assuring the stranger, with a cheerful voice, “that the horse was properly suppered up, and that the gudewife should make a bed up for him at the house, mair purpose-like and comfortable than the like o’ them could gie him.”
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From this reading Our broken friendships we deplore, And loves of youth that are no more.
