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Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British — Volume 3
Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British — Volume 3

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British — Volume 3 is here in full — 299 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By George [Editor] Gilfillan • Curated US English Learning Edition
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WOO'D, AND MARRIED, AND A'.
1 The bride cam' out o' the byre, And, O, as she dighted her cheeks!
'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'
Woo'd, and married, and a', Married, and woo'd, and a'!
And was she nae very weel off, That was woo'd, and married, and a'?
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Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British — Volume 3

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British — Volume 3 is here in full — 299 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/59 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
WOO'D, AND MARRIED, AND A'.
Line 2
1 The bride cam' out o' the byre, And, O, as she dighted her cheeks!
Line 3
'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'
Line 4
Woo'd, and married, and a', Married, and woo'd, and a'!
Line 5
And was she nae very weel off, That was woo'd, and married, and a'?

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

ado noun US /əˈduː/

a rapid active commotion

From this reading “'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
blankets noun US /ˈblæŋkəts/

plural of “blanket” — bedding that keeps a person warm in bed

From this reading “'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
borrow verb US /ˈbɑːroʊ/

get temporarily

From this reading “'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
bride noun US /braɪd/

a woman who has recently been married

From this reading “1 The bride cam' out o' the byre, And, O, as she dighted her cheeks!”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
cam noun US /kæm/

a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River

From this reading “1 The bride cam' out o' the byre, And, O, as she dighted her cheeks!”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
muckle noun US /ˈmʌkəl/

(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent

From this reading “'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
sheets noun US /ʃiːts/

plural of “sheet” — any broad thin expanse or surface

From this reading “'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Sirs noun US /sɜːrrz/

plural of “sir” — term of address for a man

From this reading “'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

All words in this reading · 42

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

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1

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading 1 The bride cam' out o' the byre, And, O, as she dighted her cheeks!

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AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading WOO'D, AND MARRIED, AND A'.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
adonounUS /əˈduː/

a rapid active commotion

From this reading 'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading WOO'D, AND MARRIED, AND A'.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading 1 The bride cam' out o' the byre, And, O, as she dighted her cheeks!

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading 'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
blanketsnounUS /ˈblæŋkəts/

plural of “blanket” — bedding that keeps a person warm in bed

From this reading 'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
borrowverbUS /ˈbɑːroʊ/

get temporarily

From this reading 'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
bridenounUS /braɪd/

a woman who has recently been married

From this reading 1 The bride cam' out o' the byre, And, O, as she dighted her cheeks!

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
byrenoun

a barn for cows

From this reading 1 The bride cam' out o' the byre, And, O, as she dighted her cheeks!

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
camnounUS /kæm/

a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River

From this reading 1 The bride cam' out o' the byre, And, O, as she dighted her cheeks!

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
cheeksnounUS /tʃiːks/

plural of “cheek” — either side of the face below the eyes

From this reading 1 The bride cam' out o' the byre, And, O, as she dighted her cheeks!

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
coverletnoun

a decorative bedspread (usually quilted)

From this reading 'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
dightedadjective

dressed or adorned (as for battle)

From this reading 1 The bride cam' out o' the byre, And, O, as she dighted her cheeks!

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
e'enadverb

even

From this reading 'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading 'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading 'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading 1 The bride cam' out o' the byre, And, O, as she dighted her cheeks!

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
I'm

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading 'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'

Pending verification
MARRIEDadjectiveUS /ˈmerid/

joined in matrimony

From this reading WOO'D, AND MARRIED, AND A'.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
mucklenounUS /ˈmʌkəl/

(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent

From this reading 'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
nae

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading And was she nae very weel off, That was woo'd, and married, and a'?

Pending verification
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/

not one and not the other of two

From this reading 'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
nightnounUS /naɪt/

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading 'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading 'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
onounUS /oʊ/

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 1 The bride cam' out o' the byre, And, O, as she dighted her cheeks!

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
offadverbUS /ɔːf/

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading And was she nae very weel off, That was woo'd, and married, and a'?

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
outadjectiveUS /aʊt/

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading 1 The bride cam' out o' the byre, And, O, as she dighted her cheeks!

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
rightadverbUS /raɪt/

precisely, exactly

From this reading 'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
scarceadverbUS /skers/

only a very short time before

From this reading 'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading 1 The bride cam' out o' the byre, And, O, as she dighted her cheeks!

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
sheetsnounUS /ʃiːts/

plural of “sheet” — any broad thin expanse or surface

From this reading 'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
SirsnounUS /sɜːrrz/

plural of “sir” — term of address for a man

From this reading 'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading 'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading 1 The bride cam' out o' the byre, And, O, as she dighted her cheeks!

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
thingnounUS /θɪŋ/

a special situation

From this reading 'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading 'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
tooadverbUS /tuː/

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading 'Sirs, I'm to be married the night, And have neither blankets nor sheets; Have neither blankets nor sheets, Nor scarce a coverlet too; The bride that has a' thing to borrow, Has e'en right muckle ado.'

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
veryadjectiveUS /ˈveri/

precisely as stated

From this reading And was she nae very weel off, That was woo'd, and married, and a'?

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading And was she nae very weel off, That was woo'd, and married, and a'?

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
weel

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading And was she nae very weel off, That was woo'd, and married, and a'?

Pending verification
WOO'D

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading WOO'D, AND MARRIED, AND A'.

Pending verification

Chapter 9 of Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British — Volume 3 by George [Editor] Gilfillan holds 299 sentences, grouped into 60 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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