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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 Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
ain
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From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
BALLAD
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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
best
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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
blaw
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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
bower
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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
break
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From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?
bred
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From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?
bright
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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
cause
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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
clad
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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
coldness
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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
common
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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
company
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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
cousin
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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
day
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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
deemed
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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
dressed
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From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?
e'en
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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
farthest
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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
fed
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From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?
fiend
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From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.
founder
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From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
friends
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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
Hae
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From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?
hand
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From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
Hobbie
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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
homeward
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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
horse
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From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
I'll
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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
impatiently
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From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
Incensed
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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
interested
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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
kinsman
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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
ladye's
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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
lave
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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
like
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From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.
mair
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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
nearly
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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
neck
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From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?
night
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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?
now
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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
o
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From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
off
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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
OLD
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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
over-fatigued
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From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.
regard
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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
removed
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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.
road
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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
roses
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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
said
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From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.
seek
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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
served
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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
shaken
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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
show
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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
snapper
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From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?
snaw
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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
solitary
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From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
spurred
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From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.
stumbling
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From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.
sun
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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
sweet
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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
ten
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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
theepronounUS /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
thief
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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “The fiend founder thee!” said he, as he spurred impatiently his over-fatigued and stumbling horse; “thou art like a’ the rest o’ them.
thou'rt
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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
times
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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
utmost
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From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?
wad
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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
Westburnflat
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From this reading But thou’rt e’en like the lave--the farthest off o’ them a’ is my cousin ten times removed, and day or night I wad hae served them wi’ my best blood; and now, I think they show mair regard to the common thief of Westburnflat than to their ain kinsman.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Incensed at what he deemed the coldness of his friends, in a cause which interested him so nearly, Hobbie had shaken himself free of their company, and was now on his solitary road homeward.
wi
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From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?
wouldstmodal verbUS /wʊdst/
an old form of “would”, used with “thou”
From this reading Hae I not bred thee, and fed thee, and dressed thee wi’ mine ain hand, and wouldst thou snapper now and break my neck at my utmost need?
wreaths
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From this reading I left my ladye’s bower last night-- It was clad in wreaths of snaw,-- I’ll seek it when the sun is bright, And sweet the roses blaw.--OLD BALLAD.
