Chapter 16 of The Clever Woman of the Family is here in full — 299 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Clever Woman of the Family is here in full — 299 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“And there will be auld Geordie Tanner, Who coft a young wife wi’ his gowd.” JOANNA BAILLIE. “Mamma,” quoth Leoline, “I thought a woman must not marry her grandfather. And she called him the patriarch of her clan.” “He is a cross old man,” added Hubert.
Chapter 16 of The Clever Woman of the Family is here in full — 299 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a Scottish word
From this reading ““And there will be auld Geordie Tanner, Who coft a young wife wi’ his gowd.””
group of people related by blood or marriage
From this reading “And she called him the patriarch of her clan.””
travel across or pass over
From this reading ““He is a cross old man,” added Hubert.”
a native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
From this reading ““And there will be auld Geordie Tanner, Who coft a young wife wi’ his gowd.””
the father of your father or mother
From this reading ““Mamma,” quoth Leoline, “I thought a woman must not marry her grandfather.”
informal terms for a mother
From this reading ““Mamma,” quoth Leoline, “I thought a woman must not marry her grandfather.”
title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)
From this reading “And she called him the patriarch of her clan.””
a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
From this reading ““And there will be auld Geordie Tanner, Who coft a young wife wi’ his gowd.””
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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 “And there will be auld Geordie Tanner, Who coft a young wife wi’ his gowd.”
past form of “add” — make an addition (to); join or combine or unite with others; increase the quality, quantity, size or scope of
From this reading “He is a cross old man,” added Hubert.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And there will be auld Geordie Tanner, Who coft a young wife wi’ his gowd.”
a Scottish word
From this reading “And there will be auld Geordie Tanner, Who coft a young wife wi’ his gowd.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JOANNA BAILLIE.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “And there will be auld Geordie Tanner, Who coft a young wife wi’ his gowd.”
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading And she called him the patriarch of her clan.”
group of people related by blood or marriage
From this reading And she called him the patriarch of her clan.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And there will be auld Geordie Tanner, Who coft a young wife wi’ his gowd.”
travel across or pass over
From this reading “He is a cross old man,” added Hubert.
a native of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
From this reading “And there will be auld Geordie Tanner, Who coft a young wife wi’ his gowd.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “And there will be auld Geordie Tanner, Who coft a young wife wi’ his gowd.”
the father of your father or mother
From this reading “Mamma,” quoth Leoline, “I thought a woman must not marry her grandfather.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “He is a cross old man,” added Hubert.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Mamma,” quoth Leoline, “I thought a woman must not marry her grandfather.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And she called him the patriarch of her clan.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “And there will be auld Geordie Tanner, Who coft a young wife wi’ his gowd.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “He is a cross old man,” added Hubert.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Mamma,” quoth Leoline, “I thought a woman must not marry her grandfather.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “He is a cross old man,” added Hubert.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JOANNA BAILLIE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Mamma,” quoth Leoline, “I thought a woman must not marry her grandfather.
informal terms for a mother
From this reading “Mamma,” quoth Leoline, “I thought a woman must not marry her grandfather.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “He is a cross old man,” added Hubert.
take in marriage
From this reading “Mamma,” quoth Leoline, “I thought a woman must not marry her grandfather.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Mamma,” quoth Leoline, “I thought a woman must not marry her grandfather.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Mamma,” quoth Leoline, “I thought a woman must not marry her grandfather.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And she called him the patriarch of her clan.”
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading “He is a cross old man,” added Hubert.
title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)
From this reading And she called him the patriarch of her clan.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Mamma,” quoth Leoline, “I thought a woman must not marry her grandfather.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And she called him the patriarch of her clan.”
a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not minted since 1970
From this reading “And there will be auld Geordie Tanner, Who coft a young wife wi’ his gowd.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And she called him the patriarch of her clan.”
in or at that place or location
From this reading “And there will be auld Geordie Tanner, Who coft a young wife wi’ his gowd.”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “Mamma,” quoth Leoline, “I thought a woman must not marry her grandfather.
which person or people
From this reading “And there will be auld Geordie Tanner, Who coft a young wife wi’ his gowd.”
a midwestern state in north central United States
From this reading “And there will be auld Geordie Tanner, Who coft a young wife wi’ his gowd.”
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading “And there will be auld Geordie Tanner, Who coft a young wife wi’ his gowd.”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “And there will be auld Geordie Tanner, Who coft a young wife wi’ his gowd.”
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “Mamma,” quoth Leoline, “I thought a woman must not marry her grandfather.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading “And there will be auld Geordie Tanner, Who coft a young wife wi’ his gowd.”
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