Chapter 30 of The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 3 (of 5) is here in full — 692 sentences across 139 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 30 of The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 3 (of 5) is here in full — 692 sentences across 139 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’ ‘O had yer hand a while!
Chapter 30 of The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 3 (of 5) is here in full — 692 sentences across 139 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
From this reading “‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’”
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading “‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’”
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading “‘O had yer hand a while!”
ten 10s
From this reading “‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’”
during the time that
From this reading “‘O had yer hand a while!”
the basic unit of money in South Korea
From this reading “‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’”
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the cardinal number that is the product of one hundred and five
In this reading “‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’”
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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 ‘O had yer hand a while!
a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
From this reading ‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading ‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading ‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’
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From this reading ‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading ‘O had yer hand a while!
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading ‘O had yer hand a while!
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From this reading ‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’
move hurridly
From this reading ‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’
ten 10s
From this reading ‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading ‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’
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 ‘O had yer hand a while!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading ‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading ‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’
during the time that
From this reading ‘O had yer hand a while!
the basic unit of money in South Korea
From this reading ‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading ‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Ye’s get nane of my goud, Nor of my well won fee, For I would gie five hundred pown To see ye hangit hie.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘O had yer hand a while!
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