Chapter 22 of The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 4 (of 5) is here in full — 521 sentences across 105 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 4 (of 5) is here in full — 521 sentences across 105 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
11^3. To leave the Earl o Cumbernauld. 12^2. sorry, laddie. 12^{3,4}. The thing that’s afore us we maun endure, So what need I be sorry, laddie?
Chapter 22 of The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 4 (of 5) is here in full — 521 sentences across 105 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
From this reading “To leave the Earl o Cumbernauld.”
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
From this reading “The thing that’s afore us we maun endure, So what need I be sorry, laddie?”
go away from a place
From this reading “To leave the Earl o Cumbernauld.”
a condition requiring relief
From this reading “The thing that’s afore us we maun endure, So what need I be sorry, laddie?”
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading “12^2. sorry, laddie.”
a special situation
From this reading “The thing that’s afore us we maun endure, So what need I be sorry, laddie?”
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From this reading 11^3.
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From this reading 12^2. sorry, laddie.
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From this reading 12^2. sorry, laddie.
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From this reading 11^3.
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From this reading 12^{3,4}.
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From this reading The thing that’s afore us we maun endure, So what need I be sorry, laddie?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The thing that’s afore us we maun endure, So what need I be sorry, laddie?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To leave the Earl o Cumbernauld.
a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount
From this reading To leave the Earl o Cumbernauld.
put up with something or somebody unpleasant
From this reading The thing that’s afore us we maun endure, So what need I be sorry, laddie?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The thing that’s afore us we maun endure, So what need I be sorry, laddie?
a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy)
From this reading 12^2. sorry, laddie.
go away from a place
From this reading To leave the Earl o Cumbernauld.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The thing that’s afore us we maun endure, So what need I be sorry, laddie?
a condition requiring relief
From this reading The thing that’s afore us we maun endure, So what need I be sorry, laddie?
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 To leave the Earl o Cumbernauld.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The thing that’s afore us we maun endure, So what need I be sorry, laddie?
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading 12^2. sorry, laddie.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The thing that’s afore us we maun endure, So what need I be sorry, laddie?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To leave the Earl o Cumbernauld.
a special situation
From this reading The thing that’s afore us we maun endure, So what need I be sorry, laddie?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To leave the Earl o Cumbernauld.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The thing that’s afore us we maun endure, So what need I be sorry, laddie?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The thing that’s afore us we maun endure, So what need I be sorry, laddie?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The thing that’s afore us we maun endure, So what need I be sorry, laddie?
Chapter 22 of The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 4 (of 5) by Francis James [Editor] Child holds 521 sentences, grouped into 105 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.
Chapter 22 holds 521 sentences of The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 4 (of 5), unabridged, divided into 105 reading sections.
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