Chapter 16 of The Scottish Cavalier — Volume 2 is here in full — 52 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of The Scottish Cavalier — Volume 2 is here in full — 52 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TRUST AND MISTRUST. March! march! why the deil do ye no march? Stand to your arms, my lads, fight in good order; Front about, ye musketteers, all When ye come to the English border. LESLY'S MARCH. As before related, the Scottish army advanced into England in three columns.
Chapter 16 of The Scottish Cavalier — Volume 2 is here in full — 52 sentences across 11 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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farther along in physical or mental development
From this reading “As before related, the Scottish army advanced into England in three columns.”
a line that indicates a boundary
From this reading “Stand to your arms, my lads, fight in good order; Front about, ye musketteers, all When ye come to the English border.”
plural of “column” — a line of units following one after another
From this reading “As before related, the Scottish army advanced into England in three columns.”
plural of “lad” — a boy or man
From this reading “Stand to your arms, my lads, fight in good order; Front about, ye musketteers, all When ye come to the English border.”
march in a procession
From this reading “March! march! why the deil do ye no march?”
regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
From this reading “TRUST AND MISTRUST.”
being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics
From this reading “As before related, the Scottish army advanced into England in three columns.”
the dialect of English used in Scotland
From this reading “As before related, the Scottish army advanced into England in three columns.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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In this reading “As before related, the Scottish army advanced into England in three columns.”
In this reading “Stand to your arms, my lads, fight in good order; Front about, ye musketteers, all When ye come to the English border.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Stand to your arms, my lads, fight in good order; Front about, ye musketteers, all When ye come to the English border.
farther along in physical or mental development
From this reading As before related, the Scottish army advanced into England in three columns.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Stand to your arms, my lads, fight in good order; Front about, ye musketteers, all When ye come to the English border.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading TRUST AND MISTRUST.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading Stand to your arms, my lads, fight in good order; Front about, ye musketteers, all When ye come to the English border.
a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
From this reading As before related, the Scottish army advanced into England in three columns.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As before related, the Scottish army advanced into England in three columns.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading As before related, the Scottish army advanced into England in three columns.
a line that indicates a boundary
From this reading Stand to your arms, my lads, fight in good order; Front about, ye musketteers, all When ye come to the English border.
plural of “column” — a line of units following one after another
From this reading As before related, the Scottish army advanced into England in three columns.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Stand to your arms, my lads, fight in good order; Front about, ye musketteers, all When ye come to the English border.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading March! march! why the deil do ye no march?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading March! march! why the deil do ye no march?
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading As before related, the Scottish army advanced into England in three columns.
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading Stand to your arms, my lads, fight in good order; Front about, ye musketteers, all When ye come to the English border.
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading Stand to your arms, my lads, fight in good order; Front about, ye musketteers, all When ye come to the English border.
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading Stand to your arms, my lads, fight in good order; Front about, ye musketteers, all When ye come to the English border.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Stand to your arms, my lads, fight in good order; Front about, ye musketteers, all When ye come to the English border.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Stand to your arms, my lads, fight in good order; Front about, ye musketteers, all When ye come to the English border.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading As before related, the Scottish army advanced into England in three columns.
plural of “lad” — a boy or man
From this reading Stand to your arms, my lads, fight in good order; Front about, ye musketteers, all When ye come to the English border.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LESLY'S MARCH.
march in a procession
From this reading March! march! why the deil do ye no march?
regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
From this reading TRUST AND MISTRUST.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Stand to your arms, my lads, fight in good order; Front about, ye musketteers, all When ye come to the English border.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Stand to your arms, my lads, fight in good order; Front about, ye musketteers, all When ye come to the English border.
not any; not one
From this reading March! march! why the deil do ye no march?
(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading Stand to your arms, my lads, fight in good order; Front about, ye musketteers, all When ye come to the English border.
being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics
From this reading As before related, the Scottish army advanced into England in three columns.
the dialect of English used in Scotland
From this reading As before related, the Scottish army advanced into England in three columns.
be standing; be upright
From this reading Stand to your arms, my lads, fight in good order; Front about, ye musketteers, all When ye come to the English border.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading March! march! why the deil do ye no march?
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading As before related, the Scottish army advanced into England in three columns.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Stand to your arms, my lads, fight in good order; Front about, ye musketteers, all When ye come to the English border.
something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)
From this reading TRUST AND MISTRUST.
at the time that
From this reading Stand to your arms, my lads, fight in good order; Front about, ye musketteers, all When ye come to the English border.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading March! march! why the deil do ye no march?
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading March! march! why the deil do ye no march?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Stand to your arms, my lads, fight in good order; Front about, ye musketteers, all When ye come to the English border.
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