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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 “I can’t for the life o’ me get her to work, Nor aw the lang Sunday to go near a kirk; Nor frae week en’ to week en’ a chapter to read, For the Bible ligs stoury abuin the duir-head.
abuin
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From this reading “I can’t for the life o’ me get her to work, Nor aw the lang Sunday to go near a kirk; Nor frae week en’ to week en’ a chapter to read, For the Bible ligs stoury abuin the duir-head.
act
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
all
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From this reading “She yence cud ha’e crammel’d and writ her awn neame, And Sunday and warday was teydey at heame: Now to see her whol’d stockin’s, her brat, and her gown, She’s a shem and a byzen to all the heale town.
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Them that’s fash’d wi’ nae bairns iver happy mun be, For we’ve yen, and she’s maister o’ baith thee and me.
Anderson
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
apartment
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “She yence cud ha’e crammel’d and writ her awn neame, And Sunday and warday was teydey at heame: Now to see her whol’d stockin’s, her brat, and her gown, She’s a shem and a byzen to all the heale town.
aw
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From this reading “I can’t for the life o’ me get her to work, Nor aw the lang Sunday to go near a kirk; Nor frae week en’ to week en’ a chapter to read, For the Bible ligs stoury abuin the duir-head.
awn
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From this reading “She yence cud ha’e crammel’d and writ her awn neame, And Sunday and warday was teydey at heame: Now to see her whol’d stockin’s, her brat, and her gown, She’s a shem and a byzen to all the heale town.
bairns
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From this reading “Them that’s fash’d wi’ nae bairns iver happy mun be, For we’ve yen, and she’s maister o’ baith thee and me.
baith
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From this reading “Them that’s fash’d wi’ nae bairns iver happy mun be, For we’ve yen, and she’s maister o’ baith thee and me.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Them that’s fash’d wi’ nae bairns iver happy mun be, For we’ve yen, and she’s maister o’ baith thee and me.
bed-room
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
best
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
Bible
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From this reading “I can’t for the life o’ me get her to work, Nor aw the lang Sunday to go near a kirk; Nor frae week en’ to week en’ a chapter to read, For the Bible ligs stoury abuin the duir-head.
brat
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From this reading “She yence cud ha’e crammel’d and writ her awn neame, And Sunday and warday was teydey at heame: Now to see her whol’d stockin’s, her brat, and her gown, She’s a shem and a byzen to all the heale town.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
byzen
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From this reading “She yence cud ha’e crammel’d and writ her awn neame, And Sunday and warday was teydey at heame: Now to see her whol’d stockin’s, her brat, and her gown, She’s a shem and a byzen to all the heale town.
can't
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From this reading “I can’t for the life o’ me get her to work, Nor aw the lang Sunday to go near a kirk; Nor frae week en’ to week en’ a chapter to read, For the Bible ligs stoury abuin the duir-head.
chapter
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From this reading “I can’t for the life o’ me get her to work, Nor aw the lang Sunday to go near a kirk; Nor frae week en’ to week en’ a chapter to read, For the Bible ligs stoury abuin the duir-head.
cleanliness
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
cleared
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
crammel'd
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From this reading “She yence cud ha’e crammel’d and writ her awn neame, And Sunday and warday was teydey at heame: Now to see her whol’d stockin’s, her brat, and her gown, She’s a shem and a byzen to all the heale town.
cud
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From this reading “She yence cud ha’e crammel’d and writ her awn neame, And Sunday and warday was teydey at heame: Now to see her whol’d stockin’s, her brat, and her gown, She’s a shem and a byzen to all the heale town.
curtains
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
doubts
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
dui
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From this reading “O wad she be guided, and stick to her wheel, There’s nane kens how fain I wad see her dui weel.”
duir-head
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From this reading “I can’t for the life o’ me get her to work, Nor aw the lang Sunday to go near a kirk; Nor frae week en’ to week en’ a chapter to read, For the Bible ligs stoury abuin the duir-head.
en
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From this reading “I can’t for the life o’ me get her to work, Nor aw the lang Sunday to go near a kirk; Nor frae week en’ to week en’ a chapter to read, For the Bible ligs stoury abuin the duir-head.
endless
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
fain
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From this reading “O wad she be guided, and stick to her wheel, There’s nane kens how fain I wad see her dui weel.”
fash'd
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From this reading “Them that’s fash’d wi’ nae bairns iver happy mun be, For we’ve yen, and she’s maister o’ baith thee and me.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Them that’s fash’d wi’ nae bairns iver happy mun be, For we’ve yen, and she’s maister o’ baith thee and me.
frae
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From this reading “I can’t for the life o’ me get her to work, Nor aw the lang Sunday to go near a kirk; Nor frae week en’ to week en’ a chapter to read, For the Bible ligs stoury abuin the duir-head.
Frenchmen
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
get
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From this reading “I can’t for the life o’ me get her to work, Nor aw the lang Sunday to go near a kirk; Nor frae week en’ to week en’ a chapter to read, For the Bible ligs stoury abuin the duir-head.
getting
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
go
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From this reading “I can’t for the life o’ me get her to work, Nor aw the lang Sunday to go near a kirk; Nor frae week en’ to week en’ a chapter to read, For the Bible ligs stoury abuin the duir-head.
gown
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From this reading “She yence cud ha’e crammel’d and writ her awn neame, And Sunday and warday was teydey at heame: Now to see her whol’d stockin’s, her brat, and her gown, She’s a shem and a byzen to all the heale town.
guided
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From this reading “O wad she be guided, and stick to her wheel, There’s nane kens how fain I wad see her dui weel.”
ha'e
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From this reading “She yence cud ha’e crammel’d and writ her awn neame, And Sunday and warday was teydey at heame: Now to see her whol’d stockin’s, her brat, and her gown, She’s a shem and a byzen to all the heale town.
happy
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From this reading “Them that’s fash’d wi’ nae bairns iver happy mun be, For we’ve yen, and she’s maister o’ baith thee and me.
heale
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From this reading “She yence cud ha’e crammel’d and writ her awn neame, And Sunday and warday was teydey at heame: Now to see her whol’d stockin’s, her brat, and her gown, She’s a shem and a byzen to all the heale town.
heame
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From this reading “She yence cud ha’e crammel’d and writ her awn neame, And Sunday and warday was teydey at heame: Now to see her whol’d stockin’s, her brat, and her gown, She’s a shem and a byzen to all the heale town.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “I can’t for the life o’ me get her to work, Nor aw the lang Sunday to go near a kirk; Nor frae week en’ to week en’ a chapter to read, For the Bible ligs stoury abuin the duir-head.
horrid
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
house
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
how
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From this reading “O wad she be guided, and stick to her wheel, There’s nane kens how fain I wad see her dui weel.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I can’t for the life o’ me get her to work, Nor aw the lang Sunday to go near a kirk; Nor frae week en’ to week en’ a chapter to read, For the Bible ligs stoury abuin the duir-head.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
infinity
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
iver
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From this reading “Them that’s fash’d wi’ nae bairns iver happy mun be, For we’ve yen, and she’s maister o’ baith thee and me.
kens
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From this reading “O wad she be guided, and stick to her wheel, There’s nane kens how fain I wad see her dui weel.”
kirk
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From this reading “I can’t for the life o’ me get her to work, Nor aw the lang Sunday to go near a kirk; Nor frae week en’ to week en’ a chapter to read, For the Bible ligs stoury abuin the duir-head.
lamentations
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
lang
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From this reading “I can’t for the life o’ me get her to work, Nor aw the lang Sunday to go near a kirk; Nor frae week en’ to week en’ a chapter to read, For the Bible ligs stoury abuin the duir-head.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I can’t for the life o’ me get her to work, Nor aw the lang Sunday to go near a kirk; Nor frae week en’ to week en’ a chapter to read, For the Bible ligs stoury abuin the duir-head.
ligs
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From this reading “I can’t for the life o’ me get her to work, Nor aw the lang Sunday to go near a kirk; Nor frae week en’ to week en’ a chapter to read, For the Bible ligs stoury abuin the duir-head.
maister
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From this reading “Them that’s fash’d wi’ nae bairns iver happy mun be, For we’ve yen, and she’s maister o’ baith thee and me.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Them that’s fash’d wi’ nae bairns iver happy mun be, For we’ve yen, and she’s maister o’ baith thee and me.
Miss
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
mun
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From this reading “Them that’s fash’d wi’ nae bairns iver happy mun be, For we’ve yen, and she’s maister o’ baith thee and me.
nae
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From this reading “Them that’s fash’d wi’ nae bairns iver happy mun be, For we’ve yen, and she’s maister o’ baith thee and me.
nane
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From this reading “O wad she be guided, and stick to her wheel, There’s nane kens how fain I wad see her dui weel.”
neame
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From this reading “She yence cud ha’e crammel’d and writ her awn neame, And Sunday and warday was teydey at heame: Now to see her whol’d stockin’s, her brat, and her gown, She’s a shem and a byzen to all the heale town.
near
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From this reading “I can’t for the life o’ me get her to work, Nor aw the lang Sunday to go near a kirk; Nor frae week en’ to week en’ a chapter to read, For the Bible ligs stoury abuin the duir-head.
NorconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading “I can’t for the life o’ me get her to work, Nor aw the lang Sunday to go near a kirk; Nor frae week en’ to week en’ a chapter to read, For the Bible ligs stoury abuin the duir-head.
Now
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From this reading “She yence cud ha’e crammel’d and writ her awn neame, And Sunday and warday was teydey at heame: Now to see her whol’d stockin’s, her brat, and her gown, She’s a shem and a byzen to all the heale town.
o
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From this reading “Them that’s fash’d wi’ nae bairns iver happy mun be, For we’ve yen, and she’s maister o’ baith thee and me.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
once
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
out
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
place
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
possibility
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
property
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
read
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From this reading “I can’t for the life o’ me get her to work, Nor aw the lang Sunday to go near a kirk; Nor frae week en’ to week en’ a chapter to read, For the Bible ligs stoury abuin the duir-head.
restoring
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
see
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From this reading “She yence cud ha’e crammel’d and writ her awn neame, And Sunday and warday was teydey at heame: Now to see her whol’d stockin’s, her brat, and her gown, She’s a shem and a byzen to all the heale town.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She yence cud ha’e crammel’d and writ her awn neame, And Sunday and warday was teydey at heame: Now to see her whol’d stockin’s, her brat, and her gown, She’s a shem and a byzen to all the heale town.
she's
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From this reading “Them that’s fash’d wi’ nae bairns iver happy mun be, For we’ve yen, and she’s maister o’ baith thee and me.
shem
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From this reading “She yence cud ha’e crammel’d and writ her awn neame, And Sunday and warday was teydey at heame: Now to see her whol’d stockin’s, her brat, and her gown, She’s a shem and a byzen to all the heale town.
smell
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
smoke
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
state
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
stick
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From this reading “O wad she be guided, and stick to her wheel, There’s nane kens how fain I wad see her dui weel.”
stockin's
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From this reading “She yence cud ha’e crammel’d and writ her awn neame, And Sunday and warday was teydey at heame: Now to see her whol’d stockin’s, her brat, and her gown, She’s a shem and a byzen to all the heale town.
stoury
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From this reading “I can’t for the life o’ me get her to work, Nor aw the lang Sunday to go near a kirk; Nor frae week en’ to week en’ a chapter to read, For the Bible ligs stoury abuin the duir-head.
Sunday
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From this reading “I can’t for the life o’ me get her to work, Nor aw the lang Sunday to go near a kirk; Nor frae week en’ to week en’ a chapter to read, For the Bible ligs stoury abuin the duir-head.
sweetness
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
teydey
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From this reading “She yence cud ha’e crammel’d and writ her awn neame, And Sunday and warday was teydey at heame: Now to see her whol’d stockin’s, her brat, and her gown, She’s a shem and a byzen to all the heale town.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
that's
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From this reading “Them that’s fash’d wi’ nae bairns iver happy mun be, For we’ve yen, and she’s maister o’ baith thee and me.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I can’t for the life o’ me get her to work, Nor aw the lang Sunday to go near a kirk; Nor frae week en’ to week en’ a chapter to read, For the Bible ligs stoury abuin the duir-head.
theepronounUS /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “Them that’s fash’d wi’ nae bairns iver happy mun be, For we’ve yen, and she’s maister o’ baith thee and me.
ThempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “Them that’s fash’d wi’ nae bairns iver happy mun be, For we’ve yen, and she’s maister o’ baith thee and me.
There's
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From this reading “O wad she be guided, and stick to her wheel, There’s nane kens how fain I wad see her dui weel.”
throw
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I can’t for the life o’ me get her to work, Nor aw the lang Sunday to go near a kirk; Nor frae week en’ to week en’ a chapter to read, For the Bible ligs stoury abuin the duir-head.
tobacconounUS /ˈtobacco/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
town
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From this reading “She yence cud ha’e crammel’d and writ her awn neame, And Sunday and warday was teydey at heame: Now to see her whol’d stockin’s, her brat, and her gown, She’s a shem and a byzen to all the heale town.
up
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
wad
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From this reading “O wad she be guided, and stick to her wheel, There’s nane kens how fain I wad see her dui weel.”
warday
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From this reading “She yence cud ha’e crammel’d and writ her awn neame, And Sunday and warday was teydey at heame: Now to see her whol’d stockin’s, her brat, and her gown, She’s a shem and a byzen to all the heale town.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “She yence cud ha’e crammel’d and writ her awn neame, And Sunday and warday was teydey at heame: Now to see her whol’d stockin’s, her brat, and her gown, She’s a shem and a byzen to all the heale town.
we've
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From this reading “Them that’s fash’d wi’ nae bairns iver happy mun be, For we’ve yen, and she’s maister o’ baith thee and me.
week
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From this reading “I can’t for the life o’ me get her to work, Nor aw the lang Sunday to go near a kirk; Nor frae week en’ to week en’ a chapter to read, For the Bible ligs stoury abuin the duir-head.
weel
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From this reading “O wad she be guided, and stick to her wheel, There’s nane kens how fain I wad see her dui weel.”
Wewitz's
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
wheel
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From this reading “O wad she be guided, and stick to her wheel, There’s nane kens how fain I wad see her dui weel.”
whol'd
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From this reading “She yence cud ha’e crammel’d and writ her awn neame, And Sunday and warday was teydey at heame: Now to see her whol’d stockin’s, her brat, and her gown, She’s a shem and a byzen to all the heale town.
wi
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From this reading “Them that’s fash’d wi’ nae bairns iver happy mun be, For we’ve yen, and she’s maister o’ baith thee and me.
Wife
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
windows
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
wonted
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From this reading “_O Wife,” by Anderson._ THE house once cleared of the Frenchmen, Miss Wewitz’s first act was to throw up all the windows of the best bed-room, amid an infinity of lamentations as to the state of her property in that apartment—and endless doubts as to the possibility of ever getting the smell of that horrid tobacco smoke out of the curtains, or restoring the place to its wonted cleanliness and sweetness.
work
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From this reading “I can’t for the life o’ me get her to work, Nor aw the lang Sunday to go near a kirk; Nor frae week en’ to week en’ a chapter to read, For the Bible ligs stoury abuin the duir-head.
writ
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From this reading “She yence cud ha’e crammel’d and writ her awn neame, And Sunday and warday was teydey at heame: Now to see her whol’d stockin’s, her brat, and her gown, She’s a shem and a byzen to all the heale town.
yen
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From this reading “Them that’s fash’d wi’ nae bairns iver happy mun be, For we’ve yen, and she’s maister o’ baith thee and me.
yence
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From this reading “She yence cud ha’e crammel’d and writ her awn neame, And Sunday and warday was teydey at heame: Now to see her whol’d stockin’s, her brat, and her gown, She’s a shem and a byzen to all the heale town.
