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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 MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
Alick
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From this reading And dinna forget to trade with Alick Ker for three small swords, a chafing dish, and a dozen mourning and hand-and-heart rings.
Alick's
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From this reading Alick’s an awfu’ man to get the upper hand of.”
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Alick’s an awfu’ man to get the upper hand of.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
awfu
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From this reading Alick’s an awfu’ man to get the upper hand of.”
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading “Ye’ll remember that the store chiefly lacks in broadcloth of Witney, frieze and camlet, and in women’s shoes, both silk and callimanco.
broadcloth
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From this reading “Ye’ll remember that the store chiefly lacks in broadcloth of Witney, frieze and camlet, and in women’s shoes, both silk and callimanco.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
callimanco
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From this reading “Ye’ll remember that the store chiefly lacks in broadcloth of Witney, frieze and camlet, and in women’s shoes, both silk and callimanco.
camlet
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From this reading “Ye’ll remember that the store chiefly lacks in broadcloth of Witney, frieze and camlet, and in women’s shoes, both silk and callimanco.
chafing
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From this reading And dinna forget to trade with Alick Ker for three small swords, a chafing dish, and a dozen mourning and hand-and-heart rings.
chiefly
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From this reading “Ye’ll remember that the store chiefly lacks in broadcloth of Witney, frieze and camlet, and in women’s shoes, both silk and callimanco.
dinna
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From this reading And dinna forget to trade with Alick Ker for three small swords, a chafing dish, and a dozen mourning and hand-and-heart rings.
dish
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From this reading And dinna forget to trade with Alick Ker for three small swords, a chafing dish, and a dozen mourning and hand-and-heart rings.
down
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From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
dozen
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From this reading And dinna forget to trade with Alick Ker for three small swords, a chafing dish, and a dozen mourning and hand-and-heart rings.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And dinna forget to trade with Alick Ker for three small swords, a chafing dish, and a dozen mourning and hand-and-heart rings.
forefinger
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From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
forget
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From this reading And dinna forget to trade with Alick Ker for three small swords, a chafing dish, and a dozen mourning and hand-and-heart rings.
frieze
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From this reading “Ye’ll remember that the store chiefly lacks in broadcloth of Witney, frieze and camlet, and in women’s shoes, both silk and callimanco.
gave
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From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
get
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From this reading Alick’s an awfu’ man to get the upper hand of.”
hand
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From this reading Alick’s an awfu’ man to get the upper hand of.”
hand-and-heart
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From this reading And dinna forget to trade with Alick Ker for three small swords, a chafing dish, and a dozen mourning and hand-and-heart rings.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading See that you have the skins’ worth.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
idly
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From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Ye’ll remember that the store chiefly lacks in broadcloth of Witney, frieze and camlet, and in women’s shoes, both silk and callimanco.
inky
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From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
Ker
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From this reading And dinna forget to trade with Alick Ker for three small swords, a chafing dish, and a dozen mourning and hand-and-heart rings.
laboriously
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From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
lacks
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From this reading “Ye’ll remember that the store chiefly lacks in broadcloth of Witney, frieze and camlet, and in women’s shoes, both silk and callimanco.
laid
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From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
MACLEAN
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From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
man
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From this reading Alick’s an awfu’ man to get the upper hand of.”
mourning
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From this reading And dinna forget to trade with Alick Ker for three small swords, a chafing dish, and a dozen mourning and hand-and-heart rings.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Ye’ll remember that the store chiefly lacks in broadcloth of Witney, frieze and camlet, and in women’s shoes, both silk and callimanco.
overseer
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From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
paper
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From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
pass
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From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
quill
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From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading “Ye’ll remember that the store chiefly lacks in broadcloth of Witney, frieze and camlet, and in women’s shoes, both silk and callimanco.
RESCUE
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From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
rings
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From this reading And dinna forget to trade with Alick Ker for three small swords, a chafing dish, and a dozen mourning and hand-and-heart rings.
sat
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From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
Saunderson
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From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
See
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From this reading See that you have the skins’ worth.
shoes
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From this reading “Ye’ll remember that the store chiefly lacks in broadcloth of Witney, frieze and camlet, and in women’s shoes, both silk and callimanco.
signed
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From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
silk
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From this reading “Ye’ll remember that the store chiefly lacks in broadcloth of Witney, frieze and camlet, and in women’s shoes, both silk and callimanco.
skins
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From this reading See that you have the skins’ worth.
sleeve
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From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
small
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From this reading And dinna forget to trade with Alick Ker for three small swords, a chafing dish, and a dozen mourning and hand-and-heart rings.
store
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From this reading “Ye’ll remember that the store chiefly lacks in broadcloth of Witney, frieze and camlet, and in women’s shoes, both silk and callimanco.
storekeeper
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From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
swords
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From this reading And dinna forget to trade with Alick Ker for three small swords, a chafing dish, and a dozen mourning and hand-and-heart rings.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Ye’ll remember that the store chiefly lacks in broadcloth of Witney, frieze and camlet, and in women’s shoes, both silk and callimanco.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
three
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From this reading And dinna forget to trade with Alick Ker for three small swords, a chafing dish, and a dozen mourning and hand-and-heart rings.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
trade
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From this reading And dinna forget to trade with Alick Ker for three small swords, a chafing dish, and a dozen mourning and hand-and-heart rings.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
upper
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From this reading Alick’s an awfu’ man to get the upper hand of.”
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
wiped
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From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And dinna forget to trade with Alick Ker for three small swords, a chafing dish, and a dozen mourning and hand-and-heart rings.
Witney
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From this reading “Ye’ll remember that the store chiefly lacks in broadcloth of Witney, frieze and camlet, and in women’s shoes, both silk and callimanco.
women's
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From this reading “Ye’ll remember that the store chiefly lacks in broadcloth of Witney, frieze and camlet, and in women’s shoes, both silk and callimanco.
worth
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From this reading See that you have the skins’ worth.
written
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From this reading MACLEAN TO THE RESCUE Saunderson, the overseer, having laboriously written and signed a pass, laid down the quill, wiped his inky forefinger upon his sleeve, and gave the paper to the storekeeper, who sat idly by.
Ye'll
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From this reading “Ye’ll remember that the store chiefly lacks in broadcloth of Witney, frieze and camlet, and in women’s shoes, both silk and callimanco.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading See that you have the skins’ worth.
