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I’d ne’er ha’ thought Patsy’d say that; an’ he didn’t belike--I dunno-- But it’s on’y the truth if he did. A burthen? Bedad, I’m so. An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife. For I often considher a sayin’ we have: ‘Whin it’s little ye’ve got, It’s the hunger ye’ll find at the botthom, if many dip spoons in your pot.’
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife.”
an old spelling of burden: a heavy load
From this reading “A burthen?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “For I often considher a sayin’ we have: ‘Whin it’s little ye’ve got, It’s the hunger ye’ll find at the botthom, if many dip spoons in your pot.’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “For I often considher a sayin’ we have: ‘Whin it’s little ye’ve got, It’s the hunger ye’ll find at the botthom, if many dip spoons in your pot.’”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I’d ne’er ha’ thought Patsy’d say that; an’ he didn’t belike--I dunno-- But it’s on’y the truth if he did.”
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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 A burthen?
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From this reading An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I’d ne’er ha’ thought Patsy’d say that; an’ he didn’t belike--I dunno-- But it’s on’y the truth if he did.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading For I often considher a sayin’ we have: ‘Whin it’s little ye’ve got, It’s the hunger ye’ll find at the botthom, if many dip spoons in your pot.’
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife.
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From this reading Bedad, I’m so.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife.
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From this reading I’d ne’er ha’ thought Patsy’d say that; an’ he didn’t belike--I dunno-- But it’s on’y the truth if he did.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For I often considher a sayin’ we have: ‘Whin it’s little ye’ve got, It’s the hunger ye’ll find at the botthom, if many dip spoons in your pot.’
an old spelling of burden: a heavy load
From this reading A burthen?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I’d ne’er ha’ thought Patsy’d say that; an’ he didn’t belike--I dunno-- But it’s on’y the truth if he did.
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From this reading An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife.
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From this reading For I often considher a sayin’ we have: ‘Whin it’s little ye’ve got, It’s the hunger ye’ll find at the botthom, if many dip spoons in your pot.’
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From this reading An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading I’d ne’er ha’ thought Patsy’d say that; an’ he didn’t belike--I dunno-- But it’s on’y the truth if he did.
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From this reading I’d ne’er ha’ thought Patsy’d say that; an’ he didn’t belike--I dunno-- But it’s on’y the truth if he did.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For I often considher a sayin’ we have: ‘Whin it’s little ye’ve got, It’s the hunger ye’ll find at the botthom, if many dip spoons in your pot.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’d ne’er ha’ thought Patsy’d say that; an’ he didn’t belike--I dunno-- But it’s on’y the truth if he did.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For I often considher a sayin’ we have: ‘Whin it’s little ye’ve got, It’s the hunger ye’ll find at the botthom, if many dip spoons in your pot.’
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For I often considher a sayin’ we have: ‘Whin it’s little ye’ve got, It’s the hunger ye’ll find at the botthom, if many dip spoons in your pot.’
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From this reading An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For I often considher a sayin’ we have: ‘Whin it’s little ye’ve got, It’s the hunger ye’ll find at the botthom, if many dip spoons in your pot.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’d ne’er ha’ thought Patsy’d say that; an’ he didn’t belike--I dunno-- But it’s on’y the truth if he did.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading For I often considher a sayin’ we have: ‘Whin it’s little ye’ve got, It’s the hunger ye’ll find at the botthom, if many dip spoons in your pot.’
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I’d ne’er ha’ thought Patsy’d say that; an’ he didn’t belike--I dunno-- But it’s on’y the truth if he did.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For I often considher a sayin’ we have: ‘Whin it’s little ye’ve got, It’s the hunger ye’ll find at the botthom, if many dip spoons in your pot.’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I’d ne’er ha’ thought Patsy’d say that; an’ he didn’t belike--I dunno-- But it’s on’y the truth if he did.
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From this reading I’d ne’er ha’ thought Patsy’d say that; an’ he didn’t belike--I dunno-- But it’s on’y the truth if he did.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bedad, I’m so.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I’d ne’er ha’ thought Patsy’d say that; an’ he didn’t belike--I dunno-- But it’s on’y the truth if he did.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For I often considher a sayin’ we have: ‘Whin it’s little ye’ve got, It’s the hunger ye’ll find at the botthom, if many dip spoons in your pot.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’d ne’er ha’ thought Patsy’d say that; an’ he didn’t belike--I dunno-- But it’s on’y the truth if he did.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For I often considher a sayin’ we have: ‘Whin it’s little ye’ve got, It’s the hunger ye’ll find at the botthom, if many dip spoons in your pot.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For I often considher a sayin’ we have: ‘Whin it’s little ye’ve got, It’s the hunger ye’ll find at the botthom, if many dip spoons in your pot.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’d ne’er ha’ thought Patsy’d say that; an’ he didn’t belike--I dunno-- But it’s on’y the truth if he did.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For I often considher a sayin’ we have: ‘Whin it’s little ye’ve got, It’s the hunger ye’ll find at the botthom, if many dip spoons in your pot.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’d ne’er ha’ thought Patsy’d say that; an’ he didn’t belike--I dunno-- But it’s on’y the truth if he did.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’d ne’er ha’ thought Patsy’d say that; an’ he didn’t belike--I dunno-- But it’s on’y the truth if he did.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For I often considher a sayin’ we have: ‘Whin it’s little ye’ve got, It’s the hunger ye’ll find at the botthom, if many dip spoons in your pot.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’d ne’er ha’ thought Patsy’d say that; an’ he didn’t belike--I dunno-- But it’s on’y the truth if he did.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For I often considher a sayin’ we have: ‘Whin it’s little ye’ve got, It’s the hunger ye’ll find at the botthom, if many dip spoons in your pot.’
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Bedad, I’m so.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For I often considher a sayin’ we have: ‘Whin it’s little ye’ve got, It’s the hunger ye’ll find at the botthom, if many dip spoons in your pot.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I’d ne’er ha’ thought Patsy’d say that; an’ he didn’t belike--I dunno-- But it’s on’y the truth if he did.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I’d ne’er ha’ thought Patsy’d say that; an’ he didn’t belike--I dunno-- But it’s on’y the truth if he did.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I’d ne’er ha’ thought Patsy’d say that; an’ he didn’t belike--I dunno-- But it’s on’y the truth if he did.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I’d ne’er ha’ thought Patsy’d say that; an’ he didn’t belike--I dunno-- But it’s on’y the truth if he did.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading For I often considher a sayin’ we have: ‘Whin it’s little ye’ve got, It’s the hunger ye’ll find at the botthom, if many dip spoons in your pot.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For I often considher a sayin’ we have: ‘Whin it’s little ye’ve got, It’s the hunger ye’ll find at the botthom, if many dip spoons in your pot.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading An’ Pat, that’s a rale good son, and has been all the days of his life, It’s the quare thanks I’m givin’ him now, to be starvin’ the childher and wife.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For I often considher a sayin’ we have: ‘Whin it’s little ye’ve got, It’s the hunger ye’ll find at the botthom, if many dip spoons in your pot.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For I often considher a sayin’ we have: ‘Whin it’s little ye’ve got, It’s the hunger ye’ll find at the botthom, if many dip spoons in your pot.’
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading For I often considher a sayin’ we have: ‘Whin it’s little ye’ve got, It’s the hunger ye’ll find at the botthom, if many dip spoons in your pot.’
