Chapter XII
‘Ye had a spree here last Tuesday?’ ‘We had that!’ ‘I wasna able to be oot o’ my bed. Man, I was awful bad on Wednesday.’ ‘Ay, ye were gey bad.’
Essays of Travel
Chapter XII
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‘Ye
had
a
spree
here
last
Tuesday?’
‘We
had
that!’
‘I
wasna
able
to
be
oot
o’
my
bed.
Man,
I
was
awful
bad
on
Wednesday.’
‘Ay,
ye
were
gey
bad.’
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
‘Ye
had
a
spree
here
last
Tuesday?’
Line 2
‘We
had
that!’
/wiː hæd ðæt/
Line 3
‘I
wasna
able
to
be
oot
o’
my
bed.
Line 4
Man,
I
was
awful
bad
on
Wednesday.’
Line 5
‘Ay,
ye
were
gey
bad.’
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Here
noun
US /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘Ye had a spree here last Tuesday?’”
Last
noun
US /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘Ye had a spree here last Tuesday?’”
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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 ‘Ye had a spree here last Tuesday?’
able
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From this reading ‘I wasna able to be oot o’ my bed.
awful
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From this reading Man, I was awful bad on Wednesday.’
Ay
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From this reading ‘Ay, ye were gey bad.’
bad
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From this reading Man, I was awful bad on Wednesday.’
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading ‘I wasna able to be oot o’ my bed.
bed
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From this reading ‘I wasna able to be oot o’ my bed.
gey
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From this reading ‘Ay, ye were gey bad.’
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading ‘Ye had a spree here last Tuesday?’
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Ye had a spree here last Tuesday?’
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I wasna able to be oot o’ my bed.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘Ye had a spree here last Tuesday?’
Man
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From this reading Man, I was awful bad on Wednesday.’
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘I wasna able to be oot o’ my bed.
o
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From this reading ‘I wasna able to be oot o’ my bed.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Man, I was awful bad on Wednesday.’
oot
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From this reading ‘I wasna able to be oot o’ my bed.
spree
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From this reading ‘Ye had a spree here last Tuesday?’
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘We had that!’
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘I wasna able to be oot o’ my bed.
Tuesday
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From this reading ‘Ye had a spree here last Tuesday?’
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Man, I was awful bad on Wednesday.’
wasna
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From this reading ‘I wasna able to be oot o’ my bed.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading ‘We had that!’
Wednesday
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From this reading Man, I was awful bad on Wednesday.’
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading ‘Ay, ye were gey bad.’
YepronounUS /jiː/
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading ‘Ye had a spree here last Tuesday?’