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Chapter I
“Where is Kirsteen?” “’Deed, mem, I canna tell you; and if you would be guided by me you wouldna wail and cry for Kirsteen, night and day. You’re getting into real ill habits with her to do everything for you. And the poor lassie has not a meenit to hersel’. She’s on the run from morning to night.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading “You’re getting into real ill habits with her to do everything for you.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “And the poor lassie has not a meenit to hersel’.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She’s on the run from morning to night.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And the poor lassie has not a meenit to hersel’.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““’Deed, mem, I canna tell you; and if you would be guided by me you wouldna wail and cry for Kirsteen, night and day.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““’Deed, mem, I canna tell you; and if you would be guided by me you wouldna wail and cry for Kirsteen, night and day.”
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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 And the poor lassie has not a meenit to hersel’.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “’Deed, mem, I canna tell you; and if you would be guided by me you wouldna wail and cry for Kirsteen, night and day.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “’Deed, mem, I canna tell you; and if you would be guided by me you wouldna wail and cry for Kirsteen, night and day.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “’Deed, mem, I canna tell you; and if you would be guided by me you wouldna wail and cry for Kirsteen, night and day.
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From this reading “’Deed, mem, I canna tell you; and if you would be guided by me you wouldna wail and cry for Kirsteen, night and day.
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From this reading “’Deed, mem, I canna tell you; and if you would be guided by me you wouldna wail and cry for Kirsteen, night and day.
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From this reading “’Deed, mem, I canna tell you; and if you would be guided by me you wouldna wail and cry for Kirsteen, night and day.
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From this reading “’Deed, mem, I canna tell you; and if you would be guided by me you wouldna wail and cry for Kirsteen, night and day.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading You’re getting into real ill habits with her to do everything for you.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading You’re getting into real ill habits with her to do everything for you.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “’Deed, mem, I canna tell you; and if you would be guided by me you wouldna wail and cry for Kirsteen, night and day.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She’s on the run from morning to night.
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From this reading You’re getting into real ill habits with her to do everything for you.
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From this reading “’Deed, mem, I canna tell you; and if you would be guided by me you wouldna wail and cry for Kirsteen, night and day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You’re getting into real ill habits with her to do everything for you.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And the poor lassie has not a meenit to hersel’.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading You’re getting into real ill habits with her to do everything for you.
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From this reading And the poor lassie has not a meenit to hersel’.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “’Deed, mem, I canna tell you; and if you would be guided by me you wouldna wail and cry for Kirsteen, night and day.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “’Deed, mem, I canna tell you; and if you would be guided by me you wouldna wail and cry for Kirsteen, night and day.
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From this reading You’re getting into real ill habits with her to do everything for you.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading You’re getting into real ill habits with her to do everything for you.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Where is Kirsteen?”
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From this reading “Where is Kirsteen?”
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From this reading And the poor lassie has not a meenit to hersel’.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “’Deed, mem, I canna tell you; and if you would be guided by me you wouldna wail and cry for Kirsteen, night and day.
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From this reading And the poor lassie has not a meenit to hersel’.
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From this reading “’Deed, mem, I canna tell you; and if you would be guided by me you wouldna wail and cry for Kirsteen, night and day.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She’s on the run from morning to night.
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From this reading “’Deed, mem, I canna tell you; and if you would be guided by me you wouldna wail and cry for Kirsteen, night and day.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading And the poor lassie has not a meenit to hersel’.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She’s on the run from morning to night.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And the poor lassie has not a meenit to hersel’.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You’re getting into real ill habits with her to do everything for you.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She’s on the run from morning to night.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She’s on the run from morning to night.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “’Deed, mem, I canna tell you; and if you would be guided by me you wouldna wail and cry for Kirsteen, night and day.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And the poor lassie has not a meenit to hersel’.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You’re getting into real ill habits with her to do everything for you.
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From this reading “’Deed, mem, I canna tell you; and if you would be guided by me you wouldna wail and cry for Kirsteen, night and day.
in or at the place that
From this reading “Where is Kirsteen?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading You’re getting into real ill habits with her to do everything for you.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “’Deed, mem, I canna tell you; and if you would be guided by me you wouldna wail and cry for Kirsteen, night and day.
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From this reading “’Deed, mem, I canna tell you; and if you would be guided by me you wouldna wail and cry for Kirsteen, night and day.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “’Deed, mem, I canna tell you; and if you would be guided by me you wouldna wail and cry for Kirsteen, night and day.
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From this reading You’re getting into real ill habits with her to do everything for you.
