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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 “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
afraid
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From this reading “Halbert, my man,” said Mossgray, smiling, “I am too old to learn--even your training will scarcely make a good farmer of me, I am afraid; and I give you full discretion, you know.”
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “Halbert, my man,” said Mossgray, smiling, “I am too old to learn--even your training will scarcely make a good farmer of me, I am afraid; and I give you full discretion, you know.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
away
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From this reading I should like to sweep those encumbrances away, and bring them into better working order.
bad
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From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
better
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From this reading I should like to sweep those encumbrances away, and bring them into better working order.
breakfast-table
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From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
bring
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From this reading I should like to sweep those encumbrances away, and bring them into better working order.
BURNS
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From this reading The merry ploughboy cheers his team, Wi’ joy the tentie seedsman stalks.--BURNS.
calls
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From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
cheerful
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From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
cheers
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From this reading The merry ploughboy cheers his team, Wi’ joy the tentie seedsman stalks.--BURNS.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
discretion
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From this reading “Halbert, my man,” said Mossgray, smiling, “I am too old to learn--even your training will scarcely make a good farmer of me, I am afraid; and I give you full discretion, you know.”
encumbrances
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From this reading I should like to sweep those encumbrances away, and bring them into better working order.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Halbert, my man,” said Mossgray, smiling, “I am too old to learn--even your training will scarcely make a good farmer of me, I am afraid; and I give you full discretion, you know.”
farmer
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From this reading “Halbert, my man,” said Mossgray, smiling, “I am too old to learn--even your training will scarcely make a good farmer of me, I am afraid; and I give you full discretion, you know.”
fields
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From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
full
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From this reading “Halbert, my man,” said Mossgray, smiling, “I am too old to learn--even your training will scarcely make a good farmer of me, I am afraid; and I give you full discretion, you know.”
give
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From this reading “Halbert, my man,” said Mossgray, smiling, “I am too old to learn--even your training will scarcely make a good farmer of me, I am afraid; and I give you full discretion, you know.”
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Halbert, my man,” said Mossgray, smiling, “I am too old to learn--even your training will scarcely make a good farmer of me, I am afraid; and I give you full discretion, you know.”
Graeme
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From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
Halbert
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From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
hedges
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From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The merry ploughboy cheers his team, Wi’ joy the tentie seedsman stalks.--BURNS.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I should like to sweep those encumbrances away, and bring them into better working order.
joy
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From this reading The merry ploughboy cheers his team, Wi’ joy the tentie seedsman stalks.--BURNS.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Halbert, my man,” said Mossgray, smiling, “I am too old to learn--even your training will scarcely make a good farmer of me, I am afraid; and I give you full discretion, you know.”
learn
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From this reading “Halbert, my man,” said Mossgray, smiling, “I am too old to learn--even your training will scarcely make a good farmer of me, I am afraid; and I give you full discretion, you know.”
like
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From this reading I should like to sweep those encumbrances away, and bring them into better working order.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Halbert, my man,” said Mossgray, smiling, “I am too old to learn--even your training will scarcely make a good farmer of me, I am afraid; and I give you full discretion, you know.”
man
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From this reading “Halbert, my man,” said Mossgray, smiling, “I am too old to learn--even your training will scarcely make a good farmer of me, I am afraid; and I give you full discretion, you know.”
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
merry
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From this reading The merry ploughboy cheers his team, Wi’ joy the tentie seedsman stalks.--BURNS.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
Mossgray
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From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Halbert, my man,” said Mossgray, smiling, “I am too old to learn--even your training will scarcely make a good farmer of me, I am afraid; and I give you full discretion, you know.”
neukit
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From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
oddly-shaped
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From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
old
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From this reading “Halbert, my man,” said Mossgray, smiling, “I am too old to learn--even your training will scarcely make a good farmer of me, I am afraid; and I give you full discretion, you know.”
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I should like to sweep those encumbrances away, and bring them into better working order.
out
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From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
ploughboy
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From this reading The merry ploughboy cheers his team, Wi’ joy the tentie seedsman stalks.--BURNS.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
said
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From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
sat
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From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
Saunders
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From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
scarcely
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From this reading “Halbert, my man,” said Mossgray, smiling, “I am too old to learn--even your training will scarcely make a good farmer of me, I am afraid; and I give you full discretion, you know.”
see
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From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
seedsman
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From this reading The merry ploughboy cheers his team, Wi’ joy the tentie seedsman stalks.--BURNS.
Shortrigg
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From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I should like to sweep those encumbrances away, and bring them into better working order.
small
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From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
smiling
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From this reading “Halbert, my man,” said Mossgray, smiling, “I am too old to learn--even your training will scarcely make a good farmer of me, I am afraid; and I give you full discretion, you know.”
stalks
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From this reading The merry ploughboy cheers his team, Wi’ joy the tentie seedsman stalks.--BURNS.
state
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From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
superabundance
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From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
sweep
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From this reading I should like to sweep those encumbrances away, and bring them into better working order.
team
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From this reading The merry ploughboy cheers his team, Wi’ joy the tentie seedsman stalks.--BURNS.
tentie
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From this reading The merry ploughboy cheers his team, Wi’ joy the tentie seedsman stalks.--BURNS.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The merry ploughboy cheers his team, Wi’ joy the tentie seedsman stalks.--BURNS.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading I should like to sweep those encumbrances away, and bring them into better working order.
three
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From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I should like to sweep those encumbrances away, and bring them into better working order.
to-day
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From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
too
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From this reading “Halbert, my man,” said Mossgray, smiling, “I am too old to learn--even your training will scarcely make a good farmer of me, I am afraid; and I give you full discretion, you know.”
training
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From this reading “Halbert, my man,” said Mossgray, smiling, “I am too old to learn--even your training will scarcely make a good farmer of me, I am afraid; and I give you full discretion, you know.”
very
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From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
Wi
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From this reading The merry ploughboy cheers his team, Wi’ joy the tentie seedsman stalks.--BURNS.
Willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Will you come and see them, Mossgray?”
wish
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From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
working
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From this reading I should like to sweep those encumbrances away, and bring them into better working order.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Mossgray,” said Halbert Graeme, as they sat next morning at their cheerful breakfast-table, “I wish you would come out with me to-day, and see these fields at Shortrigg--they are in a very bad state: small, oddly-shaped fields, ‘three neukit,’ as Saunders calls them, with quite a superabundance of hedges.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Halbert, my man,” said Mossgray, smiling, “I am too old to learn--even your training will scarcely make a good farmer of me, I am afraid; and I give you full discretion, you know.”
