Chapter XIII
GOING AGEE. 'Gin ye were a brig as auld as me.'--BURNS. 'What's the matter?' exclaimed Mrs. Egremont, waking from a doze,--'that bridge?' 'Bridge! Don't be such a fool!
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Chapter XIII
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GOING
AGEE.
'Gin
ye
were
a
brig
as
auld
as
me.'--BURNS.
'What's
the
matter?'
exclaimed
Mrs.
Egremont,
waking
from
a
doze,--'that
bridge?'
'Bridge!
Don't
be
such
a
fool!
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Line 1
GOING
AGEE.
Line 2
'Gin
ye
were
a
brig
as
auld
as
me.'--BURNS.
Line 3
'What's
the
matter?'
exclaimed
Mrs.
Egremont,
waking
from
a
doze,--'that
bridge?'
Line 4
'Bridge!
Line 5
Don't
be
such
a
fool!
Learner Dictionary
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Fool
noun
US /fool/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Don't be such a fool!”
Waking
adjective
US /ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/
Risen from sleep; conscious.
From this reading “'What's the matter?' exclaimed Mrs. Egremont, waking from a doze,--'that bridge?'”
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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 'Gin ye were a brig as auld as me.'--BURNS.
AGEE
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From this reading GOING AGEE.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading 'Gin ye were a brig as auld as me.'--BURNS.
auld
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From this reading 'Gin ye were a brig as auld as me.'--BURNS.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Don't be such a fool!
bridge
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From this reading 'What's the matter?' exclaimed Mrs. Egremont, waking from a doze,--'that bridge?'
brig
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From this reading 'Gin ye were a brig as auld as me.'--BURNS.
BURNS
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From this reading 'Gin ye were a brig as auld as me.'--BURNS.
Don't
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From this reading Don't be such a fool!
doze
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From this reading 'What's the matter?' exclaimed Mrs. Egremont, waking from a doze,--'that bridge?'
Egremont
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From this reading 'What's the matter?' exclaimed Mrs. Egremont, waking from a doze,--'that bridge?'
exclaimed
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From this reading 'What's the matter?' exclaimed Mrs. Egremont, waking from a doze,--'that bridge?'
foolnounUS /fool/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Don't be such a fool!
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading 'What's the matter?' exclaimed Mrs. Egremont, waking from a doze,--'that bridge?'
Gin
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From this reading 'Gin ye were a brig as auld as me.'--BURNS.
GOING
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From this reading GOING AGEE.
matter
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From this reading 'What's the matter?' exclaimed Mrs. Egremont, waking from a doze,--'that bridge?'
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'Gin ye were a brig as auld as me.'--BURNS.
Mrs
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From this reading 'What's the matter?' exclaimed Mrs. Egremont, waking from a doze,--'that bridge?'
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Don't be such a fool!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading 'What's the matter?' exclaimed Mrs. Egremont, waking from a doze,--'that bridge?'
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'What's the matter?' exclaimed Mrs. Egremont, waking from a doze,--'that bridge?'
wakingadjectiveUS /ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/
Risen from sleep; conscious.
From this reading 'What's the matter?' exclaimed Mrs. Egremont, waking from a doze,--'that bridge?'
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading 'Gin ye were a brig as auld as me.'--BURNS.
What's
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From this reading 'What's the matter?' exclaimed Mrs. Egremont, waking from a doze,--'that bridge?'
yepronounUS /jiː/
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading 'Gin ye were a brig as auld as me.'--BURNS.