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Chapter XXVIII
“You’re to bide away--you’re no to come near this place. Na, you may just fecht; but you’ve nae pith compared to Jenny, for a’ sae auld and thrawn as Jenny has been a’ her days. It’s no me just--it’s your mamma and the doctor. Bairn! will you daur struggle wi’ me?” But Menie would dare straggle with any one--neither command nor resistance satisfies her.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Na, you may just fecht; but you’ve nae pith compared to Jenny, for a’ sae auld and thrawn as Jenny has been a’ her days.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““You’re to bide away--you’re no to come near this place.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It’s no me just--it’s your mamma and the doctor.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Na, you may just fecht; but you’ve nae pith compared to Jenny, for a’ sae auld and thrawn as Jenny has been a’ her days.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “Na, you may just fecht; but you’ve nae pith compared to Jenny, for a’ sae auld and thrawn as Jenny has been a’ her days.”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “But Menie would dare straggle with any one--neither command nor resistance satisfies her.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “But Menie would dare straggle with any one--neither command nor resistance satisfies her.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “But Menie would dare straggle with any one--neither command nor resistance satisfies her.”
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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 Na, you may just fecht; but you’ve nae pith compared to Jenny, for a’ sae auld and thrawn as Jenny has been a’ her days.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Na, you may just fecht; but you’ve nae pith compared to Jenny, for a’ sae auld and thrawn as Jenny has been a’ her days.
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From this reading But Menie would dare straggle with any one--neither command nor resistance satisfies her.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Na, you may just fecht; but you’ve nae pith compared to Jenny, for a’ sae auld and thrawn as Jenny has been a’ her days.
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From this reading Na, you may just fecht; but you’ve nae pith compared to Jenny, for a’ sae auld and thrawn as Jenny has been a’ her days.
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From this reading “You’re to bide away--you’re no to come near this place.
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From this reading Bairn! will you daur struggle wi’ me?”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Na, you may just fecht; but you’ve nae pith compared to Jenny, for a’ sae auld and thrawn as Jenny has been a’ her days.
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From this reading “You’re to bide away--you’re no to come near this place.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Na, you may just fecht; but you’ve nae pith compared to Jenny, for a’ sae auld and thrawn as Jenny has been a’ her days.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You’re to bide away--you’re no to come near this place.
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From this reading But Menie would dare straggle with any one--neither command nor resistance satisfies her.
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From this reading Na, you may just fecht; but you’ve nae pith compared to Jenny, for a’ sae auld and thrawn as Jenny has been a’ her days.
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From this reading But Menie would dare straggle with any one--neither command nor resistance satisfies her.
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From this reading Bairn! will you daur struggle wi’ me?”
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From this reading Na, you may just fecht; but you’ve nae pith compared to Jenny, for a’ sae auld and thrawn as Jenny has been a’ her days.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It’s no me just--it’s your mamma and the doctor.
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From this reading Na, you may just fecht; but you’ve nae pith compared to Jenny, for a’ sae auld and thrawn as Jenny has been a’ her days.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Na, you may just fecht; but you’ve nae pith compared to Jenny, for a’ sae auld and thrawn as Jenny has been a’ her days.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Na, you may just fecht; but you’ve nae pith compared to Jenny, for a’ sae auld and thrawn as Jenny has been a’ her days.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Na, you may just fecht; but you’ve nae pith compared to Jenny, for a’ sae auld and thrawn as Jenny has been a’ her days.
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From this reading It’s no me just--it’s your mamma and the doctor.
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From this reading Na, you may just fecht; but you’ve nae pith compared to Jenny, for a’ sae auld and thrawn as Jenny has been a’ her days.
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From this reading Na, you may just fecht; but you’ve nae pith compared to Jenny, for a’ sae auld and thrawn as Jenny has been a’ her days.
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From this reading It’s no me just--it’s your mamma and the doctor.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Na, you may just fecht; but you’ve nae pith compared to Jenny, for a’ sae auld and thrawn as Jenny has been a’ her days.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It’s no me just--it’s your mamma and the doctor.
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From this reading But Menie would dare straggle with any one--neither command nor resistance satisfies her.
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From this reading Na, you may just fecht; but you’ve nae pith compared to Jenny, for a’ sae auld and thrawn as Jenny has been a’ her days.
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From this reading Na, you may just fecht; but you’ve nae pith compared to Jenny, for a’ sae auld and thrawn as Jenny has been a’ her days.
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From this reading “You’re to bide away--you’re no to come near this place.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading But Menie would dare straggle with any one--neither command nor resistance satisfies her.
not any; not one
From this reading “You’re to bide away--you’re no to come near this place.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading But Menie would dare straggle with any one--neither command nor resistance satisfies her.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But Menie would dare straggle with any one--neither command nor resistance satisfies her.
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From this reading Na, you may just fecht; but you’ve nae pith compared to Jenny, for a’ sae auld and thrawn as Jenny has been a’ her days.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You’re to bide away--you’re no to come near this place.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But Menie would dare straggle with any one--neither command nor resistance satisfies her.
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From this reading Na, you may just fecht; but you’ve nae pith compared to Jenny, for a’ sae auld and thrawn as Jenny has been a’ her days.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But Menie would dare straggle with any one--neither command nor resistance satisfies her.
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From this reading But Menie would dare straggle with any one--neither command nor resistance satisfies her.
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From this reading Bairn! will you daur struggle wi’ me?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It’s no me just--it’s your mamma and the doctor.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “You’re to bide away--you’re no to come near this place.
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From this reading Na, you may just fecht; but you’ve nae pith compared to Jenny, for a’ sae auld and thrawn as Jenny has been a’ her days.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “You’re to bide away--you’re no to come near this place.
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From this reading Bairn! will you daur struggle wi’ me?”
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Bairn! will you daur struggle wi’ me?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading But Menie would dare straggle with any one--neither command nor resistance satisfies her.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But Menie would dare straggle with any one--neither command nor resistance satisfies her.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Na, you may just fecht; but you’ve nae pith compared to Jenny, for a’ sae auld and thrawn as Jenny has been a’ her days.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “You’re to bide away--you’re no to come near this place.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Na, you may just fecht; but you’ve nae pith compared to Jenny, for a’ sae auld and thrawn as Jenny has been a’ her days.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It’s no me just--it’s your mamma and the doctor.
