Chapter 1 of Ramsey Milholland is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Ramsey Milholland is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
When Johnnie comes marching home again, Hurrah! Hurrah! We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah! Hurrah! The men with the cheers, the boys with shouts, The ladies they will all turn out, And we'll all feel gay, when Johnnie comes marching home again!
Chapter 1 of Ramsey Milholland is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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plural of “cheer” — a cry or shout of approval
From this reading “The men with the cheers, the boys with shouts, The ladies they will all turn out, And we'll all feel gay, when Johnnie comes marching home again!”
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading “The men with the cheers, the boys with shouts, The ladies they will all turn out, And we'll all feel gay, when Johnnie comes marching home again!”
showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
From this reading “We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah!”
a victory cheer
From this reading “When Johnnie comes marching home again, Hurrah!”
plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading “The men with the cheers, the boys with shouts, The ladies they will all turn out, And we'll all feel gay, when Johnnie comes marching home again!”
the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind)
From this reading “When Johnnie comes marching home again, Hurrah!”
plural of “shout” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading “The men with the cheers, the boys with shouts, The ladies they will all turn out, And we'll all feel gay, when Johnnie comes marching home again!”
accept gladly
From this reading “We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah!”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah!
anew
From this reading When Johnnie comes marching home again, Hurrah!
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading The men with the cheers, the boys with shouts, The ladies they will all turn out, And we'll all feel gay, when Johnnie comes marching home again!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The men with the cheers, the boys with shouts, The ladies they will all turn out, And we'll all feel gay, when Johnnie comes marching home again!
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading The men with the cheers, the boys with shouts, The ladies they will all turn out, And we'll all feel gay, when Johnnie comes marching home again!
plural of “cheer” — a cry or shout of approval
From this reading The men with the cheers, the boys with shouts, The ladies they will all turn out, And we'll all feel gay, when Johnnie comes marching home again!
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading When Johnnie comes marching home again, Hurrah!
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading The men with the cheers, the boys with shouts, The ladies they will all turn out, And we'll all feel gay, when Johnnie comes marching home again!
bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer
From this reading The men with the cheers, the boys with shouts, The ladies they will all turn out, And we'll all feel gay, when Johnnie comes marching home again!
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah!
showing warm and heartfelt friendliness
From this reading We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah!
where you live at a particular time
From this reading When Johnnie comes marching home again, Hurrah!
a victory cheer
From this reading When Johnnie comes marching home again, Hurrah!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading When Johnnie comes marching home again, Hurrah!
plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading The men with the cheers, the boys with shouts, The ladies they will all turn out, And we'll all feel gay, when Johnnie comes marching home again!
the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind)
From this reading When Johnnie comes marching home again, Hurrah!
the force of workers available
From this reading The men with the cheers, the boys with shouts, The ladies they will all turn out, And we'll all feel gay, when Johnnie comes marching home again!
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading The men with the cheers, the boys with shouts, The ladies they will all turn out, And we'll all feel gay, when Johnnie comes marching home again!
plural of “shout” — a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition
From this reading The men with the cheers, the boys with shouts, The ladies they will all turn out, And we'll all feel gay, when Johnnie comes marching home again!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The men with the cheers, the boys with shouts, The ladies they will all turn out, And we'll all feel gay, when Johnnie comes marching home again!
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The men with the cheers, the boys with shouts, The ladies they will all turn out, And we'll all feel gay, when Johnnie comes marching home again!
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading The men with the cheers, the boys with shouts, The ladies they will all turn out, And we'll all feel gay, when Johnnie comes marching home again!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah!
accept gladly
From this reading We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah!
at the time that
From this reading When Johnnie comes marching home again, Hurrah!
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The men with the cheers, the boys with shouts, The ladies they will all turn out, And we'll all feel gay, when Johnnie comes marching home again!
in the company of; together with
From this reading The men with the cheers, the boys with shouts, The ladies they will all turn out, And we'll all feel gay, when Johnnie comes marching home again!
Chapter 1 of Ramsey Milholland by Booth Tarkington holds 159 sentences, grouped into 32 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 1 holds 159 sentences of Ramsey Milholland, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
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