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Ramsey Milholland
Ramsey Milholland

Chapter I

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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!
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Ramsey Milholland

Chapter I

Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
When Johnnie comes marching home again, Hurrah!
Line 2
Hurrah!
Line 3
We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah!
Line 4
Hurrah!
Line 5
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!

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Again noun US /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “When Johnnie comes marching home again, Hurrah!”

Hearty adjective US /ˈhɑrti/

large, enthusiastic, and satisfying, especially of a meal

From this reading “We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah!”

All words in this reading · 29

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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 We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah!

againnounUS /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading When Johnnie comes marching home again, Hurrah!

all

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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!

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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!

boys

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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!

cheers

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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!

comes

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From this reading When Johnnie comes marching home again, Hurrah!

feel

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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!

gay

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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!

give

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From this reading We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah!

heartyadjectiveUS /ˈhɑrti/

large, enthusiastic, and satisfying, especially of a meal

From this reading We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah!

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah!

home

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From this reading When Johnnie comes marching home again, Hurrah!

Hurrah

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From this reading When Johnnie comes marching home again, Hurrah!

Johnnie

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From this reading When Johnnie comes marching home again, Hurrah!

ladies

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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!

marching

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From this reading When Johnnie comes marching home again, Hurrah!

men

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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!

out

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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!

shouts

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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!

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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!

then

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From this reading We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah!

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

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!

turn

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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!

We'll

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From this reading We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah!

welcome

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From this reading We'll give him a hearty welcome then, Hurrah!

WhenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading When Johnnie comes marching home again, Hurrah!

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

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!

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

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!