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Chapter 1 of Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 is here in full — 489 sentences across 98 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Oh, dullness! dullness! I do wish Harry was at home, or Sir William would march some of his troops this way! What's the use of an army in the country, if one can't have a dance once in a while? ROSE. What, indeed!
Chapter 1 of Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 is here in full — 489 sentences across 98 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 19/97 · 5 reading units · Lines 91–95
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a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
From this reading “What's the use of an army in the country, if one can't have a dance once in a while?”
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
From this reading “What's the use of an army in the country, if one can't have a dance once in a while?”
the quality of being slow to understand
From this reading “Oh, dullness! dullness!”
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading “I do wish Harry was at home, or Sir William would march some of his troops this way!”
march in a procession
From this reading “I do wish Harry was at home, or Sir William would march some of his troops this way!”
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading “ROSE.”
soldiers collectively
From this reading “I do wish Harry was at home, or Sir William would march some of his troops this way!”
the act of using
From this reading “What's the use of an army in the country, if one can't have a dance once in a while?”
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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 What's the use of an army in the country, if one can't have a dance once in a while?
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading What's the use of an army in the country, if one can't have a dance once in a while?
a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state
From this reading What's the use of an army in the country, if one can't have a dance once in a while?
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I do wish Harry was at home, or Sir William would march some of his troops this way!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What's the use of an army in the country, if one can't have a dance once in a while?
a politically organized body of people under a single government
From this reading What's the use of an army in the country, if one can't have a dance once in a while?
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
From this reading What's the use of an army in the country, if one can't have a dance once in a while?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I do wish Harry was at home, or Sir William would march some of his troops this way!
the quality of being slow to understand
From this reading Oh, dullness! dullness!
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading I do wish Harry was at home, or Sir William would march some of his troops this way!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What's the use of an army in the country, if one can't have a dance once in a while?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I do wish Harry was at home, or Sir William would march some of his troops this way!
where you live at a particular time
From this reading I do wish Harry was at home, or Sir William would march some of his troops this way!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I do wish Harry was at home, or Sir William would march some of his troops this way!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading What's the use of an army in the country, if one can't have a dance once in a while?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading What's the use of an army in the country, if one can't have a dance once in a while?
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading What, indeed!
march in a procession
From this reading I do wish Harry was at home, or Sir William would march some of his troops this way!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I do wish Harry was at home, or Sir William would march some of his troops this way!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, dullness! dullness!
on one occasion
From this reading What's the use of an army in the country, if one can't have a dance once in a while?
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading What's the use of an army in the country, if one can't have a dance once in a while?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I do wish Harry was at home, or Sir William would march some of his troops this way!
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading ROSE.
term of address for a man
From this reading I do wish Harry was at home, or Sir William would march some of his troops this way!
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I do wish Harry was at home, or Sir William would march some of his troops this way!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What's the use of an army in the country, if one can't have a dance once in a while?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I do wish Harry was at home, or Sir William would march some of his troops this way!
soldiers collectively
From this reading I do wish Harry was at home, or Sir William would march some of his troops this way!
the act of using
From this reading What's the use of an army in the country, if one can't have a dance once in a while?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I do wish Harry was at home, or Sir William would march some of his troops this way!
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading I do wish Harry was at home, or Sir William would march some of his troops this way!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What, indeed!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading What's the use of an army in the country, if one can't have a dance once in a while?
during the time that
From this reading What's the use of an army in the country, if one can't have a dance once in a while?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I do wish Harry was at home, or Sir William would march some of his troops this way!
hope for; have a wish
From this reading I do wish Harry was at home, or Sir William would march some of his troops this way!
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I do wish Harry was at home, or Sir William would march some of his troops this way!
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