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.
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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.
Heaven bless me, but this is very sad. A promising youth to be led astray! Dear me, dear me! Rose, I am very sorry to say that this is certainly your fault. You have filled him with your wild, radical, and absurd heroic rhapsodies.
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 36/97 · 5 reading units · Lines 176–180
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inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense
From this reading “You have filled him with your wild, radical, and absurd heroic rhapsodies.”
away from the right path or direction
From this reading “A promising youth to be led astray!”
give a benediction to
From this reading “Heaven bless me, but this is very sad.”
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading “Rose, I am very sorry to say that this is certainly your fault.”
very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)
From this reading “You have filled him with your wild, radical, and absurd heroic rhapsodies.”
showing possibility of achievement or excellence
From this reading “A promising youth to be led astray!”
(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
From this reading “You have filled him with your wild, radical, and absurd heroic rhapsodies.”
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
From this reading “Heaven bless me, but this is very sad.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 A promising youth to be led astray!
inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense
From this reading You have filled him with your wild, radical, and absurd heroic rhapsodies.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Rose, I am very sorry to say that this is certainly your fault.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading You have filled him with your wild, radical, and absurd heroic rhapsodies.
away from the right path or direction
From this reading A promising youth to be led astray!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading A promising youth to be led astray!
give a benediction to
From this reading Heaven bless me, but this is very sad.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Heaven bless me, but this is very sad.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading Rose, I am very sorry to say that this is certainly your fault.
dearly loved
From this reading Dear me, dear me!
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading Rose, I am very sorry to say that this is certainly your fault.
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading You have filled him with your wild, radical, and absurd heroic rhapsodies.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You have filled him with your wild, radical, and absurd heroic rhapsodies.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading Heaven bless me, but this is very sad.
very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale)
From this reading You have filled him with your wild, radical, and absurd heroic rhapsodies.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You have filled him with your wild, radical, and absurd heroic rhapsodies.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Rose, I am very sorry to say that this is certainly your fault.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Heaven bless me, but this is very sad.
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading A promising youth to be led astray!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Heaven bless me, but this is very sad.
showing possibility of achievement or excellence
From this reading A promising youth to be led astray!
(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
From this reading You have filled him with your wild, radical, and absurd heroic rhapsodies.
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From this reading You have filled him with your wild, radical, and absurd heroic rhapsodies.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading Rose, I am very sorry to say that this is certainly your fault.
experiencing or showing sorrow or unhappiness
From this reading Heaven bless me, but this is very sad.
express in words
From this reading Rose, I am very sorry to say that this is certainly your fault.
feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
From this reading Rose, I am very sorry to say that this is certainly your fault.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Rose, I am very sorry to say that this is certainly your fault.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Heaven bless me, but this is very sad.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A promising youth to be led astray!
precisely as stated
From this reading Heaven bless me, but this is very sad.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading You have filled him with your wild, radical, and absurd heroic rhapsodies.
in the company of; together with
From this reading You have filled him with your wild, radical, and absurd heroic rhapsodies.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You have filled him with your wild, radical, and absurd heroic rhapsodies.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Rose, I am very sorry to say that this is certainly your fault.
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
From this reading A promising youth to be led astray!
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