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.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
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.
Your hand, my boy. You look like a soldier, sir. HARRY. I have good news for you. I have just rode on before to acquaint you that Major Cleveland will honour your roof to-day.
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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cause to come to know personally
From this reading “I have just rode on before to acquaint you that Major Cleveland will honour your roof to-day.”
the largest city in Ohio; located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie; a major Great Lakes port
From this reading “I have just rode on before to acquaint you that Major Cleveland will honour your roof to-day.”
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading “HARRY.”
the state of being honored
From this reading “I have just rode on before to acquaint you that Major Cleveland will honour your roof to-day.”
of greater importance or stature or rank
From this reading “I have just rode on before to acquaint you that Major Cleveland will honour your roof to-day.”
inflected form of “ride” — sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading “I have just rode on before to acquaint you that Major Cleveland will honour your roof to-day.”
a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
From this reading “I have just rode on before to acquaint you that Major Cleveland will honour your roof to-day.”
an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
From this reading “You look like a soldier, sir.”
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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 You look like a soldier, sir.
cause to come to know personally
From this reading I have just rode on before to acquaint you that Major Cleveland will honour your roof to-day.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I have just rode on before to acquaint you that Major Cleveland will honour your roof to-day.
a youthful male person
From this reading Your hand, my boy.
the largest city in Ohio; located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie; a major Great Lakes port
From this reading I have just rode on before to acquaint you that Major Cleveland will honour your roof to-day.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I have good news for you.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading I have good news for you.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Your hand, my boy.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading HARRY.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have good news for you.
the state of being honored
From this reading I have just rode on before to acquaint you that Major Cleveland will honour your roof to-day.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have good news for you.
and nothing more
From this reading I have just rode on before to acquaint you that Major Cleveland will honour your roof to-day.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading You look like a soldier, sir.
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading You look like a soldier, sir.
of greater importance or stature or rank
From this reading I have just rode on before to acquaint you that Major Cleveland will honour your roof to-day.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Your hand, my boy.
information about recent and important events
From this reading I have good news for you.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I have just rode on before to acquaint you that Major Cleveland will honour your roof to-day.
inflected form of “ride” — sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading I have just rode on before to acquaint you that Major Cleveland will honour your roof to-day.
a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
From this reading I have just rode on before to acquaint you that Major Cleveland will honour your roof to-day.
term of address for a man
From this reading You look like a soldier, sir.
an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
From this reading You look like a soldier, sir.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I have just rode on before to acquaint you that Major Cleveland will honour your roof to-day.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I have just rode on before to acquaint you that Major Cleveland will honour your roof to-day.
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From this reading I have just rode on before to acquaint you that Major Cleveland will honour your roof to-day.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I have just rode on before to acquaint you that Major Cleveland will honour your roof to-day.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You look like a soldier, sir.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your hand, my boy.
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