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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.
ROSE. Good gracious, Harry! You will have to pit coat against coat--where are your ladies? HARRY. Oh, we'd drum them up.
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 52/97 · 5 reading units · Lines 256–260
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “You will have to pit coat against coat--where are your ladies?”
an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
From this reading “You will have to pit coat against coat--where are your ladies?”
a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
From this reading “Oh, we'd drum them up.”
characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
From this reading “Good gracious, Harry!”
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading “Good gracious, Harry!”
plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading “You will have to pit coat against coat--where are your ladies?”
A large hole in the ground, or an abyss of darkness and peril.
From this reading “You will have to pit coat against coat--where are your ladies?”
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading “ROSE.”
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Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading You will have to pit coat against coat--where are your ladies?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You will have to pit coat against coat--where are your ladies?
an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors
From this reading You will have to pit coat against coat--where are your ladies?
a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
From this reading Oh, we'd drum them up.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Good gracious, Harry!
characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
From this reading Good gracious, Harry!
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading Good gracious, Harry!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You will have to pit coat against coat--where are your ladies?
plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading You will have to pit coat against coat--where are your ladies?
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, we'd drum them up.
A large hole in the ground, or an abyss of darkness and peril.
From this reading You will have to pit coat against coat--where are your ladies?
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading ROSE.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Oh, we'd drum them up.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You will have to pit coat against coat--where are your ladies?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Oh, we'd drum them up.
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From this reading Oh, we'd drum them up.
in or at the place that
From this reading You will have to pit coat against coat--where are your ladies?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading You will have to pit coat against coat--where are your ladies?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You will have to pit coat against coat--where are your ladies?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You will have to pit coat against coat--where are your ladies?
Chapter 1 of Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 by Oliver Bell Bunce holds 489 sentences, grouped into 98 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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.
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