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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.
There are a dozen families within as many miles. ROSE. A mad idea. HARRY. A wild one, I confess.
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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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
From this reading “A wild one, I confess.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading “There are a dozen families within as many miles.”
plural of “family” — a social unit living together
From this reading “There are a dozen families within as many miles.”
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading “HARRY.”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “A mad idea.”
roused to anger
From this reading “A mad idea.”
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading “There are a dozen families within as many miles.”
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading “A wild one, I confess.”
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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 There are a dozen families within as many miles.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There are a dozen families within as many miles.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There are a dozen families within as many miles.
confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure
From this reading A wild one, I confess.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading There are a dozen families within as many miles.
plural of “family” — a social unit living together
From this reading There are a dozen families within as many miles.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading HARRY.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A wild one, I confess.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading A mad idea.
roused to anger
From this reading A mad idea.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading There are a dozen families within as many miles.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading There are a dozen families within as many miles.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A wild one, I confess.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading ROSE.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There are a dozen families within as many miles.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading A wild one, I confess.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading There are a dozen families within as many miles.
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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