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.
ARMSTRONG. If you've a rat hole into which you can crowd me. HARRY. I must be ignorant of your movements. I will go and receive them.
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 70/97 · 5 reading units · Lines 346–350
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
United States astronaut; the first man to set foot on the Moon (July 20, 1969) (1930-)
From this reading “ARMSTRONG.”
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading “If you've a rat hole into which you can crowd me.”
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading “HARRY.”
an opening into or through something
From this reading “If you've a rat hole into which you can crowd me.”
uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
From this reading “I must be ignorant of your movements.”
plural of “movement” — a change of position that does not entail a change of location
From this reading “I must be ignorant of your movements.”
any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
From this reading “If you've a rat hole into which you can crowd me.”
get something; come into possession of
From this reading “I will go and receive them.”
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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 If you've a rat hole into which you can crowd me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I will go and receive them.
United States astronaut; the first man to set foot on the Moon (July 20, 1969) (1930-)
From this reading ARMSTRONG.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I must be ignorant of your movements.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading If you've a rat hole into which you can crowd me.
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading If you've a rat hole into which you can crowd me.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I will go and receive them.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading HARRY.
an opening into or through something
From this reading If you've a rat hole into which you can crowd me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I must be ignorant of your movements.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you've a rat hole into which you can crowd me.
uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
From this reading I must be ignorant of your movements.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading If you've a rat hole into which you can crowd me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If you've a rat hole into which you can crowd me.
plural of “movement” — a change of position that does not entail a change of location
From this reading I must be ignorant of your movements.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I must be ignorant of your movements.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I must be ignorant of your movements.
any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
From this reading If you've a rat hole into which you can crowd me.
get something; come into possession of
From this reading I will go and receive them.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I will go and receive them.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading If you've a rat hole into which you can crowd me.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I will go and receive them.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If you've a rat hole into which you can crowd me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If you've a rat hole into which you can crowd me.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I must be ignorant of your movements.
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