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.
KATE. I do declare Captain Arbald is below, and I am sadly deranged. ROSE. Oh, fearfully! Run to your glass, by all means.
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 75/97 · 5 reading units · Lines 371–375
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at or to a lower level than something
From this reading “I do declare Captain Arbald is below, and I am sadly deranged.”
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading “I do declare Captain Arbald is below, and I am sadly deranged.”
state emphatically and authoritatively
From this reading “I do declare Captain Arbald is below, and I am sadly deranged.”
driven insane
From this reading “I do declare Captain Arbald is below, and I am sadly deranged.”
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading “Run to your glass, by all means.”
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading “Run to your glass, by all means.”
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “Run to your glass, by all means.”
in an unfortunate way
From this reading “I do declare Captain Arbald is below, and I am sadly deranged.”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Run to your glass, by all means.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I do declare Captain Arbald is below, and I am sadly deranged.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I do declare Captain Arbald is below, and I am sadly deranged.
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From this reading I do declare Captain Arbald is below, and I am sadly deranged.
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading I do declare Captain Arbald is below, and I am sadly deranged.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Run to your glass, by all means.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading I do declare Captain Arbald is below, and I am sadly deranged.
state emphatically and authoritatively
From this reading I do declare Captain Arbald is below, and I am sadly deranged.
driven insane
From this reading I do declare Captain Arbald is below, and I am sadly deranged.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I do declare Captain Arbald is below, and I am sadly deranged.
in fear
From this reading Oh, fearfully!
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading Run to your glass, by all means.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I do declare Captain Arbald is below, and I am sadly deranged.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I do declare Captain Arbald is below, and I am sadly deranged.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading KATE.
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading Run to your glass, by all means.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, fearfully!
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading ROSE.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading Run to your glass, by all means.
in an unfortunate way
From this reading I do declare Captain Arbald is below, and I am sadly deranged.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Run to your glass, by all means.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Run to your glass, by all means.
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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