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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.
I'll be sworn her heart is as true as her wit. She is-- ROSE. Rebel, sir, from top to toe! [_Enter_ ARBALD, MARVIN, _and_ HARRY.] Ah, gentlemen, my best welcome.
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 90/97 · 5 reading units · Lines 446–450
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to come or go into
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading “[_Enter_ ARBALD, MARVIN, _and_ HARRY.]”
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading “Rebel, sir, from top to toe!”
bound by or as if by an oath
From this reading “I'll be sworn her heart is as true as her wit.”
one of the digits of the foot
From this reading “Rebel, sir, from top to toe!”
the upper part of anything
From this reading “Rebel, sir, from top to toe!”
accept gladly
From this reading “Ah, gentlemen, my best welcome.”
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
From this reading “I'll be sworn her heart is as true as her wit.”
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From this reading Ah, gentlemen, my best welcome.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [_Enter_ ARBALD, MARVIN, _and_ HARRY.]
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From this reading [_Enter_ ARBALD, MARVIN, _and_ HARRY.]
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I'll be sworn her heart is as true as her wit.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I'll be sworn her heart is as true as her wit.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading Ah, gentlemen, my best welcome.
to come or go into
From this reading [_Enter_ ARBALD, MARVIN, _and_ HARRY.]
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Rebel, sir, from top to toe!
plural of “gentleman” — a man of refinement
From this reading Ah, gentlemen, my best welcome.
annoy continually or chronically
From this reading [_Enter_ ARBALD, MARVIN, _and_ HARRY.]
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading I'll be sworn her heart is as true as her wit.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I'll be sworn her heart is as true as her wit.
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From this reading I'll be sworn her heart is as true as her wit.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I'll be sworn her heart is as true as her wit.
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From this reading [_Enter_ ARBALD, MARVIN, _and_ HARRY.]
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Ah, gentlemen, my best welcome.
“Johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; “greyback” derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
From this reading Rebel, sir, from top to toe!
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading She is-- ROSE.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She is-- ROSE.
term of address for a man
From this reading Rebel, sir, from top to toe!
bound by or as if by an oath
From this reading I'll be sworn her heart is as true as her wit.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Rebel, sir, from top to toe!
one of the digits of the foot
From this reading Rebel, sir, from top to toe!
the upper part of anything
From this reading Rebel, sir, from top to toe!
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading I'll be sworn her heart is as true as her wit.
accept gladly
From this reading Ah, gentlemen, my best welcome.
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
From this reading I'll be sworn her heart is as true as her wit.
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