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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.
Gentlemen, I hope you will all fill in honour of our host. [_They gather around, fill, and drink to_ MR. ELSWORTH.] Fill again, gentlemen, and honour the toast I am going to propose. The ladies! speedy priests and rings. ROSE.
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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make full, also in a metaphorical sense
From this reading “Gentlemen, I hope you will all fill in honour of our host.”
assemble or get together
From this reading “[_They gather around, fill, and drink to_ MR.”
a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
From this reading “Gentlemen, I hope you will all fill in honour of our host.”
plural of “priest” — a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
From this reading “The ladies! speedy priests and rings.”
make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading “ELSWORTH.] Fill again, gentlemen, and honour the toast I am going to propose.”
gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes; used for gymnastic exercises
From this reading “The ladies! speedy priests and rings.”
characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed
From this reading “The ladies! speedy priests and rings.”
make brown and crisp by heating
From this reading “ELSWORTH.] Fill again, gentlemen, and honour the toast I am going to propose.”
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anew
From this reading ELSWORTH.] Fill again, gentlemen, and honour the toast I am going to propose.
(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 Gentlemen, I hope you will all fill in honour of our host.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading ELSWORTH.] Fill again, gentlemen, and honour the toast I am going to propose.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [_They gather around, fill, and drink to_ MR.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading [_They gather around, fill, and drink to_ MR.
take in liquids
From this reading [_They gather around, fill, and drink to_ MR.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ELSWORTH.] Fill again, gentlemen, and honour the toast I am going to propose.
make full, also in a metaphorical sense
From this reading Gentlemen, I hope you will all fill in honour of our host.
assemble or get together
From this reading [_They gather around, fill, and drink to_ MR.
plural of “gentleman” — a man of refinement
From this reading Gentlemen, I hope you will all fill in honour of our host.
the act of departing
From this reading ELSWORTH.] Fill again, gentlemen, and honour the toast I am going to propose.
the state of being honored
From this reading Gentlemen, I hope you will all fill in honour of our host.
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading Gentlemen, I hope you will all fill in honour of our host.
a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there
From this reading Gentlemen, I hope you will all fill in honour of our host.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Gentlemen, I hope you will all fill in honour of our host.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Gentlemen, I hope you will all fill in honour of our host.
plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading The ladies! speedy priests and rings.
a form of address for a man
From this reading [_They gather around, fill, and drink to_ MR.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Gentlemen, I hope you will all fill in honour of our host.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Gentlemen, I hope you will all fill in honour of our host.
plural of “priest” — a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders
From this reading The ladies! speedy priests and rings.
make a proposal, declare a plan for something
From this reading ELSWORTH.] Fill again, gentlemen, and honour the toast I am going to propose.
gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes; used for gymnastic exercises
From this reading The ladies! speedy priests and rings.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading ROSE.
characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed
From this reading The ladies! speedy priests and rings.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ELSWORTH.] Fill again, gentlemen, and honour the toast I am going to propose.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading [_They gather around, fill, and drink to_ MR.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [_They gather around, fill, and drink to_ MR.
make brown and crisp by heating
From this reading ELSWORTH.] Fill again, gentlemen, and honour the toast I am going to propose.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Gentlemen, I hope you will all fill in honour of our host.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Gentlemen, I hope you will all fill in honour of our host.
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