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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.
CLEVELAND. And the unmarried-- ROSE. Oh, they are even worse. Old maids and old bachelors are the tossed about odds and ends of humanity. CLEVELAND.
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 94/97 · 5 reading units · Lines 466–470
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plural of “bachelor” — a man who has never been married
From this reading “Old maids and old bachelors are the tossed about odds and ends of humanity.”
the largest city in Ohio; located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie; a major Great Lakes port
From this reading “CLEVELAND.”
plural of “end” — either extremity of something that has length
From this reading “Old maids and old bachelors are the tossed about odds and ends of humanity.”
the quality of being humane
From this reading “Old maids and old bachelors are the tossed about odds and ends of humanity.”
plural of “maid” — a female domestic
From this reading “Old maids and old bachelors are the tossed about odds and ends of humanity.”
the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
From this reading “Old maids and old bachelors are the tossed about odds and ends of humanity.”
past form of “toss” — throw or toss with a light motion
From this reading “Old maids and old bachelors are the tossed about odds and ends of humanity.”
not married or related to the unmarried state
From this reading “And the unmarried-- ROSE.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Old maids and old bachelors are the tossed about odds and ends of humanity.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the unmarried-- ROSE.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Oh, they are even worse.
plural of “bachelor” — a man who has never been married
From this reading Old maids and old bachelors are the tossed about odds and ends of humanity.
the largest city in Ohio; located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie; a major Great Lakes port
From this reading CLEVELAND.
plural of “end” — either extremity of something that has length
From this reading Old maids and old bachelors are the tossed about odds and ends of humanity.
divisible by two
From this reading Oh, they are even worse.
the quality of being humane
From this reading Old maids and old bachelors are the tossed about odds and ends of humanity.
plural of “maid” — a female domestic
From this reading Old maids and old bachelors are the tossed about odds and ends of humanity.
the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
From this reading Old maids and old bachelors are the tossed about odds and ends of humanity.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Old maids and old bachelors are the tossed about odds and ends of humanity.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, they are even worse.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Old maids and old bachelors are the tossed about odds and ends of humanity.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading And the unmarried-- ROSE.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And the unmarried-- ROSE.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Oh, they are even worse.
past form of “toss” — throw or toss with a light motion
From this reading Old maids and old bachelors are the tossed about odds and ends of humanity.
not married or related to the unmarried state
From this reading And the unmarried-- ROSE.
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading Oh, they are even worse.
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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