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.
[_Going over to her_.] The happiest wit, madam, I ever heard. ROSE. Captain Arbald, will you grant me your arm? I'm sure you would like a turn in the garden. I shouldn't wonder if my sister were upon the grounds.
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 95/97 · 5 reading units · Lines 471–475
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a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading “I'm sure you would like a turn in the garden.”
let have
From this reading “Captain Arbald, will you grant me your arm?”
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
From this reading “I shouldn't wonder if my sister were upon the grounds.”
superlative of “happy” — enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading “[_Going over to her_.] The happiest wit, madam, I ever heard.”
a woman of refinement
From this reading “[_Going over to her_.] The happiest wit, madam, I ever heard.”
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading “I shouldn't wonder if my sister were upon the grounds.”
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
From this reading “[_Going over to her_.] The happiest wit, madam, I ever heard.”
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading “I shouldn't wonder if my sister were upon the grounds.”
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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 I'm sure you would like a turn in the garden.
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From this reading Captain Arbald, will you grant me your arm?
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading Captain Arbald, will you grant me your arm?
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading Captain Arbald, will you grant me your arm?
at any time
From this reading [_Going over to her_.] The happiest wit, madam, I ever heard.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading I'm sure you would like a turn in the garden.
the act of departing
From this reading [_Going over to her_.] The happiest wit, madam, I ever heard.
let have
From this reading Captain Arbald, will you grant me your arm?
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
From this reading I shouldn't wonder if my sister were upon the grounds.
superlative of “happy” — enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading [_Going over to her_.] The happiest wit, madam, I ever heard.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading [_Going over to her_.] The happiest wit, madam, I ever heard.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading [_Going over to her_.] The happiest wit, madam, I ever heard.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading [_Going over to her_.] The happiest wit, madam, I ever heard.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm sure you would like a turn in the garden.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading I shouldn't wonder if my sister were upon the grounds.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I'm sure you would like a turn in the garden.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading I'm sure you would like a turn in the garden.
a woman of refinement
From this reading [_Going over to her_.] The happiest wit, madam, I ever heard.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Captain Arbald, will you grant me your arm?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I shouldn't wonder if my sister were upon the grounds.
above and across; more than
From this reading [_Going over to her_.] The happiest wit, madam, I ever heard.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading ROSE.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I shouldn't wonder if my sister were upon the grounds.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading I shouldn't wonder if my sister were upon the grounds.
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading I'm sure you would like a turn in the garden.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [_Going over to her_.] The happiest wit, madam, I ever heard.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [_Going over to her_.] The happiest wit, madam, I ever heard.
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading I'm sure you would like a turn in the garden.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading I shouldn't wonder if my sister were upon the grounds.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I shouldn't wonder if my sister were upon the grounds.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Captain Arbald, will you grant me your arm?
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
From this reading [_Going over to her_.] The happiest wit, madam, I ever heard.
the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising
From this reading I shouldn't wonder if my sister were upon the grounds.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I'm sure you would like a turn in the garden.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Captain Arbald, will you grant me your arm?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Captain Arbald, will you grant me your arm?
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