Chapter 2 of Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 is here in full — 505 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 is here in full — 505 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Permit me to be the means of restoring this valued token from a dear friend. Would it not be a strange vicissitude if the finding of the trinket should be the means of losing the friend? Conduct your prisoner hence. [_Exeunt all but_ ROSE _and_ CLEVELAND. ROSE.
Chapter 2 of Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 is here in full — 505 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 94/101 · 5 reading units · Lines 466–470
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the largest city in Ohio; located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie; a major Great Lakes port
From this reading “[_Exeunt all but_ ROSE _and_ CLEVELAND.”
-ing form of “lose” — fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading “Would it not be a strange vicissitude if the finding of the trinket should be the means of losing the friend?”
a legal document giving official permission to do something
From this reading “Permit me to be the means of restoring this valued token from a dear friend.”
-ing form of “restore” — return to its original or usable and functioning condition
From this reading “Permit me to be the means of restoring this valued token from a dear friend.”
an individual instance of a type of symbol
From this reading “Permit me to be the means of restoring this valued token from a dear friend.”
cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
From this reading “Would it not be a strange vicissitude if the finding of the trinket should be the means of losing the friend?”
(usually used in combination) having value of a specified kind
From this reading “Permit me to be the means of restoring this valued token from a dear friend.”
a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something
From this reading “Would it not be a strange vicissitude if the finding of the trinket should be the means of losing the friend?”
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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 Permit me to be the means of restoring this valued token from a dear friend.
(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 [_Exeunt all but_ ROSE _and_ CLEVELAND.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [_Exeunt all but_ ROSE _and_ CLEVELAND.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Permit me to be the means of restoring this valued token from a dear friend.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading [_Exeunt all but_ ROSE _and_ CLEVELAND.
the largest city in Ohio; located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie; a major Great Lakes port
From this reading [_Exeunt all but_ ROSE _and_ CLEVELAND.
direct the course of; manage or control
From this reading Conduct your prisoner hence.
dearly loved
From this reading Permit me to be the means of restoring this valued token from a dear friend.
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From this reading [_Exeunt all but_ ROSE _and_ CLEVELAND.
the act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation
From this reading Would it not be a strange vicissitude if the finding of the trinket should be the means of losing the friend?
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Permit me to be the means of restoring this valued token from a dear friend.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Permit me to be the means of restoring this valued token from a dear friend.
for this reason
From this reading Conduct your prisoner hence.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Would it not be a strange vicissitude if the finding of the trinket should be the means of losing the friend?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Would it not be a strange vicissitude if the finding of the trinket should be the means of losing the friend?
-ing form of “lose” — fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading Would it not be a strange vicissitude if the finding of the trinket should be the means of losing the friend?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Permit me to be the means of restoring this valued token from a dear friend.
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading Permit me to be the means of restoring this valued token from a dear friend.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Would it not be a strange vicissitude if the finding of the trinket should be the means of losing the friend?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Permit me to be the means of restoring this valued token from a dear friend.
a legal document giving official permission to do something
From this reading Permit me to be the means of restoring this valued token from a dear friend.
a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
From this reading Conduct your prisoner hence.
-ing form of “restore” — return to its original or usable and functioning condition
From this reading Permit me to be the means of restoring this valued token from a dear friend.
any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading [_Exeunt all but_ ROSE _and_ CLEVELAND.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Would it not be a strange vicissitude if the finding of the trinket should be the means of losing the friend?
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading Would it not be a strange vicissitude if the finding of the trinket should be the means of losing the friend?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Permit me to be the means of restoring this valued token from a dear friend.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Permit me to be the means of restoring this valued token from a dear friend.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Permit me to be the means of restoring this valued token from a dear friend.
an individual instance of a type of symbol
From this reading Permit me to be the means of restoring this valued token from a dear friend.
cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
From this reading Would it not be a strange vicissitude if the finding of the trinket should be the means of losing the friend?
(usually used in combination) having value of a specified kind
From this reading Permit me to be the means of restoring this valued token from a dear friend.
a variation in circumstances or fortune at different times in your life or in the development of something
From this reading Would it not be a strange vicissitude if the finding of the trinket should be the means of losing the friend?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Would it not be a strange vicissitude if the finding of the trinket should be the means of losing the friend?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Conduct your prisoner hence.
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