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The little country theater

Chapter II

Chapter 2 of The little country theater is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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“I rec’d the packet of information on Country Life and will return it after our next meeting the 27th.
Can you send me two or three dialogues suitable for a Literary Society in a rural district.
We have 6 or 8 young ladies that might take part but very few young men.
And will you suggest a few subjects for debate of interest and benefit to a country community.
“Yours truly, “J. B. P.”
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The little country theater

Chapter II

Chapter 2 of The little country theater is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
“I rec’d the packet of information on Country Life and will return it after our next meeting the 27th.
Line 2
Can you send me two or three dialogues suitable for a Literary Society in a rural district.
/kæn juː send miː tuː ɔːr θriː ˈdaɪəlɔːɡz ˈsuːtəbəl fɔːr ə ˈlɪtəreri səˈsaɪəti ɪn ə ˈrʊrəl ˈdɪstrɪkt/
Line 3
We have 6 or 8 young ladies that might take part but very few young men.
Line 4
And will you suggest a few subjects for debate of interest and benefit to a country community.
/ənd wɪl juː səˈdʒest ə fjuː ˈsʌbdʒɪkts fɔːr dəˈbeɪt ʌv ˈɪntrəst ənd ˈbenəfɪt tuː ə ˈkʌntri kəˈmjuːnəti/
Line 5
“Yours truly, “J. B. P.”
/jʊrz ˈtruːli dʒeɪ biː piː/

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

community noun US /kəˈmjuːnəti/

a group of people living in a particular local area

From this reading “And will you suggest a few subjects for debate of interest and benefit to a country community.”

debate verb US /dəˈbeɪt/

argue with one another

From this reading “And will you suggest a few subjects for debate of interest and benefit to a country community.”

dialogues noun US /ˈdaɪəlɔːɡz/

plural of “dialogue” — a conversation between two persons

From this reading “Can you send me two or three dialogues suitable for a Literary Society in a rural district.”

district noun US /ˈdɪstrɪkt/

a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

From this reading “Can you send me two or three dialogues suitable for a Literary Society in a rural district.”

packet noun US /ˈpækət/

a collection of things wrapped or boxed together

From this reading ““I rec’d the packet of information on Country Life and will return it after our next meeting the 27th.”

rural adjective US /ˈrʊrəl/

living in or characteristic of farming or country life

From this reading “Can you send me two or three dialogues suitable for a Literary Society in a rural district.”

suggest verb US /səˈdʒest/

make a proposal, declare a plan for something

From this reading “And will you suggest a few subjects for debate of interest and benefit to a country community.”

suitable adjective US /ˈsuːtəbəl/

meant or adapted for an occasion or use

From this reading “Can you send me two or three dialogues suitable for a Literary Society in a rural district.”

Word partnerships in these lines

English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.

Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.

rural district adjective + noun

In this reading “Can you send me two or three dialogues suitable for a Literary Society in a rural district.”

young ladies adjective + noun counted as “young lady”

a young female

In this reading “We have 6 or 8 young ladies that might take part but very few young men.”

Literary Society adjective + noun

In this reading “Can you send me two or three dialogues suitable for a Literary Society in a rural district.”

young men adjective + noun

In this reading “We have 6 or 8 young ladies that might take part but very few young men.”

next meeting adjective + noun

In this reading ““I rec’d the packet of information on Country Life and will return it after our next meeting the 27th.”

take part verb + noun

share in something

In this reading “We have 6 or 8 young ladies that might take part but very few young men.”

All words in this reading · 60

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

27th

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “I rec’d the packet of information on Country Life and will return it after our next meeting the 27th.

6

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading We have 6 or 8 young ladies that might take part but very few young men.

8

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading We have 6 or 8 young ladies that might take part but very few young men.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Can you send me two or three dialogues suitable for a Literary Society in a rural district.

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “I rec’d the packet of information on Country Life and will return it after our next meeting the 27th.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading “I rec’d the packet of information on Country Life and will return it after our next meeting the 27th.

BnounUS /biː/

aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil

From this reading “Yours truly, “J. B. P.”

benefitnounUS /ˈbenəfɪt/

financial assistance in time of need

From this reading And will you suggest a few subjects for debate of interest and benefit to a country community.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading We have 6 or 8 young ladies that might take part but very few young men.

Canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading Can you send me two or three dialogues suitable for a Literary Society in a rural district.

communitynounUS /kəˈmjuːnəti/

a group of people living in a particular local area

From this reading And will you suggest a few subjects for debate of interest and benefit to a country community.

CountrynounUS /ˈkʌntri/

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading “I rec’d the packet of information on Country Life and will return it after our next meeting the 27th.

debateverbUS /dəˈbeɪt/

argue with one another

From this reading And will you suggest a few subjects for debate of interest and benefit to a country community.

dialoguesnounUS /ˈdaɪəlɔːɡz/

plural of “dialogue” — a conversation between two persons

From this reading Can you send me two or three dialogues suitable for a Literary Society in a rural district.

districtnounUS /ˈdɪstrɪkt/

a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

From this reading Can you send me two or three dialogues suitable for a Literary Society in a rural district.

fewadjectiveUS /fjuː/

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading We have 6 or 8 young ladies that might take part but very few young men.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Can you send me two or three dialogues suitable for a Literary Society in a rural district.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading We have 6 or 8 young ladies that might take part but very few young men.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading “I rec’d the packet of information on Country Life and will return it after our next meeting the 27th.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Can you send me two or three dialogues suitable for a Literary Society in a rural district.

informationnounUS /ˌɪnfərˈmeɪʃən/

a message received and understood

From this reading “I rec’d the packet of information on Country Life and will return it after our next meeting the 27th.

interestnounUS /ˈɪntrəst/

a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something

From this reading And will you suggest a few subjects for debate of interest and benefit to a country community.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading “I rec’d the packet of information on Country Life and will return it after our next meeting the 27th.

JnounUS /dʒeɪ/

a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second

From this reading “Yours truly, “J. B. P.”

ladiesnounUS /ˈleɪdiz/

plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman

From this reading We have 6 or 8 young ladies that might take part but very few young men.

LifenounUS /laɪf/

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading “I rec’d the packet of information on Country Life and will return it after our next meeting the 27th.

LiteraryadjectiveUS /ˈlɪtəreri/

of or relating to or characteristic of literature

From this reading Can you send me two or three dialogues suitable for a Literary Society in a rural district.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Can you send me two or three dialogues suitable for a Literary Society in a rural district.

meetingnounUS /ˈmiːtɪŋ/

a formally arranged gathering

From this reading “I rec’d the packet of information on Country Life and will return it after our next meeting the 27th.

mennounUS /men/

the force of workers available

From this reading We have 6 or 8 young ladies that might take part but very few young men.

mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading We have 6 or 8 young ladies that might take part but very few young men.

nextadjectiveUS /nekst/

immediately following in time or order

From this reading “I rec’d the packet of information on Country Life and will return it after our next meeting the 27th.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading “I rec’d the packet of information on Country Life and will return it after our next meeting the 27th.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading “I rec’d the packet of information on Country Life and will return it after our next meeting the 27th.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Can you send me two or three dialogues suitable for a Literary Society in a rural district.

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading “I rec’d the packet of information on Country Life and will return it after our next meeting the 27th.

PnounUS /piː/

a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

From this reading “Yours truly, “J. B. P.”

packetnounUS /ˈpækət/

a collection of things wrapped or boxed together

From this reading “I rec’d the packet of information on Country Life and will return it after our next meeting the 27th.

partnounUS /pɑːrt/

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading We have 6 or 8 young ladies that might take part but very few young men.

rec'd

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “I rec’d the packet of information on Country Life and will return it after our next meeting the 27th.

returnverbUS /rɪˈtɜːrn/

go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading “I rec’d the packet of information on Country Life and will return it after our next meeting the 27th.

ruraladjectiveUS /ˈrʊrəl/

living in or characteristic of farming or country life

From this reading Can you send me two or three dialogues suitable for a Literary Society in a rural district.

sendverbUS /send/

cause to go somewhere

From this reading Can you send me two or three dialogues suitable for a Literary Society in a rural district.

SocietynounUS /səˈsaɪəti/

an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

From this reading Can you send me two or three dialogues suitable for a Literary Society in a rural district.

subjectsnounUS /ˈsʌbdʒɪkts/

plural of “subject” — the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

From this reading And will you suggest a few subjects for debate of interest and benefit to a country community.

suggestverbUS /səˈdʒest/

make a proposal, declare a plan for something

From this reading And will you suggest a few subjects for debate of interest and benefit to a country community.

suitableadjectiveUS /ˈsuːtəbəl/

meant or adapted for an occasion or use

From this reading Can you send me two or three dialogues suitable for a Literary Society in a rural district.

takeverbUS /teɪk/

carry out

From this reading We have 6 or 8 young ladies that might take part but very few young men.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading We have 6 or 8 young ladies that might take part but very few young men.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading “I rec’d the packet of information on Country Life and will return it after our next meeting the 27th.

threenounUS /θriː/

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading Can you send me two or three dialogues suitable for a Literary Society in a rural district.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading And will you suggest a few subjects for debate of interest and benefit to a country community.

trulyadverbUS /ˈtruːli/

in accordance with truth or fact or reality

From this reading “Yours truly, “J. B. P.”

twonounUS /tuː/

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading Can you send me two or three dialogues suitable for a Literary Society in a rural district.

veryadjectiveUS /ˈveri/

precisely as stated

From this reading We have 6 or 8 young ladies that might take part but very few young men.

WepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We have 6 or 8 young ladies that might take part but very few young men.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading “I rec’d the packet of information on Country Life and will return it after our next meeting the 27th.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Can you send me two or three dialogues suitable for a Literary Society in a rural district.

youngadjectiveUS /jʌŋ/

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading We have 6 or 8 young ladies that might take part but very few young men.

YourspronounUS /jʊrz/

the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to

From this reading “Yours truly, “J. B. P.”

Chapter 2 of The little country theater by Alfred G. (Alfred Gilmeiden) Arvold holds 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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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