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Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas
Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas

Chapter II

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WHY SHOULDN’T THE DARLINGS?
There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.
_Chorus_ (_to be rendered with a winning persuasiveness_).
Why _shouldn’t_ the darlings have votes? de-ar things!
On politics each of ’em dotes, de-ar things!
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Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas

Chapter II

Reading 1/79 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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WHY SHOULDN’T THE DARLINGS?
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There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.
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_Chorus_ (_to be rendered with a winning persuasiveness_).
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Why _shouldn’t_ the darlings have votes? de-ar things!
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On politics each of ’em dotes, de-ar things!

Learner Dictionary

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

Chorus noun US /ˈkɔrəs/

a group singing together

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Why _shouldn’t_ the darlings have votes? de-ar things!”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

all

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From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

argu-ment

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From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading _Chorus_ (_to be rendered with a winning persuasiveness_).

breasts

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From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

brimming

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From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

calling

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From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

ChorusnounUS /ˈkɔrəs/

a group singing together

From this reading _Chorus_ (_to be rendered with a winning persuasiveness_).

clamour

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From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

DARLINGS

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From this reading WHY SHOULDN’T THE DARLINGS?

de-ar

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From this reading Why _shouldn’t_ the darlings have votes? de-ar things!

dotes

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From this reading On politics each of ’em dotes, de-ar things!

eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading On politics each of ’em dotes, de-ar things!

eloquent

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From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

em

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From this reading On politics each of ’em dotes, de-ar things!

enfranchisement

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From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

enthusiasm

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From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

Female

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From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

floor

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From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Why _shouldn’t_ the darlings have votes? de-ar things!

huff

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From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

invariably

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From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading On politics each of ’em dotes, de-ar things!

parties

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From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

persuasiveness

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From this reading _Chorus_ (_to be rendered with a winning persuasiveness_).

plea

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From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

politics

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From this reading On politics each of ’em dotes, de-ar things!

rage

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From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

rendered

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From this reading _Chorus_ (_to be rendered with a winning persuasiveness_).

SHOULDN'T

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From this reading WHY SHOULDN’T THE DARLINGS?

simple

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From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

some

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From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

Suffrage

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From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading WHY SHOULDN’T THE DARLINGS?

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

There's

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From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

they're

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From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

things

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From this reading Why _shouldn’t_ the darlings have votes? de-ar things!

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading _Chorus_ (_to be rendered with a winning persuasiveness_).

votes

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From this reading Why _shouldn’t_ the darlings have votes? de-ar things!

WhenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

WHY

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From this reading WHY SHOULDN’T THE DARLINGS?

winning

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From this reading _Chorus_ (_to be rendered with a winning persuasiveness_).

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.

women

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From this reading There’s enthusiasm brimming in the breasts of all the women, And they’re calling for enfranchisement with clamour eloquent: When some parties in a huff rage at the plea for Female Suffrage, I invariably floor them with a simple argu-ment.