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Suffrage Songs and Verses
Suffrage Songs and Verses

Chapter I

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In this text version of “Suffrage Songs and Verses”: words in italics are marked with _underscores_, and words in small capitals are shown in UPPERCASE.
Variant spelling, and inconsistent hyphenation are retained.
A very few tangible printing errors have been corrected.
NOTE--The poems marked * are from _In This Our World_ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
Copyright, 1898, by Small, Maynard and Co., and are reprinted by the kind permission of the publishers.
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Suffrage Songs and Verses

Chapter I

Reading 1/60 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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In this text version of “Suffrage Songs and Verses”: words in italics are marked with _underscores_, and words in small capitals are shown in UPPERCASE.
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Variant spelling, and inconsistent hyphenation are retained.
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A very few tangible printing errors have been corrected.
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NOTE--The poems marked * are from _In This Our World_ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
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Copyright, 1898, by Small, Maynard and Co., and are reprinted by the kind permission of the publishers.

Learner Dictionary

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Been auxiliary verb US /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “A very few tangible printing errors have been corrected.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “A very few tangible printing errors have been corrected.”

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1898

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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 A very few tangible printing errors have been corrected.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading In this text version of “Suffrage Songs and Verses”: words in italics are marked with _underscores_, and words in small capitals are shown in UPPERCASE.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading In this text version of “Suffrage Songs and Verses”: words in italics are marked with _underscores_, and words in small capitals are shown in UPPERCASE.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading A very few tangible printing errors have been corrected.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading NOTE--The poems marked * are from _In This Our World_ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

capitals

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Charlotte

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Co

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Copyright

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corrected

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errors

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few

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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading NOTE--The poems marked * are from _In This Our World_ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Gilman

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haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

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hyphenation

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InprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

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inconsistent

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italics

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kind

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marked

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Maynard

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NOTE

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From this reading NOTE--The poems marked * are from _In This Our World_ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading In this text version of “Suffrage Songs and Verses”: words in italics are marked with _underscores_, and words in small capitals are shown in UPPERCASE.

OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading NOTE--The poems marked * are from _In This Our World_ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Perkins

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permission

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poems

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From this reading NOTE--The poems marked * are from _In This Our World_ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

printing

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publishers

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reprinted

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From this reading Copyright, 1898, by Small, Maynard and Co., and are reprinted by the kind permission of the publishers.

retained

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shown

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small

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Songs

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spelling

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Suffrage

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tangible

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text

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ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading NOTE--The poems marked * are from _In This Our World_ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

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underscores

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UPPERCASE

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Variant

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Verses

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version

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very

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withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

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words

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World

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From this reading NOTE--The poems marked * are from _In This Our World_ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.