Major-General's Song by Gilbert And Sullivan
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I am the very model of a modern Major-General
I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral
I know the kings of England
And I (1)__________ the fights historical
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical
I'm very (2)________ acquainted, too, with (3)______________ mathematical
I (4)____________________ equations, both the simple and quadratical
About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news
(Hmm, lot of news.... Got it!)
With many cheerful facts
About the square of the hypotenuse
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I'm very (5)________ at integral and differential calculus
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a (6)____________ Major-General
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I know our mythic history
King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's
I answer (7)________ acrostics, I've a pretty taste for paradox
I quote in elegiacs all the (8)____________ of Heliogabalus
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous
I can tell undoubted
Raphaels from Gerard Dows and Zoffanies
I (9)________ the croaking chorus
From The Frogs of Aristophanes
Then I can hum a fugue
Of (10)__________ I've heard the music's din afore
(Ooh, din afore, din afore... Got it!)
And whistle all the airs
From that infernal nonsense Pinafore
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Then I can write a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform
And tell you every detail of Caractacus's uniform
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major-General
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In fact
When I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can (11)________ at sight a Mauser (12)__________ from a javelin
When such affairs as sorties
And surprises I'm more wary at
And when I (13)________ precisely
What is meant by "commissariat"
When I have learnt
What progress has been made in modern gunnery
When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy
(Oh, that's a hard one, strategy... Got it!)
You'll say a better Major-General has (14)__________ sat a-gee
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For my military knowledge
Though I'm plucky and adventury
Has (15)________ been brought down
To the beginning of the century
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major-General
...
(One (16)________ time?!)
...
In fact
When I (17)________ what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can tell at (18)__________ a Mauser rifle from a javelin
When such affairs as sorties
And surprises I'm more (19)________ at
And when I know precisely
What is (20)__________ by "commissariat"
When I (21)________ learnt
What progress has been made in modern gunnery
When I (22)________ more of (23)______________ than a novice in a nunnery
In short, when I've a (24)____________________ of elemental strategy
You'll say a better Major-General has never rode a horse!
...
For my military knowledge
Though I'm (25)____________ and adventury
Has only been brought down
To the beginning of the century
But still, in (26)______________ vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major-General!
...
I am the very model of a modern Major-General
I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral
I know the kings of England
And I (1)__________ the fights historical
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical
I'm very (2)________ acquainted, too, with (3)______________ mathematical
I (4)____________________ equations, both the simple and quadratical
About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news
(Hmm, lot of news.... Got it!)
With many cheerful facts
About the square of the hypotenuse
...
I'm very (5)________ at integral and differential calculus
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a (6)____________ Major-General
...
I know our mythic history
King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's
I answer (7)________ acrostics, I've a pretty taste for paradox
I quote in elegiacs all the (8)____________ of Heliogabalus
In conics I can floor peculiarities parabolous
I can tell undoubted
Raphaels from Gerard Dows and Zoffanies
I (9)________ the croaking chorus
From The Frogs of Aristophanes
Then I can hum a fugue
Of (10)__________ I've heard the music's din afore
(Ooh, din afore, din afore... Got it!)
And whistle all the airs
From that infernal nonsense Pinafore
...
Then I can write a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform
And tell you every detail of Caractacus's uniform
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major-General
...
In fact
When I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can (11)________ at sight a Mauser (12)__________ from a javelin
When such affairs as sorties
And surprises I'm more wary at
And when I (13)________ precisely
What is meant by "commissariat"
When I have learnt
What progress has been made in modern gunnery
When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy
(Oh, that's a hard one, strategy... Got it!)
You'll say a better Major-General has (14)__________ sat a-gee
...
For my military knowledge
Though I'm plucky and adventury
Has (15)________ been brought down
To the beginning of the century
But still, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major-General
...
(One (16)________ time?!)
...
In fact
When I (17)________ what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin"
When I can tell at (18)__________ a Mauser rifle from a javelin
When such affairs as sorties
And surprises I'm more (19)________ at
And when I know precisely
What is (20)__________ by "commissariat"
When I (21)________ learnt
What progress has been made in modern gunnery
When I (22)________ more of (23)______________ than a novice in a nunnery
In short, when I've a (24)____________________ of elemental strategy
You'll say a better Major-General has never rode a horse!
...
For my military knowledge
Though I'm (25)____________ and adventury
Has only been brought down
To the beginning of the century
But still, in (26)______________ vegetable, animal, and mineral
I am the very model of a modern Major-General!
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Respuestas:
(1) quote(2) well(3) matters(4) understand(5) good(6) modern(7) hard(8) crimes(9) know(10) which(11) tell(12) rifle(13) know(14) never(15) only(16) more(17) know(18) sight(19) wary(20) meant(21) have(22) know(23) tactics(24) smattering(25) plucky(26) matters