Chapter 5 of As It Was Written: A Jewish Musician's Story is here in full — 439 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of As It Was Written: A Jewish Musician's Story is here in full — 439 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Bother the shop! The shop no longer exists. I have caused its annihilation during the day.” “Have you Aladdin’s lamp? “I have a substitute for it, at least.
Chapter 5 of As It Was Written: A Jewish Musician's Story is here in full — 439 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
destruction by annihilating something
From this reading “I have caused its annihilation during the day.””
take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
From this reading ““Bother the shop!”
past form of “cause” — give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
From this reading “I have caused its annihilation during the day.””
third-person singular of “exist” — have an existence, be extant
From this reading “The shop no longer exists.”
an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading ““Have you Aladdin’s lamp?”
for more time
From this reading “The shop no longer exists.”
do one's shopping
From this reading ““Bother the shop!”
put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
From this reading ““I have a substitute for it, at least.”
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.
In this reading ““I have a substitute for it, at least.”
In this reading “I have caused its annihilation during the day.””
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “I have a substitute for it, at least.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Have you Aladdin’s lamp?
destruction by annihilating something
From this reading I have caused its annihilation during the day.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “I have a substitute for it, at least.
take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
From this reading “Bother the shop!
past form of “cause” — give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
From this reading I have caused its annihilation during the day.”
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading I have caused its annihilation during the day.”
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading I have caused its annihilation during the day.”
third-person singular of “exist” — have an existence, be extant
From this reading The shop no longer exists.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “I have a substitute for it, at least.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have caused its annihilation during the day.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have caused its annihilation during the day.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “I have a substitute for it, at least.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading I have caused its annihilation during the day.”
an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading “Have you Aladdin’s lamp?
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading “I have a substitute for it, at least.
for more time
From this reading The shop no longer exists.
not any; not one
From this reading The shop no longer exists.
do one's shopping
From this reading “Bother the shop!
put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
From this reading “I have a substitute for it, at least.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Bother the shop!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Have you Aladdin’s lamp?
Chapter 5 of As It Was Written: A Jewish Musician's Story by Henry Harland holds 439 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.
Chapter 5 holds 439 sentences of As It Was Written: A Jewish Musician's Story, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
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