Chapter 7 of As It Was Written: A Jewish Musician's Story is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of As It Was Written: A Jewish Musician's Story is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“In my eighteenth year my own father—your grandfather, of holy memory—had died. On his death-bed he called me to him. He said: ‘When you have become a man you will meet many women. To one of them your heart will go out in love. You will desire her for your wife.
Chapter 7 of As It Was Written: A Jewish Musician's Story is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading “He said: ‘When you have become a man you will meet many women.”
the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
From this reading “You will desire her for your wife.”
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading ““In my eighteenth year my own father—your grandfather, of holy memory—had died.”
coming next after the seventeenth in position
From this reading ““In my eighteenth year my own father—your grandfather, of holy memory—had died.”
the father of your father or mother
From this reading ““In my eighteenth year my own father—your grandfather, of holy memory—had died.”
a sacred place of pilgrimage
From this reading ““In my eighteenth year my own father—your grandfather, of holy memory—had died.”
come together
From this reading “He said: ‘When you have become a man you will meet many women.”
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading ““In my eighteenth year my own father—your grandfather, of holy memory—had died.”
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.
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In this reading ““In my eighteenth year my own father—your grandfather, of holy memory—had died.”
move out of or depart from
In this reading “To one of them your heart will go out in love.”
In this reading ““In my eighteenth year my own father—your grandfather, of holy memory—had died.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He said: ‘When you have become a man you will meet many women.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading He said: ‘When you have become a man you will meet many women.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading On his death-bed he called me to him.
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From this reading On his death-bed he called me to him.
the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
From this reading You will desire her for your wife.
past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “In my eighteenth year my own father—your grandfather, of holy memory—had died.
coming next after the seventeenth in position
From this reading “In my eighteenth year my own father—your grandfather, of holy memory—had died.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “In my eighteenth year my own father—your grandfather, of holy memory—had died.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading You will desire her for your wife.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading To one of them your heart will go out in love.
the father of your father or mother
From this reading “In my eighteenth year my own father—your grandfather, of holy memory—had died.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “In my eighteenth year my own father—your grandfather, of holy memory—had died.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He said: ‘When you have become a man you will meet many women.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading On his death-bed he called me to him.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading To one of them your heart will go out in love.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading You will desire her for your wife.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading On his death-bed he called me to him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading On his death-bed he called me to him.
a sacred place of pilgrimage
From this reading “In my eighteenth year my own father—your grandfather, of holy memory—had died.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “In my eighteenth year my own father—your grandfather, of holy memory—had died.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading To one of them your heart will go out in love.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading He said: ‘When you have become a man you will meet many women.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading He said: ‘When you have become a man you will meet many women.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading On his death-bed he called me to him.
come together
From this reading He said: ‘When you have become a man you will meet many women.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading “In my eighteenth year my own father—your grandfather, of holy memory—had died.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “In my eighteenth year my own father—your grandfather, of holy memory—had died.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “In my eighteenth year my own father—your grandfather, of holy memory—had died.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On his death-bed he called me to him.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading To one of them your heart will go out in love.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading To one of them your heart will go out in love.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading “In my eighteenth year my own father—your grandfather, of holy memory—had died.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading He said: ‘When you have become a man you will meet many women.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading To one of them your heart will go out in love.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On his death-bed he called me to him.
at the time that
From this reading He said: ‘When you have become a man you will meet many women.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading You will desire her for your wife.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading He said: ‘When you have become a man you will meet many women.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading He said: ‘When you have become a man you will meet many women.
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading “In my eighteenth year my own father—your grandfather, of holy memory—had died.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading He said: ‘When you have become a man you will meet many women.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “In my eighteenth year my own father—your grandfather, of holy memory—had died.
Chapter 7 of As It Was Written: A Jewish Musician's Story by Henry Harland 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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