Chapter 12 of Black April is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Black April is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Praise His name! Hallelujah!” Leah led the women of the choir into a low humming tune. “Jesus fasted forty days and forty nights!” “Yes, Gawd!”
Chapter 12 of Black April is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony
From this reading “Leah led the women of the choir into a low humming tune.”
past form of “fast” — abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
From this reading ““Jesus fasted forty days and forty nights!””
a shout or song of praise to God
From this reading “Hallelujah!””
a humming noise
From this reading “Leah led the women of the choir into a low humming tune.”
a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
From this reading ““Jesus fasted forty days and forty nights!””
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading ““Jesus fasted forty days and forty nights!””
an expression of approval and commendation
From this reading ““Praise His name!”
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
From this reading “Leah led the women of the choir into a low humming tune.”
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 ““Jesus fasted forty days and forty nights!””
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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 Leah led the women of the choir into a low humming tune.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Jesus fasted forty days and forty nights!”
a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony
From this reading Leah led the women of the choir into a low humming tune.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading “Jesus fasted forty days and forty nights!”
past form of “fast” — abstain from certain foods, as for religious or medical reasons
From this reading “Jesus fasted forty days and forty nights!”
being ten more than thirty
From this reading “Jesus fasted forty days and forty nights!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes, Gawd!”
a shout or song of praise to God
From this reading Hallelujah!”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Praise His name!
a humming noise
From this reading Leah led the women of the choir into a low humming tune.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Leah led the women of the choir into a low humming tune.
a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
From this reading “Jesus fasted forty days and forty nights!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Leah led the women of the choir into a low humming tune.
diode such that light emitted at a p-n junction is proportional to the bias current; color depends on the material used
From this reading Leah led the women of the choir into a low humming tune.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Leah led the women of the choir into a low humming tune.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Praise His name!
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading “Jesus fasted forty days and forty nights!”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Leah led the women of the choir into a low humming tune.
an expression of approval and commendation
From this reading “Praise His name!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Leah led the women of the choir into a low humming tune.
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
From this reading Leah led the women of the choir into a low humming tune.
plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Leah led the women of the choir into a low humming tune.
an affirmative
From this reading “Yes, Gawd!”
Chapter 12 of Black April by Julia Peterkin holds 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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 12 holds 416 sentences of Black April, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Black April by Julia Peterkin exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 416 sentences, grouped into 84 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 84 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 12 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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