Chapter 27 of Children of the Ghetto is here in full — 631 sentences across 127 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 27 of Children of the Ghetto is here in full — 631 sentences across 127 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
COMEDY OR TRAGEDY? The weeks went on and Passover drew nigh. The recurrence of the feast brought no thrill to Esther now. It was no longer a charmed time, with strange things to eat and drink, and a comparative plenty of them--stranger still. Lack of appetite was the chief dietary want now.
Chapter 27 of Children of the Ghetto is here in full — 631 sentences across 127 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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strongly attracted
From this reading “It was no longer a charmed time, with strange things to eat and drink, and a comparative plenty of them--stranger still.”
light and humorous drama with a happy ending
From this reading “COMEDY OR TRAGEDY?”
relating to or based on or involving comparison
From this reading “It was no longer a charmed time, with strange things to eat and drink, and a comparative plenty of them--stranger still.”
of or relating to the diet
From this reading “Lack of appetite was the chief dietary want now.”
(Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)
From this reading “The recurrence of the feast brought no thrill to Esther now.”
(Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt
From this reading “The weeks went on and Passover drew nigh.”
happening again (especially at regular intervals)
From this reading “The recurrence of the feast brought no thrill to Esther now.”
the swift release of a store of affective force
From this reading “The recurrence of the feast brought no thrill to Esther now.”
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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 It was no longer a charmed time, with strange things to eat and drink, and a comparative plenty of them--stranger still.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The weeks went on and Passover drew nigh.
a feeling of craving something
From this reading Lack of appetite was the chief dietary want now.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading The recurrence of the feast brought no thrill to Esther now.
strongly attracted
From this reading It was no longer a charmed time, with strange things to eat and drink, and a comparative plenty of them--stranger still.
a person who is in charge
From this reading Lack of appetite was the chief dietary want now.
light and humorous drama with a happy ending
From this reading COMEDY OR TRAGEDY?
relating to or based on or involving comparison
From this reading It was no longer a charmed time, with strange things to eat and drink, and a comparative plenty of them--stranger still.
of or relating to the diet
From this reading Lack of appetite was the chief dietary want now.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading The weeks went on and Passover drew nigh.
take in liquids
From this reading It was no longer a charmed time, with strange things to eat and drink, and a comparative plenty of them--stranger still.
take in solid food
From this reading It was no longer a charmed time, with strange things to eat and drink, and a comparative plenty of them--stranger still.
(Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)
From this reading The recurrence of the feast brought no thrill to Esther now.
a ceremonial dinner party for many people
From this reading The recurrence of the feast brought no thrill to Esther now.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was no longer a charmed time, with strange things to eat and drink, and a comparative plenty of them--stranger still.
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
From this reading Lack of appetite was the chief dietary want now.
for more time
From this reading It was no longer a charmed time, with strange things to eat and drink, and a comparative plenty of them--stranger still.
not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
From this reading The weeks went on and Passover drew nigh.
not any; not one
From this reading The recurrence of the feast brought no thrill to Esther now.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading The recurrence of the feast brought no thrill to Esther now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The recurrence of the feast brought no thrill to Esther now.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The weeks went on and Passover drew nigh.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading COMEDY OR TRAGEDY?
(Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt
From this reading The weeks went on and Passover drew nigh.
a full supply
From this reading It was no longer a charmed time, with strange things to eat and drink, and a comparative plenty of them--stranger still.
happening again (especially at regular intervals)
From this reading The recurrence of the feast brought no thrill to Esther now.
not in physical motion
From this reading It was no longer a charmed time, with strange things to eat and drink, and a comparative plenty of them--stranger still.
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading It was no longer a charmed time, with strange things to eat and drink, and a comparative plenty of them--stranger still.
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading It was no longer a charmed time, with strange things to eat and drink, and a comparative plenty of them--stranger still.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The weeks went on and Passover drew nigh.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It was no longer a charmed time, with strange things to eat and drink, and a comparative plenty of them--stranger still.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading It was no longer a charmed time, with strange things to eat and drink, and a comparative plenty of them--stranger still.
the swift release of a store of affective force
From this reading The recurrence of the feast brought no thrill to Esther now.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading It was no longer a charmed time, with strange things to eat and drink, and a comparative plenty of them--stranger still.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The recurrence of the feast brought no thrill to Esther now.
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
From this reading COMEDY OR TRAGEDY?
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading Lack of appetite was the chief dietary want now.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was no longer a charmed time, with strange things to eat and drink, and a comparative plenty of them--stranger still.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading The weeks went on and Passover drew nigh.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading The weeks went on and Passover drew nigh.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was no longer a charmed time, with strange things to eat and drink, and a comparative plenty of them--stranger still.
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