Chapter 10 of Ghetto Comedies is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Ghetto Comedies is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
'But have you enough plates and dishes and tablecloths? Can you afford to buy the food, and to risk it's not being eaten?' Nehemiah raised his hands to heaven. 'Not being eaten! With a family like mine!'
Chapter 10 of Ghetto Comedies is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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be able to spare or give up
From this reading “Can you afford to buy the food, and to risk it's not being eaten?'”
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading “Can you afford to buy the food, and to risk it's not being eaten?'”
plural of “dish” — a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
From this reading “'But have you enough plates and dishes and tablecloths?”
inflected form of “eat” — take in solid food
From this reading “Can you afford to buy the food, and to risk it's not being eaten?'”
an Old Testament book telling how a Jewish official at the court of Artaxerxes I in 444 BC became a leader in rebuilding Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity
From this reading “Nehemiah raised his hands to heaven.”
plural of “plate” — (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
From this reading “'But have you enough plates and dishes and tablecloths?”
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
From this reading “Can you afford to buy the food, and to risk it's not being eaten?'”
plural of “tablecloth” — a covering spread over a dining table
From this reading “'But have you enough plates and dishes and tablecloths?”
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 With a family like mine!'
be able to spare or give up
From this reading Can you afford to buy the food, and to risk it's not being eaten?'
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'But have you enough plates and dishes and tablecloths?
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Can you afford to buy the food, and to risk it's not being eaten?'
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading 'But have you enough plates and dishes and tablecloths?
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading Can you afford to buy the food, and to risk it's not being eaten?'
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Can you afford to buy the food, and to risk it's not being eaten?'
plural of “dish” — a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
From this reading 'But have you enough plates and dishes and tablecloths?
inflected form of “eat” — take in solid food
From this reading Can you afford to buy the food, and to risk it's not being eaten?'
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading 'But have you enough plates and dishes and tablecloths?
a social unit living together
From this reading With a family like mine!'
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading Can you afford to buy the food, and to risk it's not being eaten?'
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Nehemiah raised his hands to heaven.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 'But have you enough plates and dishes and tablecloths?
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading Nehemiah raised his hands to heaven.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Nehemiah raised his hands to heaven.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Can you afford to buy the food, and to risk it's not being eaten?'
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading With a family like mine!'
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading With a family like mine!'
an Old Testament book telling how a Jewish official at the court of Artaxerxes I in 444 BC became a leader in rebuilding Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity
From this reading Nehemiah raised his hands to heaven.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Can you afford to buy the food, and to risk it's not being eaten?'
plural of “plate” — (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
From this reading 'But have you enough plates and dishes and tablecloths?
located or moved above the surround or above the normal position
From this reading Nehemiah raised his hands to heaven.
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
From this reading Can you afford to buy the food, and to risk it's not being eaten?'
plural of “tablecloth” — a covering spread over a dining table
From this reading 'But have you enough plates and dishes and tablecloths?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Can you afford to buy the food, and to risk it's not being eaten?'
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Can you afford to buy the food, and to risk it's not being eaten?'
in the company of; together with
From this reading With a family like mine!'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'But have you enough plates and dishes and tablecloths?
Chapter 10 of Ghetto Comedies by Israel Zangwill holds 417 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 10 holds 417 sentences of Ghetto Comedies, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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