Chapter 11 of Jewish Children is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Jewish Children is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Where? What knife?" my father mocked at me. "What knife? The golden knife. Our guest's knife, you good-for-nothing, you!
Chapter 11 of Jewish Children is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/84 · 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.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “What knife?" my father mocked at me.”
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
From this reading “The golden knife.”
possessive form of “guest” — a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
From this reading “Our guest's knife, you good-for-nothing, you!”
edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
From this reading “What knife?" my father mocked at me.”
past form of “mock” — treat with contempt
From this reading “What knife?" my father mocked at me.”
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 “What knife?" my father mocked at me.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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in or near a particular place or position
From this reading What knife?" my father mocked at me.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading What knife?" my father mocked at me.
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
From this reading The golden knife.
an idle worthless person
From this reading Our guest's knife, you good-for-nothing, you!
possessive form of “guest” — a visitor to whom hospitality is extended
From this reading Our guest's knife, you good-for-nothing, you!
edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
From this reading What knife?" my father mocked at me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading What knife?" my father mocked at me.
past form of “mock” — treat with contempt
From this reading What knife?" my father mocked at me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading What knife?" my father mocked at me.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our guest's knife, you good-for-nothing, you!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The golden knife.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What knife?" my father mocked at me.
in or at the place that
From this reading "Where?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Our guest's knife, you good-for-nothing, you!
Chapter 11 of Jewish Children by Sholem Aleichem holds 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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 11 holds 422 sentences of Jewish Children, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of Jewish Children by Sholem Aleichem exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 422 sentences, grouped into 85 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 85 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 11 can be played aloud in United States English.
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