Chapter 5 of Moral is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Moral is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
STROEBEL [crushed]. I ... didn't have the slightest idea ... COMMISSIONER. You people ought to have an idea once in a while. If this Schmuttermaier had any ability, it would not have happened.
Chapter 5 of Moral is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
From this reading “If this Schmuttermaier had any ability, it would not have happened.”
a government administrator
From this reading “COMMISSIONER.”
treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance
From this reading “STROEBEL [crushed].”
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading “If this Schmuttermaier had any ability, it would not have happened.”
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading “I ... didn't have the slightest idea ...”
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “You people ought to have an idea once in a while.”
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading “You people ought to have an idea once in a while.”
superlative of “slight” — (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with “a”) at least some
From this reading “I ... didn't have the slightest idea ...”
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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 You people ought to have an idea once in a while.
the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment
From this reading If this Schmuttermaier had any ability, it would not have happened.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading You people ought to have an idea once in a while.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading If this Schmuttermaier had any ability, it would not have happened.
a government administrator
From this reading COMMISSIONER.
treated so as to have a permanently wrinkled appearance
From this reading STROEBEL [crushed].
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I ... didn't have the slightest idea ...
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading If this Schmuttermaier had any ability, it would not have happened.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading If this Schmuttermaier had any ability, it would not have happened.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I ... didn't have the slightest idea ...
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I ... didn't have the slightest idea ...
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading I ... didn't have the slightest idea ...
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If this Schmuttermaier had any ability, it would not have happened.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You people ought to have an idea once in a while.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading If this Schmuttermaier had any ability, it would not have happened.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading If this Schmuttermaier had any ability, it would not have happened.
on one occasion
From this reading You people ought to have an idea once in a while.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading You people ought to have an idea once in a while.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading You people ought to have an idea once in a while.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If this Schmuttermaier had any ability, it would not have happened.
superlative of “slight” — (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with “a”) at least some
From this reading I ... didn't have the slightest idea ...
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading STROEBEL [crushed].
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I ... didn't have the slightest idea ...
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading If this Schmuttermaier had any ability, it would not have happened.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You people ought to have an idea once in a while.
during the time that
From this reading You people ought to have an idea once in a while.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If this Schmuttermaier had any ability, it would not have happened.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You people ought to have an idea once in a while.
Chapter 5 of Moral by Ludwig Thoma holds 395 sentences, grouped into 79 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 5 holds 395 sentences of Moral, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
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