Chapter 5 of My American Diary is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of My American Diary is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
People don’t surround their grounds with walls and hedges and ditches here as in England. There appear to be no lodges and gates, and furious people. A gateless entrance is a great temptation, it looks to me like an invitation. No Communist could war against these conditions. It really gives one a sense of fraternity.
Chapter 5 of My American Diary is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a member of the communist party
From this reading “No Communist could war against these conditions.”
plural of “ditch” — a long narrow excavation in the earth
From this reading “People don’t surround their grounds with walls and hedges and ditches here as in England.”
a social club for male undergraduates
From this reading “It really gives one a sense of fraternity.”
marked by extreme and violent energy
From this reading “There appear to be no lodges and gates, and furious people.”
plural of “hedge” — a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
From this reading “People don’t surround their grounds with walls and hedges and ditches here as in England.”
plural of “lodge” — English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940)
From this reading “There appear to be no lodges and gates, and furious people.”
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
From this reading “People don’t surround their grounds with walls and hedges and ditches here as in England.”
something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
From this reading “A gateless entrance is a great temptation, it looks to me like an invitation.”
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.
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In this reading “A gateless entrance is a great temptation, it looks to me like an invitation.”
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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 A gateless entrance is a great temptation, it looks to me like an invitation.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading No Communist could war against these conditions.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading A gateless entrance is a great temptation, it looks to me like an invitation.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading People don’t surround their grounds with walls and hedges and ditches here as in England.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading There appear to be no lodges and gates, and furious people.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading People don’t surround their grounds with walls and hedges and ditches here as in England.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There appear to be no lodges and gates, and furious people.
a member of the communist party
From this reading No Communist could war against these conditions.
the prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process
From this reading No Communist could war against these conditions.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading No Communist could war against these conditions.
plural of “ditch” — a long narrow excavation in the earth
From this reading People don’t surround their grounds with walls and hedges and ditches here as in England.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading People don’t surround their grounds with walls and hedges and ditches here as in England.
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading People don’t surround their grounds with walls and hedges and ditches here as in England.
something that provides access (to get in or get out)
From this reading A gateless entrance is a great temptation, it looks to me like an invitation.
a social club for male undergraduates
From this reading It really gives one a sense of fraternity.
marked by extreme and violent energy
From this reading There appear to be no lodges and gates, and furious people.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A gateless entrance is a great temptation, it looks to me like an invitation.
United States computer entrepreneur whose software company made him the youngest multi-billionaire in the history of the United States (born in 1955)
From this reading There appear to be no lodges and gates, and furious people.
plural of “give” — the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
From this reading It really gives one a sense of fraternity.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading A gateless entrance is a great temptation, it looks to me like an invitation.
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
From this reading People don’t surround their grounds with walls and hedges and ditches here as in England.
plural of “hedge” — a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes
From this reading People don’t surround their grounds with walls and hedges and ditches here as in England.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading People don’t surround their grounds with walls and hedges and ditches here as in England.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading People don’t surround their grounds with walls and hedges and ditches here as in England.
a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something
From this reading A gateless entrance is a great temptation, it looks to me like an invitation.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A gateless entrance is a great temptation, it looks to me like an invitation.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A gateless entrance is a great temptation, it looks to me like an invitation.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading A gateless entrance is a great temptation, it looks to me like an invitation.
plural of “lodge” — English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940)
From this reading There appear to be no lodges and gates, and furious people.
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading A gateless entrance is a great temptation, it looks to me like an invitation.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A gateless entrance is a great temptation, it looks to me like an invitation.
not any; not one
From this reading There appear to be no lodges and gates, and furious people.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It really gives one a sense of fraternity.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It really gives one a sense of fraternity.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading People don’t surround their grounds with walls and hedges and ditches here as in England.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading It really gives one a sense of fraternity.
a general conscious awareness
From this reading It really gives one a sense of fraternity.
extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
From this reading People don’t surround their grounds with walls and hedges and ditches here as in England.
something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
From this reading A gateless entrance is a great temptation, it looks to me like an invitation.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading People don’t surround their grounds with walls and hedges and ditches here as in England.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There appear to be no lodges and gates, and furious people.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading No Communist could war against these conditions.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There appear to be no lodges and gates, and furious people.
plural of “wall” — an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading People don’t surround their grounds with walls and hedges and ditches here as in England.
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading No Communist could war against these conditions.
in the company of; together with
From this reading People don’t surround their grounds with walls and hedges and ditches here as in England.
Chapter 5 of My American Diary by Clare Sheridan holds 419 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.
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