Chapter 3 of Reading Made Easy for Foreigners is here in full — 373 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Reading Made Easy for Foreigners is here in full — 373 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Father, Thou bless me. Into Thine hand I my being resign; Thou didst bestow it--to take it be Thine. Living and dying, O bless me. Father, I honor Thee. Father, I honor Thee.
Chapter 3 of Reading Made Easy for Foreigners is here in full — 373 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/74 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
present
From this reading “Into Thine hand I my being resign; Thou didst bestow it--to take it be Thine.”
give a benediction to
From this reading “Father, Thou bless me.”
an old form of “did”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Into Thine hand I my being resign; Thou didst bestow it--to take it be Thine.”
in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
From this reading “Living and dying, O bless me.”
a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
From this reading “Father, I honor Thee.”
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading “Living and dying, O bless me.”
leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
From this reading “Into Thine hand I my being resign; Thou didst bestow it--to take it be Thine.”
an old word for “yours”
From this reading “Into Thine hand I my being resign; Thou didst bestow it--to take it be Thine.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Living and dying, O bless me.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Into Thine hand I my being resign; Thou didst bestow it--to take it be Thine.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Into Thine hand I my being resign; Thou didst bestow it--to take it be Thine.
present
From this reading Into Thine hand I my being resign; Thou didst bestow it--to take it be Thine.
give a benediction to
From this reading Father, Thou bless me.
an old form of “did”, used with “thou”
From this reading Into Thine hand I my being resign; Thou didst bestow it--to take it be Thine.
in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be
From this reading Living and dying, O bless me.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Father, Thou bless me.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Into Thine hand I my being resign; Thou didst bestow it--to take it be Thine.
a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
From this reading Father, I honor Thee.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Into Thine hand I my being resign; Thou didst bestow it--to take it be Thine.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Into Thine hand I my being resign; Thou didst bestow it--to take it be Thine.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Into Thine hand I my being resign; Thou didst bestow it--to take it be Thine.
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
From this reading Living and dying, O bless me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Father, Thou bless me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Into Thine hand I my being resign; Thou didst bestow it--to take it be Thine.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Living and dying, O bless me.
leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily
From this reading Into Thine hand I my being resign; Thou didst bestow it--to take it be Thine.
carry out
From this reading Into Thine hand I my being resign; Thou didst bestow it--to take it be Thine.
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Father, I honor Thee.
an old word for “yours”
From this reading Into Thine hand I my being resign; Thou didst bestow it--to take it be Thine.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Father, Thou bless me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Into Thine hand I my being resign; Thou didst bestow it--to take it be Thine.
Chapter 3 of Reading Made Easy for Foreigners by John Ludwig Hülshof holds 373 sentences, grouped into 75 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 3 holds 373 sentences of Reading Made Easy for Foreigners, unabridged, divided into 75 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Reading Made Easy for Foreigners by John Ludwig Hülshof exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 373 sentences, grouped into 75 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 75 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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