Chapter 5 of The American Diary of a Japanese Girl is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The American Diary of a Japanese Girl is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The Bible by me wasn’t open at all. I decided to read it to-day, although religion isn’t so becoming. My Bishop sent it this morning. Dear old Bishop! He thought me quite a docile “nenne.”
Chapter 5 of The American Diary of a Japanese Girl is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/88 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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in spite of the fact that
From this reading “I decided to read it to-day, although religion isn’t so becoming.”
according with custom or propriety
From this reading “I decided to read it to-day, although religion isn’t so becoming.”
the sacred writings of the Christian religions
From this reading “The Bible by me wasn’t open at all.”
a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
From this reading “My Bishop sent it this morning.”
recognizable; marked
From this reading “I decided to read it to-day, although religion isn’t so becoming.”
willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed
From this reading “He thought me quite a docile “nenne.””
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
From this reading “I decided to read it to-day, although religion isn’t so becoming.”
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading “My Bishop sent it this morning.”
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.
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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 He thought me quite a docile “nenne.”
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading The Bible by me wasn’t open at all.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading I decided to read it to-day, although religion isn’t so becoming.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Bible by me wasn’t open at all.
according with custom or propriety
From this reading I decided to read it to-day, although religion isn’t so becoming.
the sacred writings of the Christian religions
From this reading The Bible by me wasn’t open at all.
a senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ
From this reading My Bishop sent it this morning.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The Bible by me wasn’t open at all.
dearly loved
From this reading Dear old Bishop!
recognizable; marked
From this reading I decided to read it to-day, although religion isn’t so becoming.
willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed
From this reading He thought me quite a docile “nenne.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He thought me quite a docile “nenne.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I decided to read it to-day, although religion isn’t so becoming.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I decided to read it to-day, although religion isn’t so becoming.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I decided to read it to-day, although religion isn’t so becoming.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Bible by me wasn’t open at all.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading My Bishop sent it this morning.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My Bishop sent it this morning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He thought me quite a docile “nenne.”
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Dear old Bishop!
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The Bible by me wasn’t open at all.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading He thought me quite a docile “nenne.”
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading I decided to read it to-day, although religion isn’t so becoming.
a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny
From this reading I decided to read it to-day, although religion isn’t so becoming.
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading My Bishop sent it this morning.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I decided to read it to-day, although religion isn’t so becoming.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Bible by me wasn’t open at all.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading My Bishop sent it this morning.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading He thought me quite a docile “nenne.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I decided to read it to-day, although religion isn’t so becoming.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I decided to read it to-day, although religion isn’t so becoming.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Bible by me wasn’t open at all.
Chapter 5 of The American Diary of a Japanese Girl by Yoné Noguchi holds 441 sentences, grouped into 89 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 5 holds 441 sentences of The American Diary of a Japanese Girl, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The American Diary of a Japanese Girl by Yoné Noguchi exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 441 sentences, grouped into 89 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.
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