Chapter 8 of The American Diary of a Japanese Girl is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 8 of The American Diary of a Japanese Girl is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Frogs supplied a special dish. I couldn’t touch it, thinking of the songs of frogs that I had heard all the night long. Such a song! It was the muddy-booted song of the countryside. No valuable quality in it, of course.
Chapter 8 of The American Diary of a Japanese Girl is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/87 · 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.
rural regions
From this reading “It was the muddy-booted song of the countryside.”
a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
From this reading “Frogs supplied a special dish.”
plural of “frog” — any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
From this reading “Frogs supplied a special dish.”
an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
From this reading “No valuable quality in it, of course.”
plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words
From this reading “I couldn’t touch it, thinking of the songs of frogs that I had heard all the night long.”
unique or specific to a person or thing or category
From this reading “Frogs supplied a special dish.”
inflected form of “supply” — give something useful or necessary to
From this reading “Frogs supplied a special dish.”
having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange
From this reading “No valuable quality in it, of course.”
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.
as might be expected
In this reading “No valuable quality in it, of course.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Frogs supplied a special dish.
(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 I couldn’t touch it, thinking of the songs of frogs that I had heard all the night long.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I couldn’t touch it, thinking of the songs of frogs that I had heard all the night long.
rural regions
From this reading It was the muddy-booted song of the countryside.
education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
From this reading No valuable quality in it, of course.
a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food
From this reading Frogs supplied a special dish.
plural of “frog” — any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
From this reading Frogs supplied a special dish.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I couldn’t touch it, thinking of the songs of frogs that I had heard all the night long.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading I couldn’t touch it, thinking of the songs of frogs that I had heard all the night long.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I couldn’t touch it, thinking of the songs of frogs that I had heard all the night long.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading No valuable quality in it, of course.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I couldn’t touch it, thinking of the songs of frogs that I had heard all the night long.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading I couldn’t touch it, thinking of the songs of frogs that I had heard all the night long.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was the muddy-booted song of the countryside.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading I couldn’t touch it, thinking of the songs of frogs that I had heard all the night long.
not any; not one
From this reading No valuable quality in it, of course.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I couldn’t touch it, thinking of the songs of frogs that I had heard all the night long.
an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
From this reading No valuable quality in it, of course.
a short musical composition with words
From this reading Such a song!
plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words
From this reading I couldn’t touch it, thinking of the songs of frogs that I had heard all the night long.
unique or specific to a person or thing or category
From this reading Frogs supplied a special dish.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such a song!
inflected form of “supply” — give something useful or necessary to
From this reading Frogs supplied a special dish.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I couldn’t touch it, thinking of the songs of frogs that I had heard all the night long.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I couldn’t touch it, thinking of the songs of frogs that I had heard all the night long.
the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
From this reading I couldn’t touch it, thinking of the songs of frogs that I had heard all the night long.
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading I couldn’t touch it, thinking of the songs of frogs that I had heard all the night long.
having great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange
From this reading No valuable quality in it, of course.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the muddy-booted song of the countryside.
Chapter 8 of The American Diary of a Japanese Girl by Yoné Noguchi holds 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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 8 holds 437 sentences of The American Diary of a Japanese Girl, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
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