Chapter 9 of The American Diary of a Japanese Girl is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The American Diary of a Japanese Girl is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“O Uncle, you ought to give me half of it. Fifty cents! I carried the bench, you know.” 15th—I arose at the first whistling of a meadow-lark. Hearken to its hailing morning voice!
Chapter 9 of The American Diary of a Japanese Girl is here in full — 424 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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inflected form of “arise” — come into existence; take on form or shape
From this reading “15th—I arose at the first whistling of a meadow-lark.”
a long seat for more than one person
From this reading “I carried the bench, you know.””
inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading “I carried the bench, you know.””
plural of “cent” — a fractional monetary unit of several countries
From this reading “Fifty cents!”
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
From this reading “Fifty cents!”
-ing form of “hail” — praise vociferously
From this reading “Hearken to its hailing morning voice!”
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading ““O Uncle, you ought to give me half of it.”
the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
From this reading “15th—I arose at the first whistling of a meadow-lark.”
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.
In this reading “Fifty cents!”
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From this reading 15th—I arose at the first whistling of a meadow-lark.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading 15th—I arose at the first whistling of a meadow-lark.
inflected form of “arise” — come into existence; take on form or shape
From this reading 15th—I arose at the first whistling of a meadow-lark.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading 15th—I arose at the first whistling of a meadow-lark.
a long seat for more than one person
From this reading I carried the bench, you know.”
inflected form of “carry” — move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
From this reading I carried the bench, you know.”
plural of “cent” — a fractional monetary unit of several countries
From this reading Fifty cents!
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and five
From this reading Fifty cents!
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading 15th—I arose at the first whistling of a meadow-lark.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “O Uncle, you ought to give me half of it.
-ing form of “hail” — praise vociferously
From this reading Hearken to its hailing morning voice!
consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity
From this reading “O Uncle, you ought to give me half of it.
listen; used mostly in the imperative
From this reading Hearken to its hailing morning voice!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I carried the bench, you know.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “O Uncle, you ought to give me half of it.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Hearken to its hailing morning voice!
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I carried the bench, you know.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “O Uncle, you ought to give me half of it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 15th—I arose at the first whistling of a meadow-lark.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Hearken to its hailing morning voice!
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 “O Uncle, you ought to give me half of it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “O Uncle, you ought to give me half of it.
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “O Uncle, you ought to give me half of it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I carried the bench, you know.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “O Uncle, you ought to give me half of it.
the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt
From this reading “O Uncle, you ought to give me half of it.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Hearken to its hailing morning voice!
the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam coming out of a small aperture
From this reading 15th—I arose at the first whistling of a meadow-lark.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “O Uncle, you ought to give me half of it.
Chapter 9 of The American Diary of a Japanese Girl by Yoné Noguchi holds 424 sentences, grouped into 85 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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