Chapter 10 of The American Diary of a Japanese Girl is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The American Diary of a Japanese Girl is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I served them with coffee and cake. “Is this surely the poet’s cake? It looks like baker’s cake,” one girl said. “Mr. Poet assured me it was of his own making,” I replied in cool reserve. After they left, I scrutinised the cake.
Chapter 10 of The American Diary of a Japanese Girl is here in full — 438 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence
From this reading ““Mr. Poet assured me it was of his own making,” I replied in cool reserve.”
possessive form of “baker” — someone who bakes commercially
a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
From this reading “I served them with coffee and cake.”
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading “I served them with coffee and cake.”
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading ““Mr. Poet assured me it was of his own making,” I replied in cool reserve.”
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading ““Is this surely the poet’s cake?”
possessive form of “poet” — a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
formality and propriety of manner
From this reading ““Mr. Poet assured me it was of his own making,” I replied in cool reserve.”
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later than; following
From this reading After they left, I scrutinised the cake.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I served them with coffee and cake.
marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence
From this reading “Mr. Poet assured me it was of his own making,” I replied in cool reserve.
possessive form of “baker” — someone who bakes commercially
From this reading It looks like baker’s cake,” one girl said.
a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
From this reading I served them with coffee and cake.
a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
From this reading I served them with coffee and cake.
neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
From this reading “Mr. Poet assured me it was of his own making,” I replied in cool reserve.
a young female
From this reading It looks like baker’s cake,” one girl said.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Mr. Poet assured me it was of his own making,” I replied in cool reserve.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I served them with coffee and cake.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Mr. Poet assured me it was of his own making,” I replied in cool reserve.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Is this surely the poet’s cake?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It looks like baker’s cake,” one girl said.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading After they left, I scrutinised the cake.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading It looks like baker’s cake,” one girl said.
plural of “look” — the feelings expressed on a person's face
From this reading It looks like baker’s cake,” one girl said.
the act that results in something coming to be
From this reading “Mr. Poet assured me it was of his own making,” I replied in cool reserve.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Mr. Poet assured me it was of his own making,” I replied in cool reserve.
a form of address for a man
From this reading “Mr. Poet assured me it was of his own making,” I replied in cool reserve.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Mr. Poet assured me it was of his own making,” I replied in cool reserve.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It looks like baker’s cake,” one girl said.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading “Mr. Poet assured me it was of his own making,” I replied in cool reserve.
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading “Mr. Poet assured me it was of his own making,” I replied in cool reserve.
possessive form of “poet” — a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading “Is this surely the poet’s cake?
inflected form of “reply” — react verbally
From this reading “Mr. Poet assured me it was of his own making,” I replied in cool reserve.
formality and propriety of manner
From this reading “Mr. Poet assured me it was of his own making,” I replied in cool reserve.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading It looks like baker’s cake,” one girl said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading After they left, I scrutinised the cake.
past form of “serve” — serve a purpose, role, or function
From this reading I served them with coffee and cake.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading “Is this surely the poet’s cake?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Is this surely the poet’s cake?
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I served them with coffee and cake.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading After they left, I scrutinised the cake.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “Is this surely the poet’s cake?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Mr. Poet assured me it was of his own making,” I replied in cool reserve.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I served them with coffee and cake.
Chapter 10 of The American Diary of a Japanese Girl by Yoné Noguchi holds 438 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.
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