Chapter 5 of The Americans is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Americans is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
That's what I said; That has the least relation to the land. RALPH ARDSLEY. This snow you'll see will bring them to their senses. GOVERNOR BRADDOCK. Suppose you'd made your fortune out of copper?
Chapter 5 of The Americans is here in full — 430 sentences across 86 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “This snow you'll see will bring them to their senses.”
a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
From this reading “Suppose you'd made your fortune out of copper?”
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading “Suppose you'd made your fortune out of copper?”
the head of a state government
From this reading “GOVERNOR BRADDOCK.”
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading “That's what I said; That has the least relation to the land.”
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
From this reading “That's what I said; That has the least relation to the land.”
plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana
From this reading “This snow you'll see will bring them to their senses.”
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading “This snow you'll see will bring them to their senses.”
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From this reading RALPH ARDSLEY.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading GOVERNOR BRADDOCK.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading This snow you'll see will bring them to their senses.
a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor
From this reading Suppose you'd made your fortune out of copper?
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading Suppose you'd made your fortune out of copper?
the head of a state government
From this reading GOVERNOR BRADDOCK.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That's what I said; That has the least relation to the land.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading That's what I said; That has the least relation to the land.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading That's what I said; That has the least relation to the land.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading That's what I said; That has the least relation to the land.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading Suppose you'd made your fortune out of copper?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Suppose you'd made your fortune out of copper?
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Suppose you'd made your fortune out of copper?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RALPH ARDSLEY.
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
From this reading That's what I said; That has the least relation to the land.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading That's what I said; That has the least relation to the land.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading This snow you'll see will bring them to their senses.
plural of “sens” — street names for marijuana
From this reading This snow you'll see will bring them to their senses.
precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals
From this reading This snow you'll see will bring them to their senses.
express a supposition
From this reading Suppose you'd made your fortune out of copper?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That's what I said; That has the least relation to the land.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's what I said; That has the least relation to the land.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That's what I said; That has the least relation to the land.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading This snow you'll see will bring them to their senses.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading This snow you'll see will bring them to their senses.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This snow you'll see will bring them to their senses.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That's what I said; That has the least relation to the land.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading That's what I said; That has the least relation to the land.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading This snow you'll see will bring them to their senses.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Suppose you'd made your fortune out of copper?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This snow you'll see will bring them to their senses.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Suppose you'd made your fortune out of copper?
Chapter 5 of The Americans by Edwin Davies Schoonmaker holds 430 sentences, grouped into 86 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 430 sentences of The Americans, unabridged, divided into 86 reading sections.
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