Chapter 2 of The Jazz Singer is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of The Jazz Singer is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[_There is a pause. Then, wistfully_]. Yosele—I—I didn’t get you no present this year. CANTOR You don’t have to. SARA Well, the true is, I did.
Chapter 2 of The Jazz Singer is here in full — 442 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the musical director of a choir
From this reading “CANTOR You don’t have to.”
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Yosele—I—I didn’t get you no present this year.”
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading “[_There is a pause.”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “Yosele—I—I didn’t get you no present this year.”
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading “SARA Well, the true is, I did.”
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “SARA Well, the true is, I did.”
in a wistful manner
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading “Yosele—I—I didn’t get you no present this year.”
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.
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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 [_There is a pause.
the musical director of a choir
From this reading CANTOR You don’t have to.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading SARA Well, the true is, I did.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yosele—I—I didn’t get you no present this year.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CANTOR You don’t have to.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Yosele—I—I didn’t get you no present this year.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading CANTOR You don’t have to.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Yosele—I—I didn’t get you no present this year.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading [_There is a pause.
not any; not one
From this reading Yosele—I—I didn’t get you no present this year.
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading [_There is a pause.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Yosele—I—I didn’t get you no present this year.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SARA Well, the true is, I did.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SARA Well, the true is, I did.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then, wistfully_].
in or at that place or location
From this reading [_There is a pause.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Yosele—I—I didn’t get you no present this year.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CANTOR You don’t have to.
consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading SARA Well, the true is, I did.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading SARA Well, the true is, I did.
in a wistful manner
From this reading Then, wistfully_].
a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days
From this reading Yosele—I—I didn’t get you no present this year.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yosele—I—I didn’t get you no present this year.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Yosele—I—I didn’t get you no present this year.
Chapter 2 of The Jazz Singer by Samson Raphaelson holds 442 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 2 holds 442 sentences of The Jazz Singer, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Jazz Singer by Samson Raphaelson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 442 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.
Work through the 89 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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