Chapter 5 of The Jazz Singer is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Jazz Singer is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
MARY [_Understandingly_]. My dear, I think I realize what you’re going through. JACK No you don’t.... [_Intently._] Mary, my father is sick because of me. MARY [_Quickly_].
Chapter 5 of The Jazz Singer is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
for the reason that
From this reading “[_Intently._] Mary, my father is sick because of me.”
dearly loved
From this reading “My dear, I think I realize what you’re going through.”
with strained or eager attention
a small worthless amount
From this reading “JACK No you don’t....”
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading “MARY [_Understandingly_].”
with speed
be fully aware or cognizant of
From this reading “My dear, I think I realize what you’re going through.”
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading “[_Intently._] Mary, my father is sick because of me.”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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for the reason that
From this reading [_Intently._] Mary, my father is sick because of me.
dearly loved
From this reading My dear, I think I realize what you’re going through.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading JACK No you don’t....
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading [_Intently._] Mary, my father is sick because of me.
the act of departing
From this reading My dear, I think I realize what you’re going through.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading My dear, I think I realize what you’re going through.
with strained or eager attention
From this reading [_Intently._] Mary, my father is sick because of me.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading [_Intently._] Mary, my father is sick because of me.
a small worthless amount
From this reading JACK No you don’t....
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading MARY [_Understandingly_].
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading [_Intently._] Mary, my father is sick because of me.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My dear, I think I realize what you’re going through.
not any; not one
From this reading JACK No you don’t....
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading [_Intently._] Mary, my father is sick because of me.
with speed
From this reading MARY [_Quickly_].
be fully aware or cognizant of
From this reading My dear, I think I realize what you’re going through.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading [_Intently._] Mary, my father is sick because of me.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading My dear, I think I realize what you’re going through.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading My dear, I think I realize what you’re going through.
with understanding
From this reading MARY [_Understandingly_].
used to ask for information about something
From this reading My dear, I think I realize what you’re going through.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading JACK No you don’t....
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My dear, I think I realize what you’re going through.
Chapter 5 of The Jazz Singer by Samson Raphaelson holds 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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 400 sentences of The Jazz Singer, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The Jazz Singer by Samson Raphaelson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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 80 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 80 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
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About 208 minutes of reading across 501 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Jazz Singer section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Jazz Singer, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
