Chapter 6 of The Jazz Singer is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 6 of The Jazz Singer is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
JACK I know it. LEE You may think in your heart you’ll succeed anyway. I know better.... If you don’t come through for me tonight, I could never bring myself to engage you again. Rumors will creep out on Broadway.
Chapter 6 of The Jazz Singer is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 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.
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading “LEE You may think in your heart you’ll succeed anyway.”
a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters
From this reading “Rumors will creep out on Broadway.”
move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading “Rumors will creep out on Broadway.”
carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
From this reading “If you don’t come through for me tonight, I could never bring myself to engage you again.”
United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
From this reading “LEE You may think in your heart you’ll succeed anyway.”
plural of “rumor” — gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
From this reading “Rumors will creep out on Broadway.”
attain success or reach a desired goal
From this reading “LEE You may think in your heart you’ll succeed anyway.”
On the present night.
From this reading “If you don’t come through for me tonight, I could never bring myself to engage you again.”
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 “Rumors will creep out on Broadway.”
In this reading “I know better....”
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anew
From this reading If you don’t come through for me tonight, I could never bring myself to engage you again.
used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement
From this reading LEE You may think in your heart you’ll succeed anyway.
(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another
From this reading I know better....
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading If you don’t come through for me tonight, I could never bring myself to engage you again.
a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters
From this reading Rumors will creep out on Broadway.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading If you don’t come through for me tonight, I could never bring myself to engage you again.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading If you don’t come through for me tonight, I could never bring myself to engage you again.
move slowly; in the case of people or animals with the body near the ground
From this reading Rumors will creep out on Broadway.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If you don’t come through for me tonight, I could never bring myself to engage you again.
carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
From this reading If you don’t come through for me tonight, I could never bring myself to engage you again.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading If you don’t come through for me tonight, I could never bring myself to engage you again.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading LEE You may think in your heart you’ll succeed anyway.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading JACK I know it.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you don’t come through for me tonight, I could never bring myself to engage you again.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading LEE You may think in your heart you’ll succeed anyway.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading JACK I know it.
a small worthless amount
From this reading JACK I know it.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading JACK I know it.
United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
From this reading LEE You may think in your heart you’ll succeed anyway.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading LEE You may think in your heart you’ll succeed anyway.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If you don’t come through for me tonight, I could never bring myself to engage you again.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading If you don’t come through for me tonight, I could never bring myself to engage you again.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading If you don’t come through for me tonight, I could never bring myself to engage you again.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Rumors will creep out on Broadway.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Rumors will creep out on Broadway.
plural of “rumor” — gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
From this reading Rumors will creep out on Broadway.
attain success or reach a desired goal
From this reading LEE You may think in your heart you’ll succeed anyway.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading LEE You may think in your heart you’ll succeed anyway.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading If you don’t come through for me tonight, I could never bring myself to engage you again.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If you don’t come through for me tonight, I could never bring myself to engage you again.
On the present night.
From this reading If you don’t come through for me tonight, I could never bring myself to engage you again.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Rumors will creep out on Broadway.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading LEE You may think in your heart you’ll succeed anyway.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LEE You may think in your heart you’ll succeed anyway.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading LEE You may think in your heart you’ll succeed anyway.
Chapter 6 of The Jazz Singer by Samson Raphaelson holds 423 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.
Chapter 6 holds 423 sentences of The Jazz Singer, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 6 of The Jazz Singer by Samson Raphaelson exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 423 sentences, grouped into 85 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 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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About 208 minutes of reading across 501 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Jazz Singer, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
