Chapter 4 of The Jews of Barnow: Stories is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of The Jews of Barnow: Stories is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Herr von Negrusz wrote of his love for her, and that he must die or go mad without her. "Become a Christian, and be my wife. The sin against your husband will not be so great as the sin against our love, if you refuse. I know that you love me. Only tell me that you will come to me, and all else is my care."
Chapter 4 of The Jews of Barnow: Stories is here in full — 432 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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relating to or characteristic of Christianity
From this reading “"Become a Christian, and be my wife.”
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “Herr von Negrusz wrote of his love for her, and that he must die or go mad without her.”
a German man; used before the name as a title equivalent to Mr in English
From this reading “Herr von Negrusz wrote of his love for her, and that he must die or go mad without her.”
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading “The sin against your husband will not be so great as the sin against our love, if you refuse.”
roused to anger
From this reading “Herr von Negrusz wrote of his love for her, and that he must die or go mad without her.”
show unwillingness towards
From this reading “The sin against your husband will not be so great as the sin against our love, if you refuse.”
estrangement from god
From this reading “The sin against your husband will not be so great as the sin against our love, if you refuse.”
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading “Herr von Negrusz wrote of his love for her, and that he must die or go mad without her.”
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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In this reading “Herr von Negrusz wrote of his love for her, and that he must die or go mad without her.”
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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 "Become a Christian, and be my wife.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The sin against your husband will not be so great as the sin against our love, if you refuse.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Only tell me that you will come to me, and all else is my care."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Herr von Negrusz wrote of his love for her, and that he must die or go mad without her.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The sin against your husband will not be so great as the sin against our love, if you refuse.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Become a Christian, and be my wife.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading "Become a Christian, and be my wife.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading Only tell me that you will come to me, and all else is my care."
relating to or characteristic of Christianity
From this reading "Become a Christian, and be my wife.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Only tell me that you will come to me, and all else is my care."
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading Herr von Negrusz wrote of his love for her, and that he must die or go mad without her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Only tell me that you will come to me, and all else is my care."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Herr von Negrusz wrote of his love for her, and that he must die or go mad without her.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Herr von Negrusz wrote of his love for her, and that he must die or go mad without her.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The sin against your husband will not be so great as the sin against our love, if you refuse.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Herr von Negrusz wrote of his love for her, and that he must die or go mad without her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Herr von Negrusz wrote of his love for her, and that he must die or go mad without her.
a German man; used before the name as a title equivalent to Mr in English
From this reading Herr von Negrusz wrote of his love for her, and that he must die or go mad without her.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Herr von Negrusz wrote of his love for her, and that he must die or go mad without her.
a married man; a woman's partner in marriage
From this reading The sin against your husband will not be so great as the sin against our love, if you refuse.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I know that you love me.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The sin against your husband will not be so great as the sin against our love, if you refuse.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Only tell me that you will come to me, and all else is my care."
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading I know that you love me.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Herr von Negrusz wrote of his love for her, and that he must die or go mad without her.
roused to anger
From this reading Herr von Negrusz wrote of his love for her, and that he must die or go mad without her.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I know that you love me.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Herr von Negrusz wrote of his love for her, and that he must die or go mad without her.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Become a Christian, and be my wife.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Herr von Negrusz wrote of his love for her, and that he must die or go mad without her.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The sin against your husband will not be so great as the sin against our love, if you refuse.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Herr von Negrusz wrote of his love for her, and that he must die or go mad without her.
and nothing more
From this reading Only tell me that you will come to me, and all else is my care."
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Herr von Negrusz wrote of his love for her, and that he must die or go mad without her.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The sin against your husband will not be so great as the sin against our love, if you refuse.
show unwillingness towards
From this reading The sin against your husband will not be so great as the sin against our love, if you refuse.
estrangement from god
From this reading The sin against your husband will not be so great as the sin against our love, if you refuse.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The sin against your husband will not be so great as the sin against our love, if you refuse.
express in words
From this reading Only tell me that you will come to me, and all else is my care."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Herr von Negrusz wrote of his love for her, and that he must die or go mad without her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sin against your husband will not be so great as the sin against our love, if you refuse.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Only tell me that you will come to me, and all else is my care."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Herr von Negrusz wrote of his love for her, and that he must die or go mad without her.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading "Become a Christian, and be my wife.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The sin against your husband will not be so great as the sin against our love, if you refuse.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Herr von Negrusz wrote of his love for her, and that he must die or go mad without her.
inflected form of “write” — produce a literary work
From this reading Herr von Negrusz wrote of his love for her, and that he must die or go mad without her.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The sin against your husband will not be so great as the sin against our love, if you refuse.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The sin against your husband will not be so great as the sin against our love, if you refuse.
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