Chapter 4 of The Prose of Alfred Lichtenstein is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IV
Chapter 4 of The Prose of Alfred Lichtenstein is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Still silence. There-Is it really so bad... with him--how should it turn out... People avoid each other's eyes. Leopold Lehmann I am an employee of a bank. Because I have no patron, and I am not especially hard-working, I am not getting ahead.
Chapter 4 of The Prose of Alfred Lichtenstein is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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at or in the front
From this reading “Because I have no patron, and I am not especially hard-working, I am not getting ahead.”
stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
From this reading “People avoid each other's eyes.”
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading “There-Is it really so bad... with him--how should it turn out...”
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading “Leopold Lehmann I am an employee of a bank.”
a worker who is hired to perform a job
From this reading “Leopold Lehmann I am an employee of a bank.”
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading “Because I have no patron, and I am not especially hard-working, I am not getting ahead.”
the act of acquiring something
From this reading “Because I have no patron, and I am not especially hard-working, I am not getting ahead.”
a regular customer
From this reading “Because I have no patron, and I am not especially hard-working, I am not getting ahead.”
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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 Leopold Lehmann I am an employee of a bank.
at or in the front
From this reading Because I have no patron, and I am not especially hard-working, I am not getting ahead.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Leopold Lehmann I am an employee of a bank.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Leopold Lehmann I am an employee of a bank.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Because I have no patron, and I am not especially hard-working, I am not getting ahead.
stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
From this reading People avoid each other's eyes.
having undesirable or negative qualities
From this reading There-Is it really so bad... with him--how should it turn out...
sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
From this reading Leopold Lehmann I am an employee of a bank.
for the reason that
From this reading Because I have no patron, and I am not especially hard-working, I am not getting ahead.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading People avoid each other's eyes.
a worker who is hired to perform a job
From this reading Leopold Lehmann I am an employee of a bank.
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading Because I have no patron, and I am not especially hard-working, I am not getting ahead.
opinion or judgment
From this reading People avoid each other's eyes.
the act of acquiring something
From this reading Because I have no patron, and I am not especially hard-working, I am not getting ahead.
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From this reading Because I have no patron, and I am not especially hard-working, I am not getting ahead.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Because I have no patron, and I am not especially hard-working, I am not getting ahead.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There-Is it really so bad... with him--how should it turn out...
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There-Is it really so bad... with him--how should it turn out...
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Leopold Lehmann I am an employee of a bank.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There-Is it really so bad... with him--how should it turn out...
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Leopold Lehmann I am an employee of a bank.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Leopold Lehmann I am an employee of a bank.
not any; not one
From this reading Because I have no patron, and I am not especially hard-working, I am not getting ahead.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Because I have no patron, and I am not especially hard-working, I am not getting ahead.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Leopold Lehmann I am an employee of a bank.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading People avoid each other's eyes.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading There-Is it really so bad... with him--how should it turn out...
a regular customer
From this reading Because I have no patron, and I am not especially hard-working, I am not getting ahead.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading People avoid each other's eyes.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading There-Is it really so bad... with him--how should it turn out...
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading There-Is it really so bad... with him--how should it turn out...
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Still silence.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There-Is it really so bad... with him--how should it turn out...
not in physical motion
From this reading Still silence.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There-Is it really so bad... with him--how should it turn out...
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
From this reading There-Is it really so bad... with him--how should it turn out...
in the company of; together with
From this reading There-Is it really so bad... with him--how should it turn out...
Chapter 4 of The Prose of Alfred Lichtenstein by Alfred Lichtenstein holds 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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.
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