Chapter 5 of The Sublime Jester 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.
Chapter V
Chapter 5 of The Sublime Jester is here in full — 423 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“No, it’s a good book,”—still holding it behind her as if to prevent him from seizing it. “By whom was it written?” She shook her head negatively, a faint smile in her eyes. “What’s the name?” Her head again shook from side to side.
Chapter 5 of The Sublime Jester 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.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading ““No, it’s a good book,”—still holding it behind her as if to prevent him from seizing it.”
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading “She shook her head negatively, a faint smile in her eyes.”
the act of retaining something
From this reading ““No, it’s a good book,”—still holding it behind her as if to prevent him from seizing it.”
in a harmful manner
From this reading “She shook her head negatively, a faint smile in her eyes.”
keep from happening or arising; make impossible
From this reading ““No, it’s a good book,”—still holding it behind her as if to prevent him from seizing it.”
small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes together
From this reading ““No, it’s a good book,”—still holding it behind her as if to prevent him from seizing it.”
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading “She shook her head negatively, a faint smile in her eyes.”
set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading ““By whom was it written?””
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 ““No, it’s a good book,”—still holding it behind her as if to prevent him from seizing it.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 “No, it’s a good book,”—still holding it behind her as if to prevent him from seizing it.
anew
From this reading Her head again shook from side to side.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “No, it’s a good book,”—still holding it behind her as if to prevent him from seizing it.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “No, it’s a good book,”—still holding it behind her as if to prevent him from seizing it.
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
From this reading “No, it’s a good book,”—still holding it behind her as if to prevent him from seizing it.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “By whom was it written?”
opinion or judgment
From this reading She shook her head negatively, a faint smile in her eyes.
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading She shook her head negatively, a faint smile in her eyes.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “No, it’s a good book,”—still holding it behind her as if to prevent him from seizing it.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading “No, it’s a good book,”—still holding it behind her as if to prevent him from seizing it.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading She shook her head negatively, a faint smile in her eyes.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “No, it’s a good book,”—still holding it behind her as if to prevent him from seizing it.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “No, it’s a good book,”—still holding it behind her as if to prevent him from seizing it.
the act of retaining something
From this reading “No, it’s a good book,”—still holding it behind her as if to prevent him from seizing it.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “No, it’s a good book,”—still holding it behind her as if to prevent him from seizing it.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She shook her head negatively, a faint smile in her eyes.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “No, it’s a good book,”—still holding it behind her as if to prevent him from seizing it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “No, it’s a good book,”—still holding it behind her as if to prevent him from seizing it.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “What’s the name?”
in a harmful manner
From this reading She shook her head negatively, a faint smile in her eyes.
not any; not one
From this reading “No, it’s a good book,”—still holding it behind her as if to prevent him from seizing it.
keep from happening or arising; make impossible
From this reading “No, it’s a good book,”—still holding it behind her as if to prevent him from seizing it.
small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes together
From this reading “No, it’s a good book,”—still holding it behind her as if to prevent him from seizing it.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She shook her head negatively, a faint smile in her eyes.
a disassembled barrel; the parts packed for storage or shipment
From this reading She shook her head negatively, a faint smile in her eyes.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Her head again shook from side to side.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading She shook her head negatively, a faint smile in her eyes.
not in physical motion
From this reading “No, it’s a good book,”—still holding it behind her as if to prevent him from seizing it.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “What’s the name?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “No, it’s a good book,”—still holding it behind her as if to prevent him from seizing it.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “By whom was it written?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What’s the name?”
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “By whom was it written?”
set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading “By whom was it written?”
Chapter 5 of The Sublime Jester by Ezra S. Brudno 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 5 holds 423 sentences of The Sublime Jester, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of The Sublime Jester by Ezra S. Brudno 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.
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