Chapter 5 of The taste of honey is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 5 of The taste of honey is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
It watches over our sleep. It contributes to our health. The other parts of the body do stupid things; the hands, the feet. The hands permit themselves to be caught in a sack like fools they are. The feet stumble, make the body fall, by their awkwardness.
Chapter 5 of The taste of honey is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
From this reading “The feet stumble, make the body fall, by their awkwardness.”
third-person singular of “contribute” — bestow a quality on
From this reading “It contributes to our health.”
plural of “fool” — a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading “The hands permit themselves to be caught in a sack like fools they are.”
a legal document giving official permission to do something
From this reading “The hands permit themselves to be caught in a sack like fools they are.”
a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
From this reading “The hands permit themselves to be caught in a sack like fools they are.”
walk unsteadily
From this reading “The feet stumble, make the body fall, by their awkwardness.”
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading “The other parts of the body do stupid things; the hands, the feet.”
plural of “watch” — a small portable timepiece
From this reading “It watches over our sleep.”
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 “The other parts of the body do stupid things; the hands, the feet.”
follow with the eyes or the mind
In this reading “It watches over our sleep.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The hands permit themselves to be caught in a sack like fools they are.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The hands permit themselves to be caught in a sack like fools they are.
unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
From this reading The feet stumble, make the body fall, by their awkwardness.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The hands permit themselves to be caught in a sack like fools they are.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading The other parts of the body do stupid things; the hands, the feet.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The feet stumble, make the body fall, by their awkwardness.
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading The hands permit themselves to be caught in a sack like fools they are.
third-person singular of “contribute” — bestow a quality on
From this reading It contributes to our health.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading The other parts of the body do stupid things; the hands, the feet.
descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
From this reading The feet stumble, make the body fall, by their awkwardness.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading The other parts of the body do stupid things; the hands, the feet.
plural of “fool” — a person who lacks good judgment
From this reading The hands permit themselves to be caught in a sack like fools they are.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading The other parts of the body do stupid things; the hands, the feet.
a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease
From this reading It contributes to our health.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The hands permit themselves to be caught in a sack like fools they are.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It watches over our sleep.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading The hands permit themselves to be caught in a sack like fools they are.
engage in
From this reading The feet stumble, make the body fall, by their awkwardness.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The other parts of the body do stupid things; the hands, the feet.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading The other parts of the body do stupid things; the hands, the feet.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading It watches over our sleep.
above and across; more than
From this reading It watches over our sleep.
the local environment
From this reading The other parts of the body do stupid things; the hands, the feet.
a legal document giving official permission to do something
From this reading The hands permit themselves to be caught in a sack like fools they are.
a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
From this reading The hands permit themselves to be caught in a sack like fools they are.
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
From this reading It watches over our sleep.
walk unsteadily
From this reading The feet stumble, make the body fall, by their awkwardness.
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading The other parts of the body do stupid things; the hands, the feet.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The other parts of the body do stupid things; the hands, the feet.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The feet stumble, make the body fall, by their awkwardness.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading The hands permit themselves to be caught in a sack like fools they are.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The hands permit themselves to be caught in a sack like fools they are.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading The other parts of the body do stupid things; the hands, the feet.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It contributes to our health.
plural of “watch” — a small portable timepiece
From this reading It watches over our sleep.
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