Chapter 13 of The taste of honey is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 13 of The taste of honey is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
In New York the mean is sacrificed. There is nothing that is good. It is best or else it is worst. The people live, breathe, and have their being in superlatives. We have become a poster art, where everything is black or white.
Chapter 13 of The taste of honey is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading “We have become a poster art, where everything is black or white.”
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading “We have become a poster art, where everything is black or white.”
draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
From this reading “The people live, breathe, and have their being in superlatives.”
a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
From this reading “We have become a poster art, where everything is black or white.”
past form of “sacrifice” — endure the loss of
From this reading “In New York the mean is sacrificed.”
plural of “superlative” — an exaggerated expression (usually of praise)
From this reading “The people live, breathe, and have their being in superlatives.”
the least favorable outcome
From this reading “It is best or else it is worst.”
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading “In New York the mean is sacrificed.”
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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 We have become a poster art, where everything is black or white.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The people live, breathe, and have their being in superlatives.
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading We have become a poster art, where everything is black or white.
enter or assume a certain state or condition
From this reading We have become a poster art, where everything is black or white.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The people live, breathe, and have their being in superlatives.
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading It is best or else it is worst.
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading We have become a poster art, where everything is black or white.
draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
From this reading The people live, breathe, and have their being in superlatives.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It is best or else it is worst.
all things; all of a situation
From this reading We have become a poster art, where everything is black or white.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading There is nothing that is good.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The people live, breathe, and have their being in superlatives.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In New York the mean is sacrificed.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In New York the mean is sacrificed.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is best or else it is worst.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading The people live, breathe, and have their being in superlatives.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading In New York the mean is sacrificed.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading In New York the mean is sacrificed.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There is nothing that is good.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It is best or else it is worst.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading The people live, breathe, and have their being in superlatives.
a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
From this reading We have become a poster art, where everything is black or white.
past form of “sacrifice” — endure the loss of
From this reading In New York the mean is sacrificed.
plural of “superlative” — an exaggerated expression (usually of praise)
From this reading The people live, breathe, and have their being in superlatives.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There is nothing that is good.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In New York the mean is sacrificed.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The people live, breathe, and have their being in superlatives.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There is nothing that is good.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We have become a poster art, where everything is black or white.
in or at the place that
From this reading We have become a poster art, where everything is black or white.
a Caucasian
From this reading We have become a poster art, where everything is black or white.
the least favorable outcome
From this reading It is best or else it is worst.
the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
From this reading In New York the mean is sacrificed.
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