Chapter 5 of The Waters of Edera is here in full — 419 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 Waters of Edera is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Who are they? Jews?" "Jews and Gentiles. There is no difference between those races now; they have a common Credo -- greed; they adore one Jehovah -- gold. My boy, I am very tired, and you are ill.
Chapter 5 of The Waters of Edera is here in full — 419 sentences across 84 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.
love intensely
From this reading “There is no difference between those races now; they have a common Credo -- greed; they adore one Jehovah -- gold.”
any system of principles or beliefs
From this reading “There is no difference between those races now; they have a common Credo -- greed; they adore one Jehovah -- gold.”
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
From this reading “There is no difference between those races now; they have a common Credo -- greed; they adore one Jehovah -- gold.”
plural of “gentile” — a person who does not acknowledge your god
From this reading “"Jews and Gentiles.”
excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves
From this reading “There is no difference between those races now; they have a common Credo -- greed; they adore one Jehovah -- gold.”
a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH
From this reading “There is no difference between those races now; they have a common Credo -- greed; they adore one Jehovah -- gold.”
plural of “jew” — a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
From this reading “Jews?"”
plural of “race” — any competition
From this reading “There is no difference between those races now; they have a common Credo -- greed; they adore one Jehovah -- gold.”
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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 There is no difference between those races now; they have a common Credo -- greed; they adore one Jehovah -- gold.
love intensely
From this reading There is no difference between those races now; they have a common Credo -- greed; they adore one Jehovah -- gold.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading My boy, I am very tired, and you are ill.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Jews and Gentiles.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Who are they?
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading There is no difference between those races now; they have a common Credo -- greed; they adore one Jehovah -- gold.
a youthful male person
From this reading My boy, I am very tired, and you are ill.
belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
From this reading There is no difference between those races now; they have a common Credo -- greed; they adore one Jehovah -- gold.
any system of principles or beliefs
From this reading There is no difference between those races now; they have a common Credo -- greed; they adore one Jehovah -- gold.
the quality of being unlike or dissimilar
From this reading There is no difference between those races now; they have a common Credo -- greed; they adore one Jehovah -- gold.
plural of “gentile” — a person who does not acknowledge your god
From this reading "Jews and Gentiles.
coins made of gold
From this reading There is no difference between those races now; they have a common Credo -- greed; they adore one Jehovah -- gold.
excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves
From this reading There is no difference between those races now; they have a common Credo -- greed; they adore one Jehovah -- gold.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There is no difference between those races now; they have a common Credo -- greed; they adore one Jehovah -- gold.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading My boy, I am very tired, and you are ill.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading My boy, I am very tired, and you are ill.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is no difference between those races now; they have a common Credo -- greed; they adore one Jehovah -- gold.
a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH
From this reading There is no difference between those races now; they have a common Credo -- greed; they adore one Jehovah -- gold.
plural of “jew” — a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
From this reading Jews?"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My boy, I am very tired, and you are ill.
not any; not one
From this reading There is no difference between those races now; they have a common Credo -- greed; they adore one Jehovah -- gold.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading There is no difference between those races now; they have a common Credo -- greed; they adore one Jehovah -- gold.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There is no difference between those races now; they have a common Credo -- greed; they adore one Jehovah -- gold.
plural of “race” — any competition
From this reading There is no difference between those races now; they have a common Credo -- greed; they adore one Jehovah -- gold.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There is no difference between those races now; they have a common Credo -- greed; they adore one Jehovah -- gold.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Who are they?
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading There is no difference between those races now; they have a common Credo -- greed; they adore one Jehovah -- gold.
depleted of strength or energy
From this reading My boy, I am very tired, and you are ill.
precisely as stated
From this reading My boy, I am very tired, and you are ill.
which person or people
From this reading "Who are they?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading My boy, I am very tired, and you are ill.
Chapter 5 of The Waters of Edera by Ouida holds 419 sentences, grouped into 84 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 419 sentences of The Waters of Edera, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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