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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The treasurer sits beside a little table with the directors of the congregation; the largest plate lies before them.
all
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From this reading But if you want to be in the thick of it all, you must stand in the anteroom by the door, where people are crowding round the plates for collections.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To one side of them sits the cantor with his plate, and beside the cantor, several house-of-study youths with theirs.
anteroom
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From this reading But if you want to be in the thick of it all, you must stand in the anteroom by the door, where people are crowding round the plates for collections.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But if you want to be in the thick of it all, you must stand in the anteroom by the door, where people are crowding round the plates for collections.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But if you want to be in the thick of it all, you must stand in the anteroom by the door, where people are crowding round the plates for collections.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The treasurer sits beside a little table with the directors of the congregation; the largest plate lies before them.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading The treasurer sits beside a little table with the directors of the congregation; the largest plate lies before them.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But if you want to be in the thick of it all, you must stand in the anteroom by the door, where people are crowding round the plates for collections.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But if you want to be in the thick of it all, you must stand in the anteroom by the door, where people are crowding round the plates for collections.
cantor
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From this reading To one side of them sits the cantor with his plate, and beside the cantor, several house-of-study youths with theirs.
Clothing
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From this reading On every plate lies a paper with a written notice: "Visiting the Sick," "Supporting the Fallen," "Clothing the Naked," "Talmud Torah," "Refuge for the Poor," and so forth.
collections
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From this reading But if you want to be in the thick of it all, you must stand in the anteroom by the door, where people are crowding round the plates for collections.
congregation
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From this reading The treasurer sits beside a little table with the directors of the congregation; the largest plate lies before them.
crowding
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From this reading But if you want to be in the thick of it all, you must stand in the anteroom by the door, where people are crowding round the plates for collections.
directors
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From this reading The treasurer sits beside a little table with the directors of the congregation; the largest plate lies before them.
door
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From this reading But if you want to be in the thick of it all, you must stand in the anteroom by the door, where people are crowding round the plates for collections.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading On every plate lies a paper with a written notice: "Visiting the Sick," "Supporting the Fallen," "Clothing the Naked," "Talmud Torah," "Refuge for the Poor," and so forth.
Fallen
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From this reading On every plate lies a paper with a written notice: "Visiting the Sick," "Supporting the Fallen," "Clothing the Naked," "Talmud Torah," "Refuge for the Poor," and so forth.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But if you want to be in the thick of it all, you must stand in the anteroom by the door, where people are crowding round the plates for collections.
forth
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From this reading On every plate lies a paper with a written notice: "Visiting the Sick," "Supporting the Fallen," "Clothing the Naked," "Talmud Torah," "Refuge for the Poor," and so forth.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading To one side of them sits the cantor with his plate, and beside the cantor, several house-of-study youths with theirs.
house-of-study
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From this reading To one side of them sits the cantor with his plate, and beside the cantor, several house-of-study youths with theirs.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading But if you want to be in the thick of it all, you must stand in the anteroom by the door, where people are crowding round the plates for collections.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But if you want to be in the thick of it all, you must stand in the anteroom by the door, where people are crowding round the plates for collections.
Israel
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From this reading Over one plate, marked "The Return to the Land of Israel," presides a modern young man, a Zionist.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But if you want to be in the thick of it all, you must stand in the anteroom by the door, where people are crowding round the plates for collections.
Land
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From this reading Over one plate, marked "The Return to the Land of Israel," presides a modern young man, a Zionist.
largest
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From this reading The treasurer sits beside a little table with the directors of the congregation; the largest plate lies before them.
lies
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From this reading The treasurer sits beside a little table with the directors of the congregation; the largest plate lies before them.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The treasurer sits beside a little table with the directors of the congregation; the largest plate lies before them.
man
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From this reading Over one plate, marked "The Return to the Land of Israel," presides a modern young man, a Zionist.
marked
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From this reading Over one plate, marked "The Return to the Land of Israel," presides a modern young man, a Zionist.
modern
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From this reading Over one plate, marked "The Return to the Land of Israel," presides a modern young man, a Zionist.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading But if you want to be in the thick of it all, you must stand in the anteroom by the door, where people are crowding round the plates for collections.
Naked
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From this reading On every plate lies a paper with a written notice: "Visiting the Sick," "Supporting the Fallen," "Clothing the Naked," "Talmud Torah," "Refuge for the Poor," and so forth.
notice
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From this reading On every plate lies a paper with a written notice: "Visiting the Sick," "Supporting the Fallen," "Clothing the Naked," "Talmud Torah," "Refuge for the Poor," and so forth.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But if you want to be in the thick of it all, you must stand in the anteroom by the door, where people are crowding round the plates for collections.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On every plate lies a paper with a written notice: "Visiting the Sick," "Supporting the Fallen," "Clothing the Naked," "Talmud Torah," "Refuge for the Poor," and so forth.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading To one side of them sits the cantor with his plate, and beside the cantor, several house-of-study youths with theirs.
OverprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Over one plate, marked "The Return to the Land of Israel," presides a modern young man, a Zionist.
paper
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From this reading On every plate lies a paper with a written notice: "Visiting the Sick," "Supporting the Fallen," "Clothing the Naked," "Talmud Torah," "Refuge for the Poor," and so forth.
people
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From this reading But if you want to be in the thick of it all, you must stand in the anteroom by the door, where people are crowding round the plates for collections.
plate
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From this reading The treasurer sits beside a little table with the directors of the congregation; the largest plate lies before them.
plates
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From this reading But if you want to be in the thick of it all, you must stand in the anteroom by the door, where people are crowding round the plates for collections.
PoornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On every plate lies a paper with a written notice: "Visiting the Sick," "Supporting the Fallen," "Clothing the Naked," "Talmud Torah," "Refuge for the Poor," and so forth.
presides
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From this reading Over one plate, marked "The Return to the Land of Israel," presides a modern young man, a Zionist.
Refuge
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From this reading On every plate lies a paper with a written notice: "Visiting the Sick," "Supporting the Fallen," "Clothing the Naked," "Talmud Torah," "Refuge for the Poor," and so forth.
Return
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From this reading Over one plate, marked "The Return to the Land of Israel," presides a modern young man, a Zionist.
round
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From this reading But if you want to be in the thick of it all, you must stand in the anteroom by the door, where people are crowding round the plates for collections.
several
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From this reading To one side of them sits the cantor with his plate, and beside the cantor, several house-of-study youths with theirs.
Sick
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From this reading On every plate lies a paper with a written notice: "Visiting the Sick," "Supporting the Fallen," "Clothing the Naked," "Talmud Torah," "Refuge for the Poor," and so forth.
side
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From this reading To one side of them sits the cantor with his plate, and beside the cantor, several house-of-study youths with theirs.
sits
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From this reading The treasurer sits beside a little table with the directors of the congregation; the largest plate lies before them.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading On every plate lies a paper with a written notice: "Visiting the Sick," "Supporting the Fallen," "Clothing the Naked," "Talmud Torah," "Refuge for the Poor," and so forth.
stand
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From this reading But if you want to be in the thick of it all, you must stand in the anteroom by the door, where people are crowding round the plates for collections.
Supporting
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From this reading On every plate lies a paper with a written notice: "Visiting the Sick," "Supporting the Fallen," "Clothing the Naked," "Talmud Torah," "Refuge for the Poor," and so forth.
table
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From this reading The treasurer sits beside a little table with the directors of the congregation; the largest plate lies before them.
Talmud
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From this reading On every plate lies a paper with a written notice: "Visiting the Sick," "Supporting the Fallen," "Clothing the Naked," "Talmud Torah," "Refuge for the Poor," and so forth.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But if you want to be in the thick of it all, you must stand in the anteroom by the door, where people are crowding round the plates for collections.
theirspronounUS /ðerz/
the one or ones belonging to them
From this reading To one side of them sits the cantor with his plate, and beside the cantor, several house-of-study youths with theirs.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The treasurer sits beside a little table with the directors of the congregation; the largest plate lies before them.
thick
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From this reading But if you want to be in the thick of it all, you must stand in the anteroom by the door, where people are crowding round the plates for collections.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But if you want to be in the thick of it all, you must stand in the anteroom by the door, where people are crowding round the plates for collections.
Torah
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From this reading On every plate lies a paper with a written notice: "Visiting the Sick," "Supporting the Fallen," "Clothing the Naked," "Talmud Torah," "Refuge for the Poor," and so forth.
treasurer
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From this reading The treasurer sits beside a little table with the directors of the congregation; the largest plate lies before them.
Visiting
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From this reading On every plate lies a paper with a written notice: "Visiting the Sick," "Supporting the Fallen," "Clothing the Naked," "Talmud Torah," "Refuge for the Poor," and so forth.
want
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From this reading But if you want to be in the thick of it all, you must stand in the anteroom by the door, where people are crowding round the plates for collections.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading But if you want to be in the thick of it all, you must stand in the anteroom by the door, where people are crowding round the plates for collections.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The treasurer sits beside a little table with the directors of the congregation; the largest plate lies before them.
written
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From this reading On every plate lies a paper with a written notice: "Visiting the Sick," "Supporting the Fallen," "Clothing the Naked," "Talmud Torah," "Refuge for the Poor," and so forth.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But if you want to be in the thick of it all, you must stand in the anteroom by the door, where people are crowding round the plates for collections.
young
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From this reading Over one plate, marked "The Return to the Land of Israel," presides a modern young man, a Zionist.
youths
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From this reading To one side of them sits the cantor with his plate, and beside the cantor, several house-of-study youths with theirs.
Zionist
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From this reading Over one plate, marked "The Return to the Land of Israel," presides a modern young man, a Zionist.
