Chapter 1 of A Modern Telemachus is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of A Modern Telemachus is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
'Make mention thereto Touching my much loved father's safe return, If of his whereabouts I may best hear.' _Odyssey_ (MUSGRAVE). 'Oh! brother, I wish they had named you Telemaque, and then it would have been all right!' 'Why so, sister? Why should I be called by so ugly a name?
Chapter 1 of A Modern Telemachus is here in full — 117 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/23 · 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.
possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading “'Make mention thereto Touching my much loved father's safe return, If of his whereabouts I may best hear.'”
make reference to
From this reading “'Make mention thereto Touching my much loved father's safe return, If of his whereabouts I may best hear.'”
past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “'Oh! brother, I wish they had named you Telemaque, and then it would have been all right!'”
a long wandering and eventful journey
to that
From this reading “'Make mention thereto Touching my much loved father's safe return, If of his whereabouts I may best hear.'”
arousing affect
From this reading “'Make mention thereto Touching my much loved father's safe return, If of his whereabouts I may best hear.'”
displeasing to the senses
From this reading “Why should I be called by so ugly a name?”
the general location where something is
From this reading “'Make mention thereto Touching my much loved father's safe return, If of his whereabouts I may best hear.'”
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 Why should I be called by so ugly a name?
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading 'Oh! brother, I wish they had named you Telemaque, and then it would have been all right!'
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'Oh! brother, I wish they had named you Telemaque, and then it would have been all right!'
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Why should I be called by so ugly a name?
the past participle of “be”
From this reading 'Oh! brother, I wish they had named you Telemaque, and then it would have been all right!'
the supreme effort one can make
From this reading 'Make mention thereto Touching my much loved father's safe return, If of his whereabouts I may best hear.'
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading 'Oh! brother, I wish they had named you Telemaque, and then it would have been all right!'
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Why should I be called by so ugly a name?
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Why should I be called by so ugly a name?
possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading 'Make mention thereto Touching my much loved father's safe return, If of his whereabouts I may best hear.'
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading 'Oh! brother, I wish they had named you Telemaque, and then it would have been all right!'
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 'Oh! brother, I wish they had named you Telemaque, and then it would have been all right!'
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading 'Make mention thereto Touching my much loved father's safe return, If of his whereabouts I may best hear.'
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading 'Make mention thereto Touching my much loved father's safe return, If of his whereabouts I may best hear.'
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'Make mention thereto Touching my much loved father's safe return, If of his whereabouts I may best hear.'
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading 'Make mention thereto Touching my much loved father's safe return, If of his whereabouts I may best hear.'
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading 'Oh! brother, I wish they had named you Telemaque, and then it would have been all right!'
held dear
From this reading 'Make mention thereto Touching my much loved father's safe return, If of his whereabouts I may best hear.'
engage in
From this reading 'Make mention thereto Touching my much loved father's safe return, If of his whereabouts I may best hear.'
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading 'Make mention thereto Touching my much loved father's safe return, If of his whereabouts I may best hear.'
make reference to
From this reading 'Make mention thereto Touching my much loved father's safe return, If of his whereabouts I may best hear.'
to a great degree or extent
From this reading 'Make mention thereto Touching my much loved father's safe return, If of his whereabouts I may best hear.'
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Odyssey_ (MUSGRAVE).
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'Make mention thereto Touching my much loved father's safe return, If of his whereabouts I may best hear.'
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Why should I be called by so ugly a name?
past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading 'Oh! brother, I wish they had named you Telemaque, and then it would have been all right!'
a long wandering and eventful journey
From this reading _Odyssey_ (MUSGRAVE).
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 'Make mention thereto Touching my much loved father's safe return, If of his whereabouts I may best hear.'
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading 'Oh! brother, I wish they had named you Telemaque, and then it would have been all right!'
go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading 'Make mention thereto Touching my much loved father's safe return, If of his whereabouts I may best hear.'
precisely, exactly
From this reading 'Oh! brother, I wish they had named you Telemaque, and then it would have been all right!'
free from danger or the risk of harm
From this reading 'Make mention thereto Touching my much loved father's safe return, If of his whereabouts I may best hear.'
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Why should I be called by so ugly a name?
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading 'Why so, sister?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading 'Why so, sister?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading 'Oh! brother, I wish they had named you Telemaque, and then it would have been all right!'
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading 'Oh! brother, I wish they had named you Telemaque, and then it would have been all right!'
to that
From this reading 'Make mention thereto Touching my much loved father's safe return, If of his whereabouts I may best hear.'
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'Oh! brother, I wish they had named you Telemaque, and then it would have been all right!'
arousing affect
From this reading 'Make mention thereto Touching my much loved father's safe return, If of his whereabouts I may best hear.'
displeasing to the senses
From this reading Why should I be called by so ugly a name?
the general location where something is
From this reading 'Make mention thereto Touching my much loved father's safe return, If of his whereabouts I may best hear.'
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading 'Why so, sister?
hope for; have a wish
From this reading 'Oh! brother, I wish they had named you Telemaque, and then it would have been all right!'
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading 'Oh! brother, I wish they had named you Telemaque, and then it would have been all right!'
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Oh! brother, I wish they had named you Telemaque, and then it would have been all right!'
Chapter 1 of A Modern Telemachus by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge holds 117 sentences, grouped into 24 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 1 holds 117 sentences of A Modern Telemachus, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
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