Complete classic literature • Five-line readings • Clear US narration
VELMORA ACADEMY
Academy of Archival Languages & Memory Studies
Menu Close
Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience
Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience

Chapter VI

Chapter 6 of Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience is here in full — 374 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Grenville [Compiler] Kleiser • Curated US English Learning Edition
Cover illustration for Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience
Context Illustration Reading 1/74 · 5 lines
English subtitles · tap any word to listen 1 / 5
"Pfhat are you thinkin' of?
Well I know pfhat you're thinkin' of.
You're thinkin' I'm Pat, but you're tirribly mistakin'; _I'm his brother Mike!_" THE WIND AND THE MOON BY GEORGE MACDONALD Said the wind to the moon, "I will blow you out.
You stare In the air Like a ghost in a chair, Always looking what I am about; I hate to be watched; I will blow you out."
The wind blew hard and out went the moon.
0:00 / 0:00
Speed 0.75x
AI-generated narration by OpenAI · Slow US English
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending

A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience

Chapter VI

Chapter 6 of Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience is here in full — 374 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/74 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"Pfhat are you thinkin' of?
Line 2
Well I know pfhat you're thinkin' of.
Line 3
You're thinkin' I'm Pat, but you're tirribly mistakin'; _I'm his brother Mike!_" THE WIND AND THE MOON BY GEORGE MACDONALD Said the wind to the moon, "I will blow you out.
Line 4
You stare In the air Like a ghost in a chair, Always looking what I am about; I hate to be watched; I will blow you out."
/juː ster ɪn ðə er laɪk ə ɡoʊst ɪn ə tʃer ˈɔːlweɪz ˈlʊkɪŋ wʌt aɪ æm əˈbaʊt aɪ heɪt tuː biː wɑːtʃt aɪ wɪl bloʊ juː aʊt/
Line 5
The wind blew hard and out went the moon.
/ðə waɪnd bluː hɑːrd ənd aʊt went ðə muːn/

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

blew verb US /bluː/

inflected form of “blow” — exhale hard

From this reading “The wind blew hard and out went the moon.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
blow verb US /bloʊ/

exhale hard

From this reading “You're thinkin' I'm Pat, but you're tirribly mistakin'; _I'm his brother Mike!_" THE WIND AND THE MOON BY GEORGE MACDONALD Said the wind to the moon, "I will blow you out.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ghost noun US /ɡoʊst/

a mental representation of some haunting experience

From this reading “You stare In the air Like a ghost in a chair, Always looking what I am about; I hate to be watched; I will blow you out."”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
hate noun US /heɪt/

the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action

From this reading “You stare In the air Like a ghost in a chair, Always looking what I am about; I hate to be watched; I will blow you out."”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Mike noun US /maɪk/

device for converting sound waves into electrical energy

From this reading “You're thinkin' I'm Pat, but you're tirribly mistakin'; _I'm his brother Mike!_" THE WIND AND THE MOON BY GEORGE MACDONALD Said the wind to the moon, "I will blow you out.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
moon noun US /muːn/

the natural satellite of the Earth

From this reading “You're thinkin' I'm Pat, but you're tirribly mistakin'; _I'm his brother Mike!_" THE WIND AND THE MOON BY GEORGE MACDONALD Said the wind to the moon, "I will blow you out.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Pat verb US /pæt/

pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin

From this reading “You're thinkin' I'm Pat, but you're tirribly mistakin'; _I'm his brother Mike!_" THE WIND AND THE MOON BY GEORGE MACDONALD Said the wind to the moon, "I will blow you out.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
stare verb US /ster/

look at with fixed eyes

From this reading “You stare In the air Like a ghost in a chair, Always looking what I am about; I hate to be watched; I will blow you out."”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

Word partnerships in these lines

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.

Like a ghost verb + article + noun counted as “like … ghost”

In this reading “You stare In the air Like a ghost in a chair, Always looking what I am about; I hate to be watched; I will blow you out."”

1,514 times in 426,211 chapters
blew hard verb + adjective counted as “blow hard”

In this reading “The wind blew hard and out went the moon.”

646 times in 426,211 chapters
In the air preposition + article + noun counted as “in … air”

on everybody's mind

In this reading “You stare In the air Like a ghost in a chair, Always looking what I am about; I hate to be watched; I will blow you out."”

36,563 times in 426,211 chapters

All words in this reading · 47

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.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading You stare In the air Like a ghost in a chair, Always looking what I am about; I hate to be watched; I will blow you out."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading You stare In the air Like a ghost in a chair, Always looking what I am about; I hate to be watched; I will blow you out."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
airnounUS /er/

a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of

From this reading You stare In the air Like a ghost in a chair, Always looking what I am about; I hate to be watched; I will blow you out."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
AlwaysadverbUS /ˈɔːlweɪz/

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading You stare In the air Like a ghost in a chair, Always looking what I am about; I hate to be watched; I will blow you out."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading You stare In the air Like a ghost in a chair, Always looking what I am about; I hate to be watched; I will blow you out."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading You're thinkin' I'm Pat, but you're tirribly mistakin'; _I'm his brother Mike!_" THE WIND AND THE MOON BY GEORGE MACDONALD Said the wind to the moon, "I will blow you out.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading "Pfhat are you thinkin' of?

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading You stare In the air Like a ghost in a chair, Always looking what I am about; I hate to be watched; I will blow you out."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
blewverbUS /bluː/

inflected form of “blow” — exhale hard

From this reading The wind blew hard and out went the moon.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
blowverbUS /bloʊ/

exhale hard

From this reading You're thinkin' I'm Pat, but you're tirribly mistakin'; _I'm his brother Mike!_" THE WIND AND THE MOON BY GEORGE MACDONALD Said the wind to the moon, "I will blow you out.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
brothernounUS /ˈbrʌðər/

a male with the same parents as someone else

From this reading You're thinkin' I'm Pat, but you're tirribly mistakin'; _I'm his brother Mike!_" THE WIND AND THE MOON BY GEORGE MACDONALD Said the wind to the moon, "I will blow you out.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading You're thinkin' I'm Pat, but you're tirribly mistakin'; _I'm his brother Mike!_" THE WIND AND THE MOON BY GEORGE MACDONALD Said the wind to the moon, "I will blow you out.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
BYprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading You're thinkin' I'm Pat, but you're tirribly mistakin'; _I'm his brother Mike!_" THE WIND AND THE MOON BY GEORGE MACDONALD Said the wind to the moon, "I will blow you out.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
chairnounUS /tʃer/

a seat for one person, with a support for the back

From this reading You stare In the air Like a ghost in a chair, Always looking what I am about; I hate to be watched; I will blow you out."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
GEORGEnounUS /dʒɔːrdʒ/

Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)

From this reading You're thinkin' I'm Pat, but you're tirribly mistakin'; _I'm his brother Mike!_" THE WIND AND THE MOON BY GEORGE MACDONALD Said the wind to the moon, "I will blow you out.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ghostnounUS /ɡoʊst/

a mental representation of some haunting experience

From this reading You stare In the air Like a ghost in a chair, Always looking what I am about; I hate to be watched; I will blow you out."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
hardadjectiveUS /hɑːrd/

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

From this reading The wind blew hard and out went the moon.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
hatenounUS /heɪt/

the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action

From this reading You stare In the air Like a ghost in a chair, Always looking what I am about; I hate to be watched; I will blow you out."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading You're thinkin' I'm Pat, but you're tirribly mistakin'; _I'm his brother Mike!_" THE WIND AND THE MOON BY GEORGE MACDONALD Said the wind to the moon, "I will blow you out.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Well I know pfhat you're thinkin' of.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
I'm

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading You're thinkin' I'm Pat, but you're tirribly mistakin'; _I'm his brother Mike!_" THE WIND AND THE MOON BY GEORGE MACDONALD Said the wind to the moon, "I will blow you out.

Pending verification
InprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading You stare In the air Like a ghost in a chair, Always looking what I am about; I hate to be watched; I will blow you out."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
knowverbUS /noʊ/

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading Well I know pfhat you're thinkin' of.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
LikeverbUS /laɪk/

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading You stare In the air Like a ghost in a chair, Always looking what I am about; I hate to be watched; I will blow you out."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
lookingnounUS /ˈlʊkɪŋ/

the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually

From this reading You stare In the air Like a ghost in a chair, Always looking what I am about; I hate to be watched; I will blow you out."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
MACDONALD

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading You're thinkin' I'm Pat, but you're tirribly mistakin'; _I'm his brother Mike!_" THE WIND AND THE MOON BY GEORGE MACDONALD Said the wind to the moon, "I will blow you out.

Pending verification
MikenounUS /maɪk/

device for converting sound waves into electrical energy

From this reading You're thinkin' I'm Pat, but you're tirribly mistakin'; _I'm his brother Mike!_" THE WIND AND THE MOON BY GEORGE MACDONALD Said the wind to the moon, "I will blow you out.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
mistakin

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading You're thinkin' I'm Pat, but you're tirribly mistakin'; _I'm his brother Mike!_" THE WIND AND THE MOON BY GEORGE MACDONALD Said the wind to the moon, "I will blow you out.

Pending verification
MOONnounUS /muːn/

the natural satellite of the Earth

From this reading You're thinkin' I'm Pat, but you're tirribly mistakin'; _I'm his brother Mike!_" THE WIND AND THE MOON BY GEORGE MACDONALD Said the wind to the moon, "I will blow you out.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "Pfhat are you thinkin' of?

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
outadjectiveUS /aʊt/

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading You're thinkin' I'm Pat, but you're tirribly mistakin'; _I'm his brother Mike!_" THE WIND AND THE MOON BY GEORGE MACDONALD Said the wind to the moon, "I will blow you out.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
PatverbUS /pæt/

pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin

From this reading You're thinkin' I'm Pat, but you're tirribly mistakin'; _I'm his brother Mike!_" THE WIND AND THE MOON BY GEORGE MACDONALD Said the wind to the moon, "I will blow you out.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Pfhat

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "Pfhat are you thinkin' of?

Pending verification
SaidadjectiveUS /sed/

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading You're thinkin' I'm Pat, but you're tirribly mistakin'; _I'm his brother Mike!_" THE WIND AND THE MOON BY GEORGE MACDONALD Said the wind to the moon, "I will blow you out.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
stareverbUS /ster/

look at with fixed eyes

From this reading You stare In the air Like a ghost in a chair, Always looking what I am about; I hate to be watched; I will blow you out."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading You're thinkin' I'm Pat, but you're tirribly mistakin'; _I'm his brother Mike!_" THE WIND AND THE MOON BY GEORGE MACDONALD Said the wind to the moon, "I will blow you out.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
thinkin

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "Pfhat are you thinkin' of?

Pending verification
tirribly

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading You're thinkin' I'm Pat, but you're tirribly mistakin'; _I'm his brother Mike!_" THE WIND AND THE MOON BY GEORGE MACDONALD Said the wind to the moon, "I will blow you out.

Pending verification
toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading You're thinkin' I'm Pat, but you're tirribly mistakin'; _I'm his brother Mike!_" THE WIND AND THE MOON BY GEORGE MACDONALD Said the wind to the moon, "I will blow you out.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
watchedverbUS /wɑːtʃt/

past form of “watch” — look attentively

From this reading You stare In the air Like a ghost in a chair, Always looking what I am about; I hate to be watched; I will blow you out."

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
WelladverbUS /wel/

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading Well I know pfhat you're thinkin' of.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wentverbUS /went/

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading The wind blew hard and out went the moon.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading You stare In the air Like a ghost in a chair, Always looking what I am about; I hate to be watched; I will blow you out."

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading You're thinkin' I'm Pat, but you're tirribly mistakin'; _I'm his brother Mike!_" THE WIND AND THE MOON BY GEORGE MACDONALD Said the wind to the moon, "I will blow you out.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
WINDnounUS /waɪnd/

air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

From this reading You're thinkin' I'm Pat, but you're tirribly mistakin'; _I'm his brother Mike!_" THE WIND AND THE MOON BY GEORGE MACDONALD Said the wind to the moon, "I will blow you out.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "Pfhat are you thinkin' of?

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
you're

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Well I know pfhat you're thinkin' of.

Pending verification

Chapter 6 of Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience by Grenville [Compiler] Kleiser holds 374 sentences, grouped into 75 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.

What does chapter 6 of Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience contain?

Chapter 6 holds 374 sentences of Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience, unabridged, divided into 75 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 6 of Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience by Grenville [Compiler] Kleiser exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 374 sentences, grouped into 75 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 6 of Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience?

Work through the 75 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 75 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 6 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 6 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

Questions about reading Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience

Common questions about reading Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience by Grenville [Compiler] Kleiser on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience?

Yes. All 5178 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #47194 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #47194, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience take to read?

About 431 minutes of reading across 1036 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience section by section

How to work through Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

    Choose one of the 13 chapters of Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience to begin.

  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

Vocabulary met early in Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience

Words and structures a reader meets early in Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Author
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Speak
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Public
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Preparing
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Humorous Hits and How to Hold an Audience; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.