Chapter 2 of Mr. Punch Awheel is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Mr. Punch Awheel is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Fourth Lesson._--High north-east wind. Hot sun. Regular May weather. Clouds of coal-dust from track. Pretty girl not there at all.
Chapter 2 of Mr. Punch Awheel is here in full — 421 sentences across 85 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.
plural of “cloud” — any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
From this reading “Clouds of coal-dust from track.”
following the third position; number four in a countable series
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading “Hot sun.”
a unit of instruction
From this reading “_Fourth Lesson._--High north-east wind.”
to, toward, or in the northeast
From this reading “_Fourth Lesson._--High north-east wind.”
in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle
From this reading “Regular May weather.”
a line or route along which something travels or moves
From this reading “Clouds of coal-dust from track.”
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading “Regular May weather.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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(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 Pretty girl not there at all.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Pretty girl not there at all.
plural of “cloud” — any collection of particles (e.g., smoke or dust) or gases that is visible
From this reading Clouds of coal-dust from track.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Clouds of coal-dust from track.
following the third position; number four in a countable series
From this reading _Fourth Lesson._--High north-east wind.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Clouds of coal-dust from track.
a young female
From this reading Pretty girl not there at all.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading _Fourth Lesson._--High north-east wind.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading Hot sun.
a unit of instruction
From this reading _Fourth Lesson._--High north-east wind.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Regular May weather.
to, toward, or in the northeast
From this reading _Fourth Lesson._--High north-east wind.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Pretty girl not there at all.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Clouds of coal-dust from track.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading Pretty girl not there at all.
in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle
From this reading Regular May weather.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading Hot sun.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Pretty girl not there at all.
a line or route along which something travels or moves
From this reading Clouds of coal-dust from track.
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading Regular May weather.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading _Fourth Lesson._--High north-east wind.
Chapter 2 of Mr. Punch Awheel by J. A. (John Alexander) [Editor] Hammerton holds 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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 2 holds 421 sentences of Mr. Punch Awheel, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Mr. Punch Awheel by J. A. (John Alexander) [Editor] Hammerton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 421 sentences, grouped into 85 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.
Work through the 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 85 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 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.
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About 110 minutes of reading across 264 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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