Chapter 3 of Mr. Punch on the Continong is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Mr. Punch on the Continong is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
[_They smoke and consider._] OBJECTIONS TO PLACES (_By a Stay-at-Home Cynic_) _Antwerp._--Too many pictures. _Boulogne._--Too many English. _Calais._--Barred by the Channel passage. _Dieppe._--Journey there literally a "toss-up." _Ems._--In the sere and yellow leaf.
Chapter 3 of Mr. Punch on the Continong is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a busy port and financial center in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river; it has long been a center for the diamond industry and the first stock exchange was opened there in 1460
preventing entry or exit or a course of action
From this reading “_Calais._--Barred by the Channel passage.”
a town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England
someone who is critical of the motives of others
plural of “em” — a quad with a square body
in a literal sense
From this reading “_Dieppe._--Journey there literally a "toss-up."”
plural of “objection” — the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
From this reading “[_They smoke and consider._] OBJECTIONS TO PLACES (_By a Stay-at-Home Cynic_) _Antwerp._--Too many pictures.”
(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
From this reading “_Ems._--In the sere and yellow leaf.”
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.
In this reading “_Ems._--In the sere and yellow leaf.”
In this reading “[_They smoke and consider._] OBJECTIONS TO PLACES (_By a Stay-at-Home Cynic_) _Antwerp._--Too many pictures.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 [_They smoke and consider._] OBJECTIONS TO PLACES (_By a Stay-at-Home Cynic_) _Antwerp._--Too many pictures.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [_They smoke and consider._] OBJECTIONS TO PLACES (_By a Stay-at-Home Cynic_) _Antwerp._--Too many pictures.
a busy port and financial center in northern Belgium on the Scheldt river; it has long been a center for the diamond industry and the first stock exchange was opened there in 1460
From this reading [_They smoke and consider._] OBJECTIONS TO PLACES (_By a Stay-at-Home Cynic_) _Antwerp._--Too many pictures.
preventing entry or exit or a course of action
From this reading _Calais._--Barred by the Channel passage.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Boulogne._--Too many English.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading [_They smoke and consider._] OBJECTIONS TO PLACES (_By a Stay-at-Home Cynic_) _Antwerp._--Too many pictures.
a town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England
From this reading _Calais._--Barred by the Channel passage.
a path over which electrical signals can pass
From this reading _Calais._--Barred by the Channel passage.
deem to be
From this reading [_They smoke and consider._] OBJECTIONS TO PLACES (_By a Stay-at-Home Cynic_) _Antwerp._--Too many pictures.
someone who is critical of the motives of others
From this reading [_They smoke and consider._] OBJECTIONS TO PLACES (_By a Stay-at-Home Cynic_) _Antwerp._--Too many pictures.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Dieppe._--Journey there literally a "toss-up."
plural of “em” — a quad with a square body
From this reading _Ems._--In the sere and yellow leaf.
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading _Boulogne._--Too many English.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Ems._--In the sere and yellow leaf.
undertake a journey or trip
From this reading _Dieppe._--Journey there literally a "toss-up."
the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants
From this reading _Ems._--In the sere and yellow leaf.
in a literal sense
From this reading _Dieppe._--Journey there literally a "toss-up."
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading [_They smoke and consider._] OBJECTIONS TO PLACES (_By a Stay-at-Home Cynic_) _Antwerp._--Too many pictures.
plural of “objection” — the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
From this reading [_They smoke and consider._] OBJECTIONS TO PLACES (_By a Stay-at-Home Cynic_) _Antwerp._--Too many pictures.
the act of passing from one state or place to the next
From this reading _Calais._--Barred by the Channel passage.
plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
From this reading [_They smoke and consider._] OBJECTIONS TO PLACES (_By a Stay-at-Home Cynic_) _Antwerp._--Too many pictures.
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading [_They smoke and consider._] OBJECTIONS TO PLACES (_By a Stay-at-Home Cynic_) _Antwerp._--Too many pictures.
(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
From this reading _Ems._--In the sere and yellow leaf.
a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
From this reading [_They smoke and consider._] OBJECTIONS TO PLACES (_By a Stay-at-Home Cynic_) _Antwerp._--Too many pictures.
a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel
From this reading [_They smoke and consider._] OBJECTIONS TO PLACES (_By a Stay-at-Home Cynic_) _Antwerp._--Too many pictures.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Calais._--Barred by the Channel passage.
in or at that place or location
From this reading _Dieppe._--Journey there literally a "toss-up."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading [_They smoke and consider._] OBJECTIONS TO PLACES (_By a Stay-at-Home Cynic_) _Antwerp._--Too many pictures.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [_They smoke and consider._] OBJECTIONS TO PLACES (_By a Stay-at-Home Cynic_) _Antwerp._--Too many pictures.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading [_They smoke and consider._] OBJECTIONS TO PLACES (_By a Stay-at-Home Cynic_) _Antwerp._--Too many pictures.
an unpredictable phenomenon
From this reading _Dieppe._--Journey there literally a "toss-up."
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading _Ems._--In the sere and yellow leaf.
Chapter 3 of Mr. Punch on the Continong by J. A. (John Alexander) [Editor] Hammerton holds 441 sentences, grouped into 89 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 3 holds 441 sentences of Mr. Punch on the Continong, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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