Chapter 2 of Mr. Punch's Golf Stories is here in full — 505 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Mr. Punch's Golf Stories is here in full — 505 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Hole VII. Saw Mrs. R. looking aimlessly out to sea. These loafing ladies are enough to put any man off his game. Why can't they do something? One up.
Chapter 2 of Mr. Punch's Golf Stories is here in full — 505 sentences across 101 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
without aim; in an aimless manner
From this reading “Saw Mrs. R. looking aimlessly out to sea.”
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading “These loafing ladies are enough to put any man off his game.”
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading “These loafing ladies are enough to put any man off his game.”
an opening into or through something
From this reading “Hole VII.”
plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading “These loafing ladies are enough to put any man off his game.”
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading “Saw Mrs. R. looking aimlessly out to sea.”
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading “Saw Mrs. R. looking aimlessly out to sea.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Why can't they do something?”
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 “These loafing ladies are enough to put any man off his game.”
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.
without aim; in an aimless manner
From this reading Saw Mrs. R. looking aimlessly out to sea.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading These loafing ladies are enough to put any man off his game.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading These loafing ladies are enough to put any man off his game.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why can't they do something?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Why can't they do something?
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
From this reading These loafing ladies are enough to put any man off his game.
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading These loafing ladies are enough to put any man off his game.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading These loafing ladies are enough to put any man off his game.
an opening into or through something
From this reading Hole VII.
plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman
From this reading These loafing ladies are enough to put any man off his game.
having no employment
From this reading These loafing ladies are enough to put any man off his game.
the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
From this reading Saw Mrs. R. looking aimlessly out to sea.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading These loafing ladies are enough to put any man off his game.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Saw Mrs. R. looking aimlessly out to sea.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading These loafing ladies are enough to put any man off his game.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One up.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Saw Mrs. R. looking aimlessly out to sea.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading These loafing ladies are enough to put any man off his game.
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading Saw Mrs. R. looking aimlessly out to sea.
cut with a saw
From this reading Saw Mrs. R. looking aimlessly out to sea.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading Saw Mrs. R. looking aimlessly out to sea.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Why can't they do something?
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These loafing ladies are enough to put any man off his game.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Why can't they do something?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Saw Mrs. R. looking aimlessly out to sea.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading One up.
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading Hole VII.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why can't they do something?
Chapter 2 of Mr. Punch's Golf Stories by J. A. (John Alexander) [Editor] Hammerton holds 505 sentences, grouped into 101 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 505 sentences of Mr. Punch's Golf Stories, unabridged, divided into 101 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Mr. Punch's Golf Stories by J. A. (John Alexander) [Editor] Hammerton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 505 sentences, grouped into 101 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 101 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 101 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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Yes. All 1053 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #38683 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
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About 87 minutes of reading across 211 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Mr. Punch's Golf Stories section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 2 chapters of Mr. Punch's Golf Stories to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Mr. Punch's Golf Stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
