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Parodies of the works of English & American authors, vol. V
Parodies of the works of English & American authors, vol. V

Chapter VIII

Chapter 8 of Parodies of the works of English & American authors, vol. V is here in full — 610 sentences across 122 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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“It’s deuced interesting,” quoth The now exhausted Swell; “But I must be allow’d to hope You’ve nothing more to tell.
“And if you’ll take a fellah’s hint, You, and your Mayor, and crew; The work you say your dream described, You’d better go and do.
“And when the sewers are quite complete, Jump in, and you shall be With all the other nuisances, Wash’d nicely down to sea.
“Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.
SHIRLEY BROOKS.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Parodies of the works of English & American authors, vol. V

Chapter VIII

Chapter 8 of Parodies of the works of English & American authors, vol. V is here in full — 610 sentences across 122 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/122 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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“It’s deuced interesting,” quoth The now exhausted Swell; “But I must be allow’d to hope You’ve nothing more to tell.
Line 2
“And if you’ll take a fellah’s hint, You, and your Mayor, and crew; The work you say your dream described, You’d better go and do.
Line 3
“And when the sewers are quite complete, Jump in, and you shall be With all the other nuisances, Wash’d nicely down to sea.
Line 4
“Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.
Line 5
SHIRLEY BROOKS.

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.

Alderman noun US /ˈɔːldərmən/

a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)

From this reading ““Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
brooks noun US /brʊks/

United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963)

From this reading “SHIRLEY BROOKS.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
drums noun US /drʌmz/

plural of “drum” — a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

From this reading ““Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
headache noun US /ˈhedeɪk/

something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness

From this reading ““Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.”

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nicely adverb US /ˈnaɪsli/

in a nice way

From this reading ““And when the sewers are quite complete, Jump in, and you shall be With all the other nuisances, Wash’d nicely down to sea.”

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nuisances noun US /ˈnuːsənsɪz/

plural of “nuisance” — (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive

From this reading ““And when the sewers are quite complete, Jump in, and you shall be With all the other nuisances, Wash’d nicely down to sea.”

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sewers noun US /ˈsuːərz/

plural of “sewer” — a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water

From this reading ““And when the sewers are quite complete, Jump in, and you shall be With all the other nuisances, Wash’d nicely down to sea.”

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thundering adjective US /ˈθʌndərɪŋ/

sounding like thunder

From this reading ““Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.”

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.

Went off verb + particle counted as “go off”

run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along

In this reading ““Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading “And if you’ll take a fellah’s hint, You, and your Mayor, and crew; The work you say your dream described, You’d better go and do.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
AldermannounUS /ˈɔːldərmən/

a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)

From this reading “Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
alladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

(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 “And when the sewers are quite complete, Jump in, and you shall be With all the other nuisances, Wash’d nicely down to sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
allow'd

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

From this reading “It’s deuced interesting,” quoth The now exhausted Swell; “But I must be allow’d to hope You’ve nothing more to tell.

Pending verification
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading “And if you’ll take a fellah’s hint, You, and your Mayor, and crew; The work you say your dream described, You’d better go and do.

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 “And when the sewers are quite complete, Jump in, and you shall be With all the other nuisances, Wash’d nicely down to sea.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
aunounUS /oʊ/

a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia

From this reading “Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
AwokeverbUS /əˈwoʊk/

inflected form of “awake” — stop sleeping

From this reading “Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading “It’s deuced interesting,” quoth The now exhausted Swell; “But I must be allow’d to hope You’ve nothing more to tell.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
betteradjectiveUS /ˈbetər/

(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another

From this reading “And if you’ll take a fellah’s hint, You, and your Mayor, and crew; The work you say your dream described, You’d better go and do.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Blondelet

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From this reading “Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.

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boardnounUS /bɔːrd/

a committee having supervisory powers

From this reading “Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
boxkeeper

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From this reading “Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.

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BROOKSnounUS /brʊks/

United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963)

From this reading SHIRLEY BROOKS.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading “It’s deuced interesting,” quoth The now exhausted Swell; “But I must be allow’d to hope You’ve nothing more to tell.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
comesnounUS /kʌmz/

plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

From this reading “Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
completeverbUS /kəmˈpliːt/

come or bring to a finish or an end

From this reading “And when the sewers are quite complete, Jump in, and you shall be With all the other nuisances, Wash’d nicely down to sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
crewnounUS /kruː/

the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)

From this reading “And if you’ll take a fellah’s hint, You, and your Mayor, and crew; The work you say your dream described, You’d better go and do.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
describedadjectiveUS /dɪˈskraɪbd/

represented in words especially with sharpness and detail

From this reading “And if you’ll take a fellah’s hint, You, and your Mayor, and crew; The work you say your dream described, You’d better go and do.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
deucedadjective

expletives used informally as intensifiers

From this reading “It’s deuced interesting,” quoth The now exhausted Swell; “But I must be allow’d to hope You’ve nothing more to tell.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading “And if you’ll take a fellah’s hint, You, and your Mayor, and crew; The work you say your dream described, You’d better go and do.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
downadjectiveUS /daʊn/

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading “And when the sewers are quite complete, Jump in, and you shall be With all the other nuisances, Wash’d nicely down to sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
dreamnounUS /driːm/

A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.

From this reading “And if you’ll take a fellah’s hint, You, and your Mayor, and crew; The work you say your dream described, You’d better go and do.

Velmora curated lexicon
drown'd

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

From this reading “Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.

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drumsnounUS /drʌmz/

plural of “drum” — a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

From this reading “Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
exhaustedadjectiveUS /ɪɡˈzɔːstɪd/

drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted

From this reading “It’s deuced interesting,” quoth The now exhausted Swell; “But I must be allow’d to hope You’ve nothing more to tell.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
fellah's

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

From this reading “And if you’ll take a fellah’s hint, You, and your Mayor, and crew; The work you say your dream described, You’d better go and do.

Pending verification
goverbUS /ɡoʊ/

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading “And if you’ll take a fellah’s hint, You, and your Mayor, and crew; The work you say your dream described, You’d better go and do.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
half-priceadverb

for half the price

From this reading “Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading “Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
headachenounUS /ˈhedeɪk/

something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness

From this reading “Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
hearverbUS /hiːr/

perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

From this reading “Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
hintnounUS /hɪnt/

an indirect suggestion

From this reading “And if you’ll take a fellah’s hint, You, and your Mayor, and crew; The work you say your dream described, You’d better go and do.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading “Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
hopenounUS /hoʊp/

a specific instance of feeling hopeful

From this reading “It’s deuced interesting,” quoth The now exhausted Swell; “But I must be allow’d to hope You’ve nothing more to tell.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading “It’s deuced interesting,” quoth The now exhausted Swell; “But I must be allow’d to hope You’ve nothing more to tell.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading “And if you’ll take a fellah’s hint, You, and your Mayor, and crew; The work you say your dream described, You’d better go and do.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading “And when the sewers are quite complete, Jump in, and you shall be With all the other nuisances, Wash’d nicely down to sea.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
interestingadjectiveUS /ˈɪntrəstɪŋ/

arousing or holding the attention

From this reading “It’s deuced interesting,” quoth The now exhausted Swell; “But I must be allow’d to hope You’ve nothing more to tell.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
It's

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

From this reading “It’s deuced interesting,” quoth The now exhausted Swell; “But I must be allow’d to hope You’ve nothing more to tell.

Pending verification
JumpverbUS /dʒʌmp/

move forward by leaps and bounds

From this reading “And when the sewers are quite complete, Jump in, and you shall be With all the other nuisances, Wash’d nicely down to sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
MayornounUS /ˈmeɪər/

the head of a city government

From this reading “And if you’ll take a fellah’s hint, You, and your Mayor, and crew; The work you say your dream described, You’d better go and do.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
moreadjectiveUS /mɔːr/

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading “It’s deuced interesting,” quoth The now exhausted Swell; “But I must be allow’d to hope You’ve nothing more to tell.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
morrownounUS /ˈmɑːroʊ/

the next day

From this reading “Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading “It’s deuced interesting,” quoth The now exhausted Swell; “But I must be allow’d to hope You’ve nothing more to tell.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
nicelyadverbUS /ˈnaɪsli/

in a nice way

From this reading “And when the sewers are quite complete, Jump in, and you shall be With all the other nuisances, Wash’d nicely down to sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading “It’s deuced interesting,” quoth The now exhausted Swell; “But I must be allow’d to hope You’ve nothing more to tell.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
nowadverbUS /naʊ/

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading “It’s deuced interesting,” quoth The now exhausted Swell; “But I must be allow’d to hope You’ve nothing more to tell.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
nuisancesnounUS /ˈnuːsənsɪz/

plural of “nuisance” — (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive

From this reading “And when the sewers are quite complete, Jump in, and you shall be With all the other nuisances, Wash’d nicely down to sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
offadverbUS /ɔːf/

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading “Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
otheradjectiveUS /ˈʌðər/

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading “And when the sewers are quite complete, Jump in, and you shall be With all the other nuisances, Wash’d nicely down to sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
quiteadverbUS /kwaɪt/

to a degree (not used with a negative)

From this reading “And when the sewers are quite complete, Jump in, and you shall be With all the other nuisances, Wash’d nicely down to sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
quoth

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

From this reading “It’s deuced interesting,” quoth The now exhausted Swell; “But I must be allow’d to hope You’ve nothing more to tell.

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revoir

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

From this reading “Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.

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sayverbUS /seɪ/

express in words

From this reading “And if you’ll take a fellah’s hint, You, and your Mayor, and crew; The work you say your dream described, You’d better go and do.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
seanounUS /siː/

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading “And when the sewers are quite complete, Jump in, and you shall be With all the other nuisances, Wash’d nicely down to sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
sewersnounUS /ˈsuːərz/

plural of “sewer” — a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water

From this reading “And when the sewers are quite complete, Jump in, and you shall be With all the other nuisances, Wash’d nicely down to sea.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading “And when the sewers are quite complete, Jump in, and you shall be With all the other nuisances, Wash’d nicely down to sea.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
SHIRLEY

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From this reading SHIRLEY BROOKS.

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sorrownounUS /ˈsɑːroʊ/

an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement

From this reading “Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
SwellverbUS /swel/

increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity

From this reading “It’s deuced interesting,” quoth The now exhausted Swell; “But I must be allow’d to hope You’ve nothing more to tell.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
takeverbUS /teɪk/

carry out

From this reading “And if you’ll take a fellah’s hint, You, and your Mayor, and crew; The work you say your dream described, You’d better go and do.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
tellverbUS /tel/

express in words

From this reading “It’s deuced interesting,” quoth The now exhausted Swell; “But I must be allow’d to hope You’ve nothing more to tell.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading “Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading “It’s deuced interesting,” quoth The now exhausted Swell; “But I must be allow’d to hope You’ve nothing more to tell.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
thunderingadjectiveUS /ˈθʌndərɪŋ/

sounding like thunder

From this reading “Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading “It’s deuced interesting,” quoth The now exhausted Swell; “But I must be allow’d to hope You’ve nothing more to tell.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
twentynounUS /ˈtwenti/

the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one

From this reading “Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
UponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.

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Vanish'd

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From this reading “Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.

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Wash'd

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From this reading “And when the sewers are quite complete, Jump in, and you shall be With all the other nuisances, Wash’d nicely down to sea.

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WentverbUS /went/

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

From this reading “Now _au revoir_――the boxkeeper, With the half-price board comes; And I must hear that Blondelet, Upon his twenty drums” Vanish’d the Swell: the Alderman Went off and drown’d his sorrow―― And with a thundering headache he Awoke upon the morrow.

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whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading “And when the sewers are quite complete, Jump in, and you shall be With all the other nuisances, Wash’d nicely down to sea.

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WithprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading “And when the sewers are quite complete, Jump in, and you shall be With all the other nuisances, Wash’d nicely down to sea.

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workverbUS /wɜːrk/

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading “And if you’ll take a fellah’s hint, You, and your Mayor, and crew; The work you say your dream described, You’d better go and do.

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YoupronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “And if you’ll take a fellah’s hint, You, and your Mayor, and crew; The work you say your dream described, You’d better go and do.

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You'd

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From this reading “And if you’ll take a fellah’s hint, You, and your Mayor, and crew; The work you say your dream described, You’d better go and do.

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you'll

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From this reading “And if you’ll take a fellah’s hint, You, and your Mayor, and crew; The work you say your dream described, You’d better go and do.

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You've

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From this reading “It’s deuced interesting,” quoth The now exhausted Swell; “But I must be allow’d to hope You’ve nothing more to tell.

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yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “And if you’ll take a fellah’s hint, You, and your Mayor, and crew; The work you say your dream described, You’d better go and do.

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Chapter 8 of Parodies of the works of English & American authors, vol. V by Walter [Compiler] Hamilton holds 610 sentences, grouped into 122 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.

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Chapter 8 holds 610 sentences of Parodies of the works of English & American authors, vol. V, unabridged, divided into 122 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 8 of Parodies of the works of English & American authors, vol. V by Walter [Compiler] Hamilton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 610 sentences, grouped into 122 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.

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Words and structures a reader meets early in Parodies of the works of English & American authors, vol. V, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Fellow
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