Chapter 3 of Paul Clifford — Volume 03 is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Paul Clifford — Volume 03 is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Servant. Get away, I say, wid dat nasty bell. Punch. Do you call this a bell? (patting it.) It is an organ. Servant.
Chapter 3 of Paul Clifford — Volume 03 is here in full — 103 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/20 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading “Get away, I say, wid dat nasty bell.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Do you call this a bell? (patting it.) It is an organ.”
a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading “Get away, I say, wid dat nasty bell.”
offensive or even (of persons) malicious
From this reading “Get away, I say, wid dat nasty bell.”
a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
From this reading “Do you call this a bell? (patting it.) It is an organ.”
inflected form of “pat” — pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
From this reading “Do you call this a bell? (patting it.) It is an organ.”
deliver a quick blow to
From this reading “Punch.”
a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
From this reading “Servant.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Do you call this a bell? (patting it.) It is an organ.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Do you call this a bell? (patting it.) It is an organ.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Get away, I say, wid dat nasty bell.
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading Get away, I say, wid dat nasty bell.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Do you call this a bell? (patting it.) It is an organ.
a digital tape recording of sound
From this reading Get away, I say, wid dat nasty bell.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you call this a bell? (patting it.) It is an organ.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading Get away, I say, wid dat nasty bell.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Get away, I say, wid dat nasty bell.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Do you call this a bell? (patting it.) It is an organ.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Do you call this a bell? (patting it.) It is an organ.
offensive or even (of persons) malicious
From this reading Get away, I say, wid dat nasty bell.
a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
From this reading Do you call this a bell? (patting it.) It is an organ.
inflected form of “pat” — pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin
From this reading Do you call this a bell? (patting it.) It is an organ.
deliver a quick blow to
From this reading Punch.
express in words
From this reading Get away, I say, wid dat nasty bell.
a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
From this reading Servant.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Do you call this a bell? (patting it.) It is an organ.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Get away, I say, wid dat nasty bell.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do you call this a bell? (patting it.) It is an organ.
Chapter 3 of Paul Clifford — Volume 03 by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton holds 103 sentences, grouped into 21 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 103 sentences of Paul Clifford — Volume 03, unabridged, divided into 21 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Paul Clifford — Volume 03 by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 103 sentences, grouped into 21 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 21 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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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 65 minutes of reading across 158 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Paul Clifford — Volume 03 section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Paul Clifford — Volume 03, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
