Chapter 2 of Punch — Vol. 105, October 14th 1893 is here in full — 50 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Punch — Vol. 105, October 14th 1893 is here in full — 50 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BOBO began her bloater. "Why the beast has a hard roe!" she cried. "COKALEEK, you shall have the roe;" and she dropped it into his tea before he could object. "You're not eating any breakfast. Put the mustard-spoon in his mouth, BILL, if he insists upon keeping it wide open while he stares at me.
Chapter 2 of Punch — Vol. 105, October 14th 1893 is here in full — 50 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/10 · 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 living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading “"Why the beast has a hard roe!" she cried.”
eat an early morning meal
From this reading “"You're not eating any breakfast.”
the act of consuming food
From this reading “"You're not eating any breakfast.”
third-person singular of “insist” — be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading “Put the mustard-spoon in his mouth, BILL, if he insists upon keeping it wide open while he stares at me.”
conformity or harmony
From this reading “Put the mustard-spoon in his mouth, BILL, if he insists upon keeping it wide open while he stares at me.”
fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
From this reading “"Why the beast has a hard roe!" she cried.”
plural of “stare” — a fixed look with eyes open wide
From this reading “Put the mustard-spoon in his mouth, BILL, if he insists upon keeping it wide open while he stares at me.”
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading “"COKALEEK, you shall have the roe;" and she dropped it into his tea before he could object.”
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 “Put the mustard-spoon in his mouth, BILL, if he insists upon keeping it wide open while he stares at me.”
In this reading “Put the mustard-spoon in his mouth, BILL, if he insists upon keeping it wide open while he stares at me.”
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 "Why the beast has a hard roe!" she cried.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "COKALEEK, you shall have the roe;" and she dropped it into his tea before he could object.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "You're not eating any breakfast.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Put the mustard-spoon in his mouth, BILL, if he insists upon keeping it wide open while he stares at me.
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
From this reading "Why the beast has a hard roe!" she cried.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "COKALEEK, you shall have the roe;" and she dropped it into his tea before he could object.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading BOBO began her bloater.
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading Put the mustard-spoon in his mouth, BILL, if he insists upon keeping it wide open while he stares at me.
large fatty herring lightly salted and briefly smoked
From this reading BOBO began her bloater.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BOBO began her bloater.
eat an early morning meal
From this reading "You're not eating any breakfast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "COKALEEK, you shall have the roe;" and she dropped it into his tea before he could object.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "COKALEEK, you shall have the roe;" and she dropped it into his tea before he could object.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading "Why the beast has a hard roe!" she cried.
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading "COKALEEK, you shall have the roe;" and she dropped it into his tea before he could object.
the act of consuming food
From this reading "You're not eating any breakfast.
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
From this reading "Why the beast has a hard roe!" she cried.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Why the beast has a hard roe!" she cried.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "COKALEEK, you shall have the roe;" and she dropped it into his tea before he could object.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "COKALEEK, you shall have the roe;" and she dropped it into his tea before he could object.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading BOBO began her bloater.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "COKALEEK, you shall have the roe;" and she dropped it into his tea before he could object.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Put the mustard-spoon in his mouth, BILL, if he insists upon keeping it wide open while he stares at me.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Put the mustard-spoon in his mouth, BILL, if he insists upon keeping it wide open while he stares at me.
third-person singular of “insist” — be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
From this reading Put the mustard-spoon in his mouth, BILL, if he insists upon keeping it wide open while he stares at me.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "COKALEEK, you shall have the roe;" and she dropped it into his tea before he could object.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "COKALEEK, you shall have the roe;" and she dropped it into his tea before he could object.
conformity or harmony
From this reading Put the mustard-spoon in his mouth, BILL, if he insists upon keeping it wide open while he stares at me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Put the mustard-spoon in his mouth, BILL, if he insists upon keeping it wide open while he stares at me.
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
From this reading Put the mustard-spoon in his mouth, BILL, if he insists upon keeping it wide open while he stares at me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Put the mustard-spoon in his mouth, BILL, if he insists upon keeping it wide open while he stares at me.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "You're not eating any breakfast.
a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
From this reading "COKALEEK, you shall have the roe;" and she dropped it into his tea before he could object.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Put the mustard-spoon in his mouth, BILL, if he insists upon keeping it wide open while he stares at me.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Put the mustard-spoon in his mouth, BILL, if he insists upon keeping it wide open while he stares at me.
fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
From this reading "Why the beast has a hard roe!" she cried.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "COKALEEK, you shall have the roe;" and she dropped it into his tea before he could object.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Why the beast has a hard roe!" she cried.
plural of “stare” — a fixed look with eyes open wide
From this reading Put the mustard-spoon in his mouth, BILL, if he insists upon keeping it wide open while he stares at me.
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading "COKALEEK, you shall have the roe;" and she dropped it into his tea before he could object.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Why the beast has a hard roe!" she cried.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Put the mustard-spoon in his mouth, BILL, if he insists upon keeping it wide open while he stares at me.
during the time that
From this reading Put the mustard-spoon in his mouth, BILL, if he insists upon keeping it wide open while he stares at me.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why the beast has a hard roe!" she cried.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading Put the mustard-spoon in his mouth, BILL, if he insists upon keeping it wide open while he stares at me.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "COKALEEK, you shall have the roe;" and she dropped it into his tea before he could object.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You're not eating any breakfast.
Chapter 2 of Punch — Vol. 105, October 14th 1893 by Various holds 50 sentences, grouped into 10 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 50 sentences of Punch — Vol. 105, October 14th 1893, unabridged, divided into 10 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Punch — Vol. 105, October 14th 1893 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 50 sentences, grouped into 10 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 10 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 10 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 50 minutes of reading across 122 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Punch — Vol. 105, October 14th 1893 section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Punch — Vol. 105, October 14th 1893, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
