Chapter 1 of Punch — Vol. 107, December 22, 1894 is here in full — 585 sentences across 117 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Punch — Vol. 107, December 22, 1894 is here in full — 585 sentences across 117 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Some characters might not display in this UTF-8 text version or in the html version. If so, the reader should consult the iso-8859-1 (Latin-1) text file 42853-8.txt or 42853.zip: (http://www. VOL. 107. THE SNUBBED PROFESSIONAL'S VADE MECUM.
Chapter 1 of Punch — Vol. 107, December 22, 1894 is here in full — 585 sentences across 117 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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get or ask advice from
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something intended to communicate a particular impression
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record in a public office or in a court of law
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a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents
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a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
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inflected form of “snub” — refuse to acknowledge
From this reading “THE SNUBBED PROFESSIONAL'S VADE MECUM.”
an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint
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close with a zipper
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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.
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From this reading 107.
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plural of “character” — an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
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get or ask advice from
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something intended to communicate a particular impression
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record in a public office or in a court of law
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a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents
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a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
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on condition that; in the event that
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inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language
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From this reading THE SNUBBED PROFESSIONAL'S VADE MECUM.
used to say something is possible but not certain
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used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
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used to join alternatives or possibilities
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From this reading THE SNUBBED PROFESSIONAL'S VADE MECUM.
a person who enjoys reading
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used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
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inflected form of “snub” — refuse to acknowledge
From this reading THE SNUBBED PROFESSIONAL'S VADE MECUM.
for that reason; with the result that
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(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
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the words of something written
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
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From this reading THE SNUBBED PROFESSIONAL'S VADE MECUM.
an interpretation of a matter from a particular viewpoint
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From this reading VOL.
computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol
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close with a zipper
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Chapter 1 of Punch — Vol. 107, December 22, 1894 by Various holds 585 sentences, grouped into 117 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 1 holds 585 sentences of Punch — Vol. 107, December 22, 1894, unabridged, divided into 117 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Punch — Vol. 107, December 22, 1894 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 585 sentences, grouped into 117 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 117 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 117 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 1 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 48 minutes of reading across 117 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Punch — Vol. 107, December 22, 1894 section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 1 chapters of Punch — Vol. 107, December 22, 1894 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 Punch — Vol. 107, December 22, 1894, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
