Chapter 2 of Punch — Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Punch — Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Student._ That b'long first chop! My wantchee catchee you teachee my, allo same same you dancee ta-tao. _Plofessor._ My teachee numbah one plopah! _Student._ So-fashion eh? How muchee plice?
Chapter 2 of Punch — Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 is here in full — 441 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/88 · 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.
cut into pieces
From this reading “_Student._ That b'long first chop!”
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading “_Student._ That b'long first chop!”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “_Plofessor._ My teachee numbah one plopah!”
Identical; not different.
From this reading “My wantchee catchee you teachee my, allo same same you dancee ta-tao.”
a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
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.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My wantchee catchee you teachee my, allo same same you dancee ta-tao.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Student._ That b'long first chop!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My wantchee catchee you teachee my, allo same same you dancee ta-tao.
cut into pieces
From this reading _Student._ That b'long first chop!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My wantchee catchee you teachee my, allo same same you dancee ta-tao.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Student._ So-fashion eh?
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading _Student._ That b'long first chop!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How muchee plice?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How muchee plice?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My wantchee catchee you teachee my, allo same same you dancee ta-tao.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Plofessor._ My teachee numbah one plopah!
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading _Plofessor._ My teachee numbah one plopah!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading How muchee plice?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Plofessor._ My teachee numbah one plopah!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Plofessor._ My teachee numbah one plopah!
Identical; not different.
From this reading My wantchee catchee you teachee my, allo same same you dancee ta-tao.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Student._ So-fashion eh?
a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
From this reading _Student._ That b'long first chop!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My wantchee catchee you teachee my, allo same same you dancee ta-tao.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My wantchee catchee you teachee my, allo same same you dancee ta-tao.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _Student._ That b'long first chop!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My wantchee catchee you teachee my, allo same same you dancee ta-tao.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading My wantchee catchee you teachee my, allo same same you dancee ta-tao.
Chapter 2 of Punch — Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 by Various holds 441 sentences, grouped into 89 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 441 sentences of Punch — Vol. 146, January 28, 1914, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Punch — Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 441 sentences, grouped into 89 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 89 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 89 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 74 minutes of reading across 179 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Punch — Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 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. 146, January 28, 1914, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
