Chapter 1 of Punch — Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 is here in full — 564 sentences across 113 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Punch — Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 is here in full — 564 sentences across 113 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I remained speechless. So did Henry. Elizabeth went out again into the darkness. There was a long pause, broken only by my hay fever. Then Henry spoke.
Chapter 1 of Punch — Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 is here in full — 564 sentences across 113 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 32/112 · 5 reading units · Lines 156–160
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.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading “There was a long pause, broken only by my hay fever.”
absence of light or illumination
From this reading “Elizabeth went out again into the darkness.”
daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)
From this reading “Elizabeth went out again into the darkness.”
a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
From this reading “There was a long pause, broken only by my hay fever.”
grass mowed and cured for use as fodder
From this reading “There was a long pause, broken only by my hay fever.”
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading “So did Henry.”
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading “There was a long pause, broken only by my hay fever.”
temporarily incapable of speaking
From this reading “I remained speechless.”
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 There was a long pause, broken only by my hay fever.
anew
From this reading Elizabeth went out again into the darkness.
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
From this reading There was a long pause, broken only by my hay fever.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There was a long pause, broken only by my hay fever.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Elizabeth went out again into the darkness.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading So did Henry.
daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-)
From this reading Elizabeth went out again into the darkness.
a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
From this reading There was a long pause, broken only by my hay fever.
grass mowed and cured for use as fodder
From this reading There was a long pause, broken only by my hay fever.
a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading So did Henry.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I remained speechless.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Elizabeth went out again into the darkness.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading There was a long pause, broken only by my hay fever.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading There was a long pause, broken only by my hay fever.
and nothing more
From this reading There was a long pause, broken only by my hay fever.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Elizabeth went out again into the darkness.
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading There was a long pause, broken only by my hay fever.
past form of “remain” — stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading I remained speechless.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So did Henry.
temporarily incapable of speaking
From this reading I remained speechless.
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
From this reading Then Henry spoke.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Elizabeth went out again into the darkness.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then Henry spoke.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was a long pause, broken only by my hay fever.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a long pause, broken only by my hay fever.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Elizabeth went out again into the darkness.
Chapter 1 of Punch — Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 by Various holds 564 sentences, grouped into 113 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 564 sentences of Punch — Vol. 159, 1920-07-28, unabridged, divided into 113 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Punch — Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 564 sentences, grouped into 113 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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