Chapter 3 of Punch — Vol. 159, 1920-11-03 is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Punch — Vol. 159, 1920-11-03 is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THEOREM.--_Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side_. Let ABC be a triangle. CONSTRUCTION.--You know the eleventh hole? Well, let B be the tee, and let C be the green, and let BC be my drive. Yes, _mine_.
Chapter 3 of Punch — Vol. 159, 1920-11-03 is here in full — 400 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
From this reading “Let ABC be a triangle.”
the act of constructing something
From this reading “CONSTRUCTION.--You know the eleventh hole?”
coming next after the tenth and just before the twelfth in position
From this reading “CONSTRUCTION.--You know the eleventh hole?”
an opening into or through something
From this reading “CONSTRUCTION.--You know the eleventh hole?”
plural of “side” — a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading “THEOREM.--_Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side_.”
the starting place for each hole on a golf course
From this reading “Well, let B be the tee, and let C be the green, and let BC be my drive.”
a proposition deducible from basic postulates
From this reading “THEOREM.--_Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side_.”
a three-sided polygon
From this reading “THEOREM.--_Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side_.”
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 THEOREM.--_Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side_.
the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
From this reading Let ABC be a triangle.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Well, let B be the tee, and let C be the green, and let BC be my drive.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading THEOREM.--_Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side_.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THEOREM.--_Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side_.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading Well, let B be the tee, and let C be the green, and let BC be my drive.
before the Christian era; used following dates before the supposed year Christ was born
From this reading Well, let B be the tee, and let C be the green, and let BC be my drive.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Let ABC be a triangle.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading Well, let B be the tee, and let C be the green, and let BC be my drive.
the act of constructing something
From this reading CONSTRUCTION.--You know the eleventh hole?
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading Well, let B be the tee, and let C be the green, and let BC be my drive.
coming next after the tenth and just before the twelfth in position
From this reading CONSTRUCTION.--You know the eleventh hole?
greater in size or importance or degree
From this reading THEOREM.--_Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side_.
green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass
From this reading Well, let B be the tee, and let C be the green, and let BC be my drive.
an opening into or through something
From this reading CONSTRUCTION.--You know the eleventh hole?
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading CONSTRUCTION.--You know the eleventh hole?
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let ABC be a triangle.
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Yes, _mine_.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Well, let B be the tee, and let C be the green, and let BC be my drive.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THEOREM.--_Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side_.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading THEOREM.--_Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side_.
plural of “side” — a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading THEOREM.--_Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side_.
the starting place for each hole on a golf course
From this reading Well, let B be the tee, and let C be the green, and let BC be my drive.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading THEOREM.--_Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side_.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THEOREM.--_Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side_.
a proposition deducible from basic postulates
From this reading THEOREM.--_Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side_.
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading THEOREM.--_Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side_.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading THEOREM.--_Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side_.
a three-sided polygon
From this reading THEOREM.--_Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side_.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading THEOREM.--_Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side_.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Well, let B be the tee, and let C be the green, and let BC be my drive.
an affirmative
From this reading Yes, _mine_.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading CONSTRUCTION.--You know the eleventh hole?
Chapter 3 of Punch — Vol. 159, 1920-11-03 by Various holds 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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 400 sentences of Punch — Vol. 159, 1920-11-03, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Punch — Vol. 159, 1920-11-03 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 400 sentences, grouped into 80 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 80 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 80 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 3 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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Words and structures a reader meets early in Punch — Vol. 159, 1920-11-03, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
