Chapter 1 of Punch — Vol. 98, February 15, 1890 is here in full — 561 sentences across 113 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Punch — Vol. 98, February 15, 1890 is here in full — 561 sentences across 113 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. UNTILED; OR, THE MODERN ASMODEUS. "Tres volontiers," repartit le demon. "Vous aimez les tableaux changeans: je veux vous contenter." _Le Diable Boiteux._ Sweet odours, radiant colours, glittering light!
Chapter 1 of Punch — Vol. 98, February 15, 1890 is here in full — 561 sentences across 113 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/112 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a distinguishing emblem
From this reading “_Le Diable Boiteux._ Sweet odours, radiant colours, glittering light!”
an evil supernatural being
From this reading “"Tres volontiers," repartit le demon.”
having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
From this reading “_Le Diable Boiteux._ Sweet odours, radiant colours, glittering light!”
plural of “le” — a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
From this reading “"Vous aimez les tableaux changeans: je veux vous contenter."”
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
From this reading “UNTILED; OR, THE MODERN ASMODEUS.”
plural of “odour” — the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading “_Le Diable Boiteux._ Sweet odours, radiant colours, glittering light!”
radiating or as if radiating light
From this reading “_Le Diable Boiteux._ Sweet odours, radiant colours, glittering light!”
plural of “tableau” — a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting)
From this reading “"Vous aimez les tableaux changeans: je veux vous contenter."”
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 “_Le Diable Boiteux._ Sweet odours, radiant colours, glittering light!”
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 "Vous aimez les tableaux changeans: je veux vous contenter."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading UNTILED; OR, THE MODERN ASMODEUS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Le Diable Boiteux._ Sweet odours, radiant colours, glittering light!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Vous aimez les tableaux changeans: je veux vous contenter."
a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple
From this reading OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
a distinguishing emblem
From this reading _Le Diable Boiteux._ Sweet odours, radiant colours, glittering light!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Vous aimez les tableaux changeans: je veux vous contenter."
an evil supernatural being
From this reading "Tres volontiers," repartit le demon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Le Diable Boiteux._ Sweet odours, radiant colours, glittering light!
having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
From this reading _Le Diable Boiteux._ Sweet odours, radiant colours, glittering light!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Vous aimez les tableaux changeans: je veux vous contenter."
a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
From this reading "Tres volontiers," repartit le demon.
plural of “le” — a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
From this reading "Vous aimez les tableaux changeans: je veux vous contenter."
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading _Le Diable Boiteux._ Sweet odours, radiant colours, glittering light!
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
From this reading UNTILED; OR, THE MODERN ASMODEUS.
plural of “odour” — the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form
From this reading _Le Diable Boiteux._ Sweet odours, radiant colours, glittering light!
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
radiating or as if radiating light
From this reading _Le Diable Boiteux._ Sweet odours, radiant colours, glittering light!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Tres volontiers," repartit le demon.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading _Le Diable Boiteux._ Sweet odours, radiant colours, glittering light!
plural of “tableau” — a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting)
From this reading "Vous aimez les tableaux changeans: je veux vous contenter."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Tres volontiers," repartit le demon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading UNTILED; OR, THE MODERN ASMODEUS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Vous aimez les tableaux changeans: je veux vous contenter."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Tres volontiers," repartit le demon.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Vous aimez les tableaux changeans: je veux vous contenter."
Chapter 1 of Punch — Vol. 98, February 15, 1890 by Various holds 561 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 561 sentences of Punch — Vol. 98, February 15, 1890, unabridged, divided into 113 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Punch — Vol. 98, February 15, 1890 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 561 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.
Work through the 113 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 113 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 46 minutes of reading across 113 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Punch — Vol. 98, February 15, 1890 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. 98, February 15, 1890, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
