Chapter 1 of Punch — Vol. 98, February 22nd, 1890 is here in full — 542 sentences across 109 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Punch — Vol. 98, February 22nd, 1890 is here in full — 542 sentences across 109 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. VOL. XCVIII. FEBRUARY 22, 1890. "If ever I have to choose....
Chapter 1 of Punch — Vol. 98, February 22nd, 1890 is here in full — 542 sentences across 109 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/108 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading “"If ever I have to choose....”
at any time
From this reading “"If ever I have to choose....”
the month following January and preceding March
From this reading “FEBRUARY 22, 1890.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"If ever I have to choose....”
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading “PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.”
deliver a quick blow to
From this reading “PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.”
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.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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From this reading FEBRUARY 22, 1890.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading FEBRUARY 22, 1890.
a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple
From this reading PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
From this reading "If ever I have to choose....
at any time
From this reading "If ever I have to choose....
the month following January and preceding March
From this reading FEBRUARY 22, 1890.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "If ever I have to choose....
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "If ever I have to choose....
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "If ever I have to choose....
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
deliver a quick blow to
From this reading PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "If ever I have to choose....
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading VOL.
being eight more than ninety
From this reading XCVIII.
Chapter 1 of Punch — Vol. 98, February 22nd, 1890 by Various holds 542 sentences, grouped into 109 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 542 sentences of Punch — Vol. 98, February 22nd, 1890, unabridged, divided into 109 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Punch — Vol. 98, February 22nd, 1890 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 542 sentences, grouped into 109 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 109 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 109 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 45 minutes of reading across 109 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Punch — Vol. 98, February 22nd, 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 22nd, 1890, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
