Chapter 1 of Punch — Vol. 98, February 8, 1890 is here in full — 508 sentences across 102 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Punch — Vol. 98, February 8, 1890 is here in full — 508 sentences across 102 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
VOL. 98. FEBRUARY 8, 1890. UNTILED; OR, THE MODERN ASMODEUS. "Très volontiers," repartit le démon.
Chapter 1 of Punch — Vol. 98, February 8, 1890 is here in full — 508 sentences across 102 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the month following January and preceding March
From this reading “FEBRUARY 8, 1890.”
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
From this reading “UNTILED; OR, THE MODERN ASMODEUS.”
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From this reading FEBRUARY 8, 1890.
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From this reading FEBRUARY 8, 1890.
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From this reading 98.
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From this reading UNTILED; OR, THE MODERN ASMODEUS.
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From this reading "Très volontiers," repartit le démon.
the month following January and preceding March
From this reading FEBRUARY 8, 1890.
a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
From this reading "Très volontiers," repartit le démon.
belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
From this reading UNTILED; OR, THE MODERN ASMODEUS.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading UNTILED; OR, THE MODERN ASMODEUS.
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From this reading "Très volontiers," repartit le démon.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading UNTILED; OR, THE MODERN ASMODEUS.
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From this reading "Très volontiers," repartit le démon.
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From this reading UNTILED; OR, THE MODERN ASMODEUS.
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From this reading VOL.
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From this reading "Très volontiers," repartit le démon.
Chapter 1 of Punch — Vol. 98, February 8, 1890 by Various holds 508 sentences, grouped into 102 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 508 sentences of Punch — Vol. 98, February 8, 1890, unabridged, divided into 102 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Punch — Vol. 98, February 8, 1890 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 508 sentences, grouped into 102 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 102 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 102 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 42 minutes of reading across 102 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Punch — Vol. 98, February 8, 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 8, 1890, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
