Chapter 1 of Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 is here in full — 632 sentences across 127 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 is here in full — 632 sentences across 127 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
SCENE--_Europe. The Great Powers discovered in Council._ _Russia_. Now, I think I have arranged matters fairly well. I shall myself lend a hand to France, and that will keep the balance decently level, so far as Germany is concerned. _Germany_.
Chapter 1 of Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 is here in full — 632 sentences across 127 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 22/126 · 5 reading units · Lines 106–110
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bring into balance or equilibrium
From this reading “I shall myself lend a hand to France, and that will keep the balance decently level, so far as Germany is concerned.”
a body serving in an administrative capacity
From this reading “The Great Powers discovered in Council._ _Russia_.”
in a decent manner
From this reading “I shall myself lend a hand to France, and that will keep the balance decently level, so far as Germany is concerned.”
a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
From this reading “I shall myself lend a hand to France, and that will keep the balance decently level, so far as Germany is concerned.”
bestow a quality on
From this reading “I shall myself lend a hand to France, and that will keep the balance decently level, so far as Germany is concerned.”
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
From this reading “I shall myself lend a hand to France, and that will keep the balance decently level, so far as Germany is concerned.”
plural of “power” — possession of controlling influence
From this reading “The Great Powers discovered in Council._ _Russia_.”
a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I shall myself lend a hand to France, and that will keep the balance decently level, so far as Germany is concerned.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I shall myself lend a hand to France, and that will keep the balance decently level, so far as Germany is concerned.
disposed or placed in a particular kind of order
From this reading Now, I think I have arranged matters fairly well.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I shall myself lend a hand to France, and that will keep the balance decently level, so far as Germany is concerned.
bring into balance or equilibrium
From this reading I shall myself lend a hand to France, and that will keep the balance decently level, so far as Germany is concerned.
feeling or showing worry or solicitude
From this reading I shall myself lend a hand to France, and that will keep the balance decently level, so far as Germany is concerned.
a body serving in an administrative capacity
From this reading The Great Powers discovered in Council._ _Russia_.
in a decent manner
From this reading I shall myself lend a hand to France, and that will keep the balance decently level, so far as Germany is concerned.
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading The Great Powers discovered in Council._ _Russia_.
the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use “Europe” to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
From this reading SCENE--_Europe.
to certain extent or degree
From this reading Now, I think I have arranged matters fairly well.
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading I shall myself lend a hand to France, and that will keep the balance decently level, so far as Germany is concerned.
a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe
From this reading I shall myself lend a hand to France, and that will keep the balance decently level, so far as Germany is concerned.
a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990
From this reading I shall myself lend a hand to France, and that will keep the balance decently level, so far as Germany is concerned.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The Great Powers discovered in Council._ _Russia_.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading I shall myself lend a hand to France, and that will keep the balance decently level, so far as Germany is concerned.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Now, I think I have arranged matters fairly well.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Now, I think I have arranged matters fairly well.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Great Powers discovered in Council._ _Russia_.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I shall myself lend a hand to France, and that will keep the balance decently level, so far as Germany is concerned.
cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”
From this reading I shall myself lend a hand to France, and that will keep the balance decently level, so far as Germany is concerned.
bestow a quality on
From this reading I shall myself lend a hand to France, and that will keep the balance decently level, so far as Germany is concerned.
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
From this reading I shall myself lend a hand to France, and that will keep the balance decently level, so far as Germany is concerned.
plural of “matter” — a vaguely specified concern
From this reading Now, I think I have arranged matters fairly well.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I shall myself lend a hand to France, and that will keep the balance decently level, so far as Germany is concerned.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now, I think I have arranged matters fairly well.
plural of “power” — possession of controlling influence
From this reading The Great Powers discovered in Council._ _Russia_.
a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991
From this reading The Great Powers discovered in Council._ _Russia_.
the place where some action occurs
From this reading SCENE--_Europe.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I shall myself lend a hand to France, and that will keep the balance decently level, so far as Germany is concerned.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I shall myself lend a hand to France, and that will keep the balance decently level, so far as Germany is concerned.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I shall myself lend a hand to France, and that will keep the balance decently level, so far as Germany is concerned.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Great Powers discovered in Council._ _Russia_.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Now, I think I have arranged matters fairly well.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I shall myself lend a hand to France, and that will keep the balance decently level, so far as Germany is concerned.
(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 Now, I think I have arranged matters fairly well.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I shall myself lend a hand to France, and that will keep the balance decently level, so far as Germany is concerned.
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Chapter 1 holds 632 sentences of Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891, unabridged, divided into 127 reading sections.
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