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 I
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.
I hope you've had a pretty good yield of sonnets? _Culch._ (_to himself_). She's really grown distinctly prettier. She might show a little more _feeling_, though, considering we were almost, if not quite--(_Aloud._) So you remember my poor poems? I'm afraid I have not been very--er--prolific of late.
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 41/126 · 5 reading units · Lines 201–205
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using the voice; not silently
-ing form of “consider” — deem to be
From this reading “She might show a little more _feeling_, though, considering we were almost, if not quite--(_Aloud._) So you remember my poor poems?”
clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment
From this reading “She's really grown distinctly prettier.”
plural of “poem” — a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
From this reading “She might show a little more _feeling_, though, considering we were almost, if not quite--(_Aloud._) So you remember my poor poems?”
comparative of “pretty” — pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading “She's really grown distinctly prettier.”
intellectually productive
From this reading “I'm afraid I have not been very--er--prolific of late.”
plural of “sonnet” — a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
From this reading “I hope you've had a pretty good yield of sonnets?”
be the cause or source of
From this reading “I hope you've had a pretty good yield of sonnets?”
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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 hope you've had a pretty good yield of sonnets?
filled with fear or apprehension
From this reading I'm afraid I have not been very--er--prolific of late.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading She might show a little more _feeling_, though, considering we were almost, if not quite--(_Aloud._) So you remember my poor poems?
using the voice; not silently
From this reading She might show a little more _feeling_, though, considering we were almost, if not quite--(_Aloud._) So you remember my poor poems?
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I'm afraid I have not been very--er--prolific of late.
-ing form of “consider” — deem to be
From this reading She might show a little more _feeling_, though, considering we were almost, if not quite--(_Aloud._) So you remember my poor poems?
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From this reading _Culch._ (_to himself_).
clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment
From this reading She's really grown distinctly prettier.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
From this reading I'm afraid I have not been very--er--prolific of late.
the experiencing of affective and emotional states
From this reading She might show a little more _feeling_, though, considering we were almost, if not quite--(_Aloud._) So you remember my poor poems?
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading I hope you've had a pretty good yield of sonnets?
(of animals) fully developed
From this reading She's really grown distinctly prettier.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I hope you've had a pretty good yield of sonnets?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I'm afraid I have not been very--er--prolific of late.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading _Culch._ (_to himself_).
a specific instance of feeling hopeful
From this reading I hope you've had a pretty good yield of sonnets?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I hope you've had a pretty good yield of sonnets?
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From this reading I'm afraid I have not been very--er--prolific of late.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading She might show a little more _feeling_, though, considering we were almost, if not quite--(_Aloud._) So you remember my poor poems?
being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time
From this reading I'm afraid I have not been very--er--prolific of late.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading She might show a little more _feeling_, though, considering we were almost, if not quite--(_Aloud._) So you remember my poor poems?
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading She might show a little more _feeling_, though, considering we were almost, if not quite--(_Aloud._) So you remember my poor poems?
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading She might show a little more _feeling_, though, considering we were almost, if not quite--(_Aloud._) So you remember my poor poems?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading She might show a little more _feeling_, though, considering we were almost, if not quite--(_Aloud._) So you remember my poor poems?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She might show a little more _feeling_, though, considering we were almost, if not quite--(_Aloud._) So you remember my poor poems?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I hope you've had a pretty good yield of sonnets?
plural of “poem” — a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
From this reading She might show a little more _feeling_, though, considering we were almost, if not quite--(_Aloud._) So you remember my poor poems?
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading She might show a little more _feeling_, though, considering we were almost, if not quite--(_Aloud._) So you remember my poor poems?
comparative of “pretty” — pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading She's really grown distinctly prettier.
pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing
From this reading I hope you've had a pretty good yield of sonnets?
intellectually productive
From this reading I'm afraid I have not been very--er--prolific of late.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading She might show a little more _feeling_, though, considering we were almost, if not quite--(_Aloud._) So you remember my poor poems?
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading She's really grown distinctly prettier.
To recall to mind.
From this reading She might show a little more _feeling_, though, considering we were almost, if not quite--(_Aloud._) So you remember my poor poems?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She might show a little more _feeling_, though, considering we were almost, if not quite--(_Aloud._) So you remember my poor poems?
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From this reading She's really grown distinctly prettier.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading She might show a little more _feeling_, though, considering we were almost, if not quite--(_Aloud._) So you remember my poor poems?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She might show a little more _feeling_, though, considering we were almost, if not quite--(_Aloud._) So you remember my poor poems?
plural of “sonnet” — a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
From this reading I hope you've had a pretty good yield of sonnets?
in spite of the fact that
From this reading She might show a little more _feeling_, though, considering we were almost, if not quite--(_Aloud._) So you remember my poor poems?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Culch._ (_to himself_).
precisely as stated
From this reading I'm afraid I have not been very--er--prolific of late.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading She might show a little more _feeling_, though, considering we were almost, if not quite--(_Aloud._) So you remember my poor poems?
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She might show a little more _feeling_, though, considering we were almost, if not quite--(_Aloud._) So you remember my poor poems?
be the cause or source of
From this reading I hope you've had a pretty good yield of sonnets?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading She might show a little more _feeling_, though, considering we were almost, if not quite--(_Aloud._) So you remember my poor poems?
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From this reading I hope you've had a pretty good yield of sonnets?
Chapter 1 of Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 by Various holds 632 sentences, grouped into 127 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.
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