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.
Heigh! dance, babie, dance! Oh, tiddley-um, diddley-um, back the off-chance! Oh, hear not thy rattle, though loudly it goes; Oh, suck not thy fingers! Oh, count not thy toes! The "Last Odds" and "Share List" to thee shall be read To-night ere thou'rt cosily tucked up in bed.
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 72/126 · 5 reading units · Lines 356–360
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
From this reading “Heigh! dance, babie, dance!”
give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
From this reading “The "Last Odds" and "Share List" to thee shall be read To-night ere thou'rt cosily tucked up in bed.”
with relatively high volume
From this reading “Oh, hear not thy rattle, though loudly it goes; Oh, suck not thy fingers!”
the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
From this reading “The "Last Odds" and "Share List" to thee shall be read To-night ere thou'rt cosily tucked up in bed.”
make short successive sounds
From this reading “Oh, hear not thy rattle, though loudly it goes; Oh, suck not thy fingers!”
draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth
From this reading “Oh, hear not thy rattle, though loudly it goes; Oh, suck not thy fingers!”
plural of “toe” — one of the digits of the foot
From this reading “Oh, count not thy toes!”
having tucked or being tucked
From this reading “The "Last Odds" and "Share List" to thee shall be read To-night ere thou'rt cosily tucked up in bed.”
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.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The "Last Odds" and "Share List" to thee shall be read To-night ere thou'rt cosily tucked up in bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Heigh! dance, babie, dance!
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Oh, tiddley-um, diddley-um, back the off-chance!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The "Last Odds" and "Share List" to thee shall be read To-night ere thou'rt cosily tucked up in bed.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading The "Last Odds" and "Share List" to thee shall be read To-night ere thou'rt cosily tucked up in bed.
in a cozy manner
From this reading The "Last Odds" and "Share List" to thee shall be read To-night ere thou'rt cosily tucked up in bed.
determine the number or amount of
From this reading Oh, count not thy toes!
an artistic form of nonverbal communication
From this reading Heigh! dance, babie, dance!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, tiddley-um, diddley-um, back the off-chance!
an old word for “before”
From this reading The "Last Odds" and "Share List" to thee shall be read To-night ere thou'rt cosily tucked up in bed.
plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
From this reading Oh, hear not thy rattle, though loudly it goes; Oh, suck not thy fingers!
plural of “go” — a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
From this reading Oh, hear not thy rattle, though loudly it goes; Oh, suck not thy fingers!
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading Oh, hear not thy rattle, though loudly it goes; Oh, suck not thy fingers!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Heigh! dance, babie, dance!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The "Last Odds" and "Share List" to thee shall be read To-night ere thou'rt cosily tucked up in bed.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Oh, hear not thy rattle, though loudly it goes; Oh, suck not thy fingers!
immediately past
From this reading The "Last Odds" and "Share List" to thee shall be read To-night ere thou'rt cosily tucked up in bed.
give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
From this reading The "Last Odds" and "Share List" to thee shall be read To-night ere thou'rt cosily tucked up in bed.
with relatively high volume
From this reading Oh, hear not thy rattle, though loudly it goes; Oh, suck not thy fingers!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Oh, hear not thy rattle, though loudly it goes; Oh, suck not thy fingers!
the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
From this reading The "Last Odds" and "Share List" to thee shall be read To-night ere thou'rt cosily tucked up in bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, tiddley-um, diddley-um, back the off-chance!
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading Oh, tiddley-um, diddley-um, back the off-chance!
make short successive sounds
From this reading Oh, hear not thy rattle, though loudly it goes; Oh, suck not thy fingers!
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading The "Last Odds" and "Share List" to thee shall be read To-night ere thou'rt cosily tucked up in bed.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading The "Last Odds" and "Share List" to thee shall be read To-night ere thou'rt cosily tucked up in bed.
have in common
From this reading The "Last Odds" and "Share List" to thee shall be read To-night ere thou'rt cosily tucked up in bed.
draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth
From this reading Oh, hear not thy rattle, though loudly it goes; Oh, suck not thy fingers!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Oh, tiddley-um, diddley-um, back the off-chance!
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading The "Last Odds" and "Share List" to thee shall be read To-night ere thou'rt cosily tucked up in bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The "Last Odds" and "Share List" to thee shall be read To-night ere thou'rt cosily tucked up in bed.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Oh, hear not thy rattle, though loudly it goes; Oh, suck not thy fingers!
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Oh, hear not thy rattle, though loudly it goes; Oh, suck not thy fingers!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Oh, tiddley-um, diddley-um, back the off-chance!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The "Last Odds" and "Share List" to thee shall be read To-night ere thou'rt cosily tucked up in bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The "Last Odds" and "Share List" to thee shall be read To-night ere thou'rt cosily tucked up in bed.
plural of “toe” — one of the digits of the foot
From this reading Oh, count not thy toes!
having tucked or being tucked
From this reading The "Last Odds" and "Share List" to thee shall be read To-night ere thou'rt cosily tucked up in bed.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading The "Last Odds" and "Share List" to thee shall be read To-night ere thou'rt cosily tucked up in bed.
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.
Chapter 1 holds 632 sentences of Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891, unabridged, divided into 127 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 632 sentences, grouped into 127 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 127 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 127 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 52 minutes of reading across 127 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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