Chapter 1 of Punch — Volume 148, January 20th 1915 is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Punch — Volume 148, January 20th 1915 is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI. CHARIVARIA. "At every point," we read, "the Allies have made sensible progress." So different from the stupid progress made very occasionally by the enemy! We have been asked to recommend suitable Fiction for reading during the War.
Chapter 1 of Punch — Volume 148, January 20th 1915 is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War II and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter of the United Nations in 1945
From this reading “"At every point," we read, "the Allies have made sensible progress."”
a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
From this reading “We have been asked to recommend suitable Fiction for reading during the War.”
sporadically and infrequently
From this reading “So different from the stupid progress made very occasionally by the enemy!”
deliver a quick blow to
From this reading “PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.”
push for something
From this reading “We have been asked to recommend suitable Fiction for reading during the War.”
showing reason or sound judgment
From this reading “"At every point," we read, "the Allies have made sensible progress."”
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading “So different from the stupid progress made very occasionally by the enemy!”
meant or adapted for an occasion or use
From this reading “We have been asked to recommend suitable Fiction for reading during the War.”
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.
In this reading “We have been asked to recommend suitable Fiction for reading during the War.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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the alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War II and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter of the United Nations in 1945
From this reading "At every point," we read, "the Allies have made sensible progress."
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading We have been asked to recommend suitable Fiction for reading during the War.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "At every point," we read, "the Allies have made sensible progress."
the past participle of “be”
From this reading We have been asked to recommend suitable Fiction for reading during the War.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading So different from the stupid progress made very occasionally by the enemy!
a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple
From this reading PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading CHARIVARIA.
unlike in nature or quality or form or degree
From this reading So different from the stupid progress made very occasionally by the enemy!
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading We have been asked to recommend suitable Fiction for reading during the War.
an opposing military force
From this reading So different from the stupid progress made very occasionally by the enemy!
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading "At every point," we read, "the Allies have made sensible progress."
a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
From this reading We have been asked to recommend suitable Fiction for reading during the War.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We have been asked to recommend suitable Fiction for reading during the War.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading So different from the stupid progress made very occasionally by the enemy!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "At every point," we read, "the Allies have made sensible progress."
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.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading "At every point," we read, "the Allies have made sensible progress."
sporadically and infrequently
From this reading So different from the stupid progress made very occasionally by the enemy!
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading "At every point," we read, "the Allies have made sensible progress."
gradual improvement or growth or development
From this reading "At every point," we read, "the Allies have made sensible progress."
deliver a quick blow to
From this reading PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading "At every point," we read, "the Allies have made sensible progress."
the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
From this reading We have been asked to recommend suitable Fiction for reading during the War.
push for something
From this reading We have been asked to recommend suitable Fiction for reading during the War.
showing reason or sound judgment
From this reading "At every point," we read, "the Allies have made sensible progress."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So different from the stupid progress made very occasionally by the enemy!
lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity
From this reading So different from the stupid progress made very occasionally by the enemy!
meant or adapted for an occasion or use
From this reading We have been asked to recommend suitable Fiction for reading during the War.
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 We have been asked to recommend suitable Fiction for reading during the War.
precisely as stated
From this reading So different from the stupid progress made very occasionally by the enemy!
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading We have been asked to recommend suitable Fiction for reading during the War.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "At every point," we read, "the Allies have made sensible progress."
Chapter 1 of Punch — Volume 148, January 20th 1915 by Various holds 425 sentences, grouped into 85 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 425 sentences of Punch — Volume 148, January 20th 1915, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Punch — Volume 148, January 20th 1915 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 425 sentences, grouped into 85 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.
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