Chapter 1 of Punch — Volume 98, March 8, 1890 is here in full — 551 sentences across 111 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Punch — Volume 98, March 8, 1890 is here in full — 551 sentences across 111 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
OR, THE LONDON CHARIVARI. VOLUME 98. MARCH 8, 1890. THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE LYCEUM THEATRE. APPEAL OF MR.
Chapter 1 of Punch — Volume 98, March 8, 1890 is here in full — 551 sentences across 111 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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take a court case to a higher court for review
From this reading “APPEAL OF MR.”
a body serving in an administrative capacity
From this reading “THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE LYCEUM THEATRE.”
(United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
From this reading “THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE LYCEUM THEATRE.”
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading “OR, THE LONDON CHARIVARI.”
march in a procession
From this reading “MARCH 8, 1890.”
a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
From this reading “THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE LYCEUM THEATRE.”
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading “VOLUME 98.”
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.
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From this reading MARCH 8, 1890.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MARCH 8, 1890.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading VOLUME 98.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE LYCEUM THEATRE.
take a court case to a higher court for review
From this reading APPEAL OF MR.
a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple
From this reading OR, THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
a body serving in an administrative capacity
From this reading THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE LYCEUM THEATRE.
(United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
From this reading THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE LYCEUM THEATRE.
the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
From this reading OR, THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12
From this reading THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE LYCEUM THEATRE.
march in a procession
From this reading MARCH 8, 1890.
a form of address for a man
From this reading APPEAL OF MR.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading APPEAL OF MR.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading OR, THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OR, THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
From this reading THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE LYCEUM THEATRE.
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading VOLUME 98.
Chapter 1 of Punch — Volume 98, March 8, 1890 by Various holds 551 sentences, grouped into 111 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 551 sentences of Punch — Volume 98, March 8, 1890, unabridged, divided into 111 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Punch — Volume 98, March 8, 1890 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 551 sentences, grouped into 111 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 111 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 111 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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