Chapter 1 of Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 is here in full — 571 sentences across 115 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 is here in full — 571 sentences across 115 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Anyone can draw water--but draw rain! Yes, when on horseback, I can draw rein. Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it. Think I've left out an "0," and it's 19,000. _It seems like it_.
Chapter 1 of Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 is here in full — 571 sentences across 115 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any person at all
From this reading “Anyone can draw water--but draw rain!”
-ing form of “consider” — deem to be
From this reading “Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.”
cause to move by pulling
From this reading “Anyone can draw water--but draw rain!”
past form of “fetch” — go or come after and bring or take back
From this reading “Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.”
the back of a horse
From this reading “Yes, when on horseback, I can draw rein.”
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading “Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.”
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading “Anyone can draw water--but draw rain!”
control and direct with or as if by reins
From this reading “Yes, when on horseback, I can draw rein.”
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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Think I've left out an "0," and it's 19,000.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Think I've left out an "0," and it's 19,000.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Think I've left out an "0," and it's 19,000.
any person at all
From this reading Anyone can draw water--but draw rain!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Anyone can draw water--but draw rain!
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Anyone can draw water--but draw rain!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
-ing form of “consider” — deem to be
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
cause to move by pulling
From this reading Anyone can draw water--but draw rain!
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
(of an idea or story) so exaggerated or ludicrous as to be improbable
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
past form of “fetch” — go or come after and bring or take back
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
the back of a horse
From this reading Yes, when on horseback, I can draw rein.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Yes, when on horseback, I can draw rein.
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From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Think I've left out an "0," and it's 19,000.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Think I've left out an "0," and it's 19,000.
a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading Think I've left out an "0," and it's 19,000.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading _It seems like it_.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Yes, when on horseback, I can draw rein.
and nothing more
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Think I've left out an "0," and it's 19,000.
water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere
From this reading Anyone can draw water--but draw rain!
control and direct with or as if by reins
From this reading Yes, when on horseback, I can draw rein.
express in words
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading _It seems like it_.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading Anyone can draw water--but draw rain!
at the time that
From this reading Yes, when on horseback, I can draw rein.
an affirmative
From this reading Yes, when on horseback, I can draw rein.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Good that, "when you come to think of it,"--considering that I'm 1900 miles from an English joke, so that this you may say is far-fetched, only 'tisn't fetched at all, as I send it.
Chapter 1 of Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 by Various holds 571 sentences, grouped into 115 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 571 sentences of Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890, unabridged, divided into 115 reading sections.
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