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.
Guns and bells all over the place. Guns going off, bells going on. Tremendous crowds everywhere. "I am never so lonely," as somebody said, "as when I'm in a crowd." That's just what I feel, especially when the crowd doesn't talk a single word of English.
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.
Reading 41/114 · 5 reading units · Lines 201–205
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “bell” — a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading “Guns and bells all over the place.”
plural of “crowd” — a large number of things or people considered together
From this reading “Tremendous crowds everywhere.”
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading “That's just what I feel, especially when the crowd doesn't talk a single word of English.”
to or in any or all places
From this reading “Tremendous crowds everywhere.”
plural of “gun” — a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading “Guns and bells all over the place.”
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading “"I am never so lonely," as somebody said, "as when I'm in a crowd."”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “"I am never so lonely," as somebody said, "as when I'm in a crowd."”
extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree
From this reading “Tremendous crowds everywhere.”
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 before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "I am never so lonely," as somebody said, "as when I'm in a crowd."
(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 Guns and bells all over the place.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "I am never so lonely," as somebody said, "as when I'm in a crowd."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Guns and bells all over the place.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "I am never so lonely," as somebody said, "as when I'm in a crowd."
plural of “bell” — a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
From this reading Guns and bells all over the place.
cause to herd, drive, or crowd together
From this reading "I am never so lonely," as somebody said, "as when I'm in a crowd."
plural of “crowd” — a large number of things or people considered together
From this reading Tremendous crowds everywhere.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's just what I feel, especially when the crowd doesn't talk a single word of English.
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 That's just what I feel, especially when the crowd doesn't talk a single word of English.
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading That's just what I feel, especially when the crowd doesn't talk a single word of English.
to or in any or all places
From this reading Tremendous crowds everywhere.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading That's just what I feel, especially when the crowd doesn't talk a single word of English.
the act of departing
From this reading Guns going off, bells going on.
plural of “gun” — a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
From this reading Guns and bells all over the place.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I am never so lonely," as somebody said, "as when I'm in a crowd."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I am never so lonely," as somebody said, "as when I'm in a crowd."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I am never so lonely," as somebody said, "as when I'm in a crowd."
and nothing more
From this reading That's just what I feel, especially when the crowd doesn't talk a single word of English.
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading "I am never so lonely," as somebody said, "as when I'm in a crowd."
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "I am never so lonely," as somebody said, "as when I'm in a crowd."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That's just what I feel, especially when the crowd doesn't talk a single word of English.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Guns going off, bells going on.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Guns going off, bells going on.
above and across; more than
From this reading Guns and bells all over the place.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading Guns and bells all over the place.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading "I am never so lonely," as somebody said, "as when I'm in a crowd."
being or characteristic of a single thing or person
From this reading That's just what I feel, especially when the crowd doesn't talk a single word of English.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "I am never so lonely," as somebody said, "as when I'm in a crowd."
a person, without saying who
From this reading "I am never so lonely," as somebody said, "as when I'm in a crowd."
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading That's just what I feel, especially when the crowd doesn't talk a single word of English.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's just what I feel, especially when the crowd doesn't talk a single word of English.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Guns and bells all over the place.
extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree
From this reading Tremendous crowds everywhere.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading That's just what I feel, especially when the crowd doesn't talk a single word of English.
at the time that
From this reading "I am never so lonely," as somebody said, "as when I'm in a crowd."
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
From this reading That's just what I feel, especially when the crowd doesn't talk a single word of English.
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.
This page carries chapter 1 of Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 571 sentences, grouped into 115 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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