Chapter 1 of Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Gangrenous condition of the tongue, proceeding from a disordered liver, and mysteriously communicated to the brain. 10th. Any symptoms going to show that patient might mistake another man's wife for his own. 11th. Discovery at the last moment that patient's father suffered himself to be hung for murder.
Chapter 1 of Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 is here in full — 422 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 71/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 351–355
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past form of “communicate” — transmit information
From this reading “Gangrenous condition of the tongue, proceeding from a disordered liver, and mysteriously communicated to the brain.”
the act of discovering something
From this reading “Discovery at the last moment that patient's father suffered himself to be hung for murder.”
thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
From this reading “Gangrenous condition of the tongue, proceeding from a disordered liver, and mysteriously communicated to the brain.”
large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity
From this reading “Gangrenous condition of the tongue, proceeding from a disordered liver, and mysteriously communicated to the brain.”
in a cryptic manner
From this reading “Gangrenous condition of the tongue, proceeding from a disordered liver, and mysteriously communicated to the brain.”
possessive form of “patient” — a person who requires medical care
From this reading “Discovery at the last moment that patient's father suffered himself to be hung for murder.”
(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
From this reading “Gangrenous condition of the tongue, proceeding from a disordered liver, and mysteriously communicated to the brain.”
plural of “symptom” — (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
From this reading “Any symptoms going to show that patient might mistake another man's wife for his own.”
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From this reading 10th.
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From this reading 11th.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Gangrenous condition of the tongue, proceeding from a disordered liver, and mysteriously communicated to the brain.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Gangrenous condition of the tongue, proceeding from a disordered liver, and mysteriously communicated to the brain.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading Any symptoms going to show that patient might mistake another man's wife for his own.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading Any symptoms going to show that patient might mistake another man's wife for his own.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Discovery at the last moment that patient's father suffered himself to be hung for murder.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Discovery at the last moment that patient's father suffered himself to be hung for murder.
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading Gangrenous condition of the tongue, proceeding from a disordered liver, and mysteriously communicated to the brain.
past form of “communicate” — transmit information
From this reading Gangrenous condition of the tongue, proceeding from a disordered liver, and mysteriously communicated to the brain.
a state at a particular time
From this reading Gangrenous condition of the tongue, proceeding from a disordered liver, and mysteriously communicated to the brain.
the act of discovering something
From this reading Discovery at the last moment that patient's father suffered himself to be hung for murder.
thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
From this reading Gangrenous condition of the tongue, proceeding from a disordered liver, and mysteriously communicated to the brain.
a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
From this reading Discovery at the last moment that patient's father suffered himself to be hung for murder.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Any symptoms going to show that patient might mistake another man's wife for his own.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Gangrenous condition of the tongue, proceeding from a disordered liver, and mysteriously communicated to the brain.
suffering from tissue death
From this reading Gangrenous condition of the tongue, proceeding from a disordered liver, and mysteriously communicated to the brain.
the act of departing
From this reading Any symptoms going to show that patient might mistake another man's wife for his own.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Discovery at the last moment that patient's father suffered himself to be hung for murder.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Any symptoms going to show that patient might mistake another man's wife for his own.
inflected form of “hang” — be suspended or hanging
From this reading Discovery at the last moment that patient's father suffered himself to be hung for murder.
immediately past
From this reading Discovery at the last moment that patient's father suffered himself to be hung for murder.
large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity
From this reading Gangrenous condition of the tongue, proceeding from a disordered liver, and mysteriously communicated to the brain.
possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Any symptoms going to show that patient might mistake another man's wife for his own.
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Any symptoms going to show that patient might mistake another man's wife for his own.
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
From this reading Any symptoms going to show that patient might mistake another man's wife for his own.
a particular point in time
From this reading Discovery at the last moment that patient's father suffered himself to be hung for murder.
kill intentionally and with premeditation
From this reading Discovery at the last moment that patient's father suffered himself to be hung for murder.
in a cryptic manner
From this reading Gangrenous condition of the tongue, proceeding from a disordered liver, and mysteriously communicated to the brain.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Gangrenous condition of the tongue, proceeding from a disordered liver, and mysteriously communicated to the brain.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Any symptoms going to show that patient might mistake another man's wife for his own.
a person who requires medical care
From this reading Any symptoms going to show that patient might mistake another man's wife for his own.
possessive form of “patient” — a person who requires medical care
From this reading Discovery at the last moment that patient's father suffered himself to be hung for murder.
(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
From this reading Gangrenous condition of the tongue, proceeding from a disordered liver, and mysteriously communicated to the brain.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Any symptoms going to show that patient might mistake another man's wife for his own.
past form of “suffer” — undergo or be subjected to
From this reading Discovery at the last moment that patient's father suffered himself to be hung for murder.
plural of “symptom” — (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
From this reading Any symptoms going to show that patient might mistake another man's wife for his own.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Any symptoms going to show that patient might mistake another man's wife for his own.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Gangrenous condition of the tongue, proceeding from a disordered liver, and mysteriously communicated to the brain.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Gangrenous condition of the tongue, proceeding from a disordered liver, and mysteriously communicated to the brain.
a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity
From this reading Gangrenous condition of the tongue, proceeding from a disordered liver, and mysteriously communicated to the brain.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading Any symptoms going to show that patient might mistake another man's wife for his own.
Chapter 1 of Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 by Various holds 422 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 422 sentences of Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 422 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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