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 I
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.
What do you _do_, for such fine pay? What have you done these five months? Say! You know you ought to do some good; The friends that sent you, think you should. Have you no pride, no sense!
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 75/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 371–375
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading “What do you _do_, for such fine pay?”
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading “What have you done these five months?”
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading “What have you done these five months?”
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “You know you ought to do some good; The friends that sent you, think you should.”
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading “What do you _do_, for such fine pay?”
a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
From this reading “Have you no pride, no sense!”
a general conscious awareness
From this reading “Have you no pride, no sense!”
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading “You know you ought to do some good; The friends that sent you, think you should.”
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 to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading What do you _do_, for such fine pay?
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading What have you done these five months?
being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
From this reading What do you _do_, for such fine pay?
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading What have you done these five months?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading What do you _do_, for such fine pay?
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading You know you ought to do some good; The friends that sent you, think you should.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading You know you ought to do some good; The friends that sent you, think you should.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What have you done these five months?
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading You know you ought to do some good; The friends that sent you, think you should.
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading What have you done these five months?
not any; not one
From this reading Have you no pride, no sense!
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading You know you ought to do some good; The friends that sent you, think you should.
give money, usually in exchange for goods or services
From this reading What do you _do_, for such fine pay?
a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
From this reading Have you no pride, no sense!
express in words
From this reading Say!
a general conscious awareness
From this reading Have you no pride, no sense!
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading You know you ought to do some good; The friends that sent you, think you should.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading You know you ought to do some good; The friends that sent you, think you should.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading You know you ought to do some good; The friends that sent you, think you should.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading What do you _do_, for such fine pay?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You know you ought to do some good; The friends that sent you, think you should.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You know you ought to do some good; The friends that sent you, think you should.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading What have you done these five months?
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading You know you ought to do some good; The friends that sent you, think you should.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You know you ought to do some good; The friends that sent you, think you should.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What do you _do_, for such fine pay?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What do you _do_, for such fine pay?
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.
Work through the 85 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 85 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.
Common questions about reading Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 by Various on this page, its source edition and its audio.
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About 68 minutes of reading across 166 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 2 chapters of Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
