Chapter 2 of Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 09, May 28, 1870 is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 09, May 28, 1870 is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
This, O friend PUNCHINELLO, was only one of my Glimpses of Fortune. I may yet see the jade more nearly. IMPECUNE. * * * * * Query. Under the conditions of the Fifteenth Amendment, should things continue to be put down in Black and White?
Chapter 2 of Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 09, May 28, 1870 is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
the act of amending or correcting
From this reading “Under the conditions of the Fifteenth Amendment, should things continue to be put down in Black and White?”
the prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process
From this reading “Under the conditions of the Fifteenth Amendment, should things continue to be put down in Black and White?”
continue a certain state, condition, or activity
From this reading “Under the conditions of the Fifteenth Amendment, should things continue to be put down in Black and White?”
coming next after the fourteenth and just before the sixteenth in position
From this reading “Under the conditions of the Fifteenth Amendment, should things continue to be put down in Black and White?”
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading “This, O friend PUNCHINELLO, was only one of my Glimpses of Fortune.”
plural of “glimpse” — a quick look
From this reading “This, O friend PUNCHINELLO, was only one of my Glimpses of Fortune.”
a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite
From this reading “I may yet see the jade more nearly.”
an instance of questioning
From this reading “* * * * * Query.”
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.
the act of amending or correcting
From this reading Under the conditions of the Fifteenth Amendment, should things continue to be put down in Black and White?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Under the conditions of the Fifteenth Amendment, should things continue to be put down in Black and White?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Under the conditions of the Fifteenth Amendment, should things continue to be put down in Black and White?
being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
From this reading Under the conditions of the Fifteenth Amendment, should things continue to be put down in Black and White?
the prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process
From this reading Under the conditions of the Fifteenth Amendment, should things continue to be put down in Black and White?
continue a certain state, condition, or activity
From this reading Under the conditions of the Fifteenth Amendment, should things continue to be put down in Black and White?
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Under the conditions of the Fifteenth Amendment, should things continue to be put down in Black and White?
coming next after the fourteenth and just before the sixteenth in position
From this reading Under the conditions of the Fifteenth Amendment, should things continue to be put down in Black and White?
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading This, O friend PUNCHINELLO, was only one of my Glimpses of Fortune.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading This, O friend PUNCHINELLO, was only one of my Glimpses of Fortune.
plural of “glimpse” — a quick look
From this reading This, O friend PUNCHINELLO, was only one of my Glimpses of Fortune.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I may yet see the jade more nearly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading IMPECUNE.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Under the conditions of the Fifteenth Amendment, should things continue to be put down in Black and White?
a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite
From this reading I may yet see the jade more nearly.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading I may yet see the jade more nearly.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading I may yet see the jade more nearly.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading This, O friend PUNCHINELLO, was only one of my Glimpses of Fortune.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading I may yet see the jade more nearly.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading This, O friend PUNCHINELLO, was only one of my Glimpses of Fortune.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This, O friend PUNCHINELLO, was only one of my Glimpses of Fortune.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading This, O friend PUNCHINELLO, was only one of my Glimpses of Fortune.
and nothing more
From this reading This, O friend PUNCHINELLO, was only one of my Glimpses of Fortune.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This, O friend PUNCHINELLO, was only one of my Glimpses of Fortune.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading Under the conditions of the Fifteenth Amendment, should things continue to be put down in Black and White?
an instance of questioning
From this reading * * * * * Query.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I may yet see the jade more nearly.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Under the conditions of the Fifteenth Amendment, should things continue to be put down in Black and White?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I may yet see the jade more nearly.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Under the conditions of the Fifteenth Amendment, should things continue to be put down in Black and White?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This, O friend PUNCHINELLO, was only one of my Glimpses of Fortune.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Under the conditions of the Fifteenth Amendment, should things continue to be put down in Black and White?
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Under the conditions of the Fifteenth Amendment, should things continue to be put down in Black and White?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This, O friend PUNCHINELLO, was only one of my Glimpses of Fortune.
a Caucasian
From this reading Under the conditions of the Fifteenth Amendment, should things continue to be put down in Black and White?
but in spite of that
From this reading I may yet see the jade more nearly.
Chapter 2 of Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 09, May 28, 1870 by Various holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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 2 holds 409 sentences of Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 09, May 28, 1870, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 09, May 28, 1870 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 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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Words and structures a reader meets early in Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 09, May 28, 1870, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
