Chapter 3 of Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 22, August 27, 1870 is here in full — 14 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 22, August 27, 1870 is here in full — 14 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
In a room in a palatial tenement house in Avenue D, stood GILBERT FERNANDE FROU FROU SNOGGS. G.F.F.F.S. was rampant. "Why?" you say. Gentle reader, hurry me not. Let the tale wag on.
Chapter 3 of Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 22, August 27, 1870 is here in full — 14 sentences across 3 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/2 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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.
a line of approach
From this reading “In a room in a palatial tenement house in Avenue D, stood GILBERT FERNANDE FROU FROU SNOGGS.”
a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
From this reading “In a room in a palatial tenement house in Avenue D, stood GILBERT FERNANDE FROU FROU SNOGGS.”
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading “Gentle reader, hurry me not.”
relating to or being a palace
From this reading “In a room in a palatial tenement house in Avenue D, stood GILBERT FERNANDE FROU FROU SNOGGS.”
unrestrained and violent
From this reading “G.F.F.F.S. was rampant.”
a person who enjoys reading
From this reading “Gentle reader, hurry me not.”
a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards
From this reading “In a room in a palatial tenement house in Avenue D, stood GILBERT FERNANDE FROU FROU SNOGGS.”
a witty amusing person who makes jokes
From this reading “Let the tale wag on.”
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 In a room in a palatial tenement house in Avenue D, stood GILBERT FERNANDE FROU FROU SNOGGS.
a line of approach
From this reading In a room in a palatial tenement house in Avenue D, stood GILBERT FERNANDE FROU FROU SNOGGS.
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading In a room in a palatial tenement house in Avenue D, stood GILBERT FERNANDE FROU FROU SNOGGS.
a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
From this reading G.F.F.F.S. was rampant.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In a room in a palatial tenement house in Avenue D, stood GILBERT FERNANDE FROU FROU SNOGGS.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In a room in a palatial tenement house in Avenue D, stood GILBERT FERNANDE FROU FROU SNOGGS.
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
From this reading G.F.F.F.S. was rampant.
soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe
From this reading Gentle reader, hurry me not.
a unit of magnetomotive force equal to 0.7958 ampere-turns
From this reading In a room in a palatial tenement house in Avenue D, stood GILBERT FERNANDE FROU FROU SNOGGS.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading In a room in a palatial tenement house in Avenue D, stood GILBERT FERNANDE FROU FROU SNOGGS.
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry
From this reading Gentle reader, hurry me not.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In a room in a palatial tenement house in Avenue D, stood GILBERT FERNANDE FROU FROU SNOGGS.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let the tale wag on.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Gentle reader, hurry me not.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Gentle reader, hurry me not.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Let the tale wag on.
relating to or being a palace
From this reading In a room in a palatial tenement house in Avenue D, stood GILBERT FERNANDE FROU FROU SNOGGS.
unrestrained and violent
From this reading G.F.F.F.S. was rampant.
a person who enjoys reading
From this reading Gentle reader, hurry me not.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading In a room in a palatial tenement house in Avenue D, stood GILBERT FERNANDE FROU FROU SNOGGS.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading G.F.F.F.S. was rampant.
express in words
From this reading "Why?" you say.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In a room in a palatial tenement house in Avenue D, stood GILBERT FERNANDE FROU FROU SNOGGS.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading In a room in a palatial tenement house in Avenue D, stood GILBERT FERNANDE FROU FROU SNOGGS.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading Let the tale wag on.
a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards
From this reading In a room in a palatial tenement house in Avenue D, stood GILBERT FERNANDE FROU FROU SNOGGS.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Let the tale wag on.
a witty amusing person who makes jokes
From this reading Let the tale wag on.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading G.F.F.F.S. was rampant.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why?" you say.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Why?" you say.
Chapter 3 of Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 22, August 27, 1870 by Various holds 14 sentences, grouped into 3 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 3 holds 14 sentences of Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 22, August 27, 1870, unabridged, divided into 3 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 22, August 27, 1870 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 14 sentences, grouped into 3 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 3 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 3 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 3 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. 22, August 27, 1870, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
