Chapter 1 of Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 24, September 10, 1870 is here in full — 739 sentences across 148 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 24, September 10, 1870 is here in full — 739 sentences across 148 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
If absent a week on a trip, they can make arrangements to have their board run on just the same. DRIVING. Everybody drives. The roads are of unsurpassing loveliness. They drive every day.
Chapter 1 of Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 24, September 10, 1870 is here in full — 739 sentences across 148 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 44/147 · 5 reading units · Lines 216–220
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.
not being in a specified place
From this reading “If absent a week on a trip, they can make arrangements to have their board run on just the same.”
plural of “arrangement” — the thing arranged or agreed to
From this reading “If absent a week on a trip, they can make arrangements to have their board run on just the same.”
a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading “If absent a week on a trip, they can make arrangements to have their board run on just the same.”
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading “They drive every day.”
plural of “drive” — the act of applying force to propel something
From this reading “Everybody drives.”
having the power of driving or impelling
From this reading “DRIVING.”
a partly sheltered anchorage
From this reading “The roads are of unsurpassing loveliness.”
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading “If absent a week on a trip, they can make arrangements to have their board run on just the same.”
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 If absent a week on a trip, they can make arrangements to have their board run on just the same.
not being in a specified place
From this reading If absent a week on a trip, they can make arrangements to have their board run on just the same.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The roads are of unsurpassing loveliness.
plural of “arrangement” — the thing arranged or agreed to
From this reading If absent a week on a trip, they can make arrangements to have their board run on just the same.
a committee having supervisory powers
From this reading If absent a week on a trip, they can make arrangements to have their board run on just the same.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading If absent a week on a trip, they can make arrangements to have their board run on just the same.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading They drive every day.
operate or control a vehicle
From this reading They drive every day.
plural of “drive” — the act of applying force to propel something
From this reading Everybody drives.
having the power of driving or impelling
From this reading DRIVING.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading They drive every day.
every person
From this reading Everybody drives.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If absent a week on a trip, they can make arrangements to have their board run on just the same.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If absent a week on a trip, they can make arrangements to have their board run on just the same.
and nothing more
From this reading If absent a week on a trip, they can make arrangements to have their board run on just the same.
the quality of being good looking and attractive
From this reading The roads are of unsurpassing loveliness.
engage in
From this reading If absent a week on a trip, they can make arrangements to have their board run on just the same.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The roads are of unsurpassing loveliness.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading If absent a week on a trip, they can make arrangements to have their board run on just the same.
a partly sheltered anchorage
From this reading The roads are of unsurpassing loveliness.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading If absent a week on a trip, they can make arrangements to have their board run on just the same.
Identical; not different.
From this reading If absent a week on a trip, they can make arrangements to have their board run on just the same.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading If absent a week on a trip, they can make arrangements to have their board run on just the same.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading If absent a week on a trip, they can make arrangements to have their board run on just the same.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If absent a week on a trip, they can make arrangements to have their board run on just the same.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If absent a week on a trip, they can make arrangements to have their board run on just the same.
a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
From this reading If absent a week on a trip, they can make arrangements to have their board run on just the same.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The roads are of unsurpassing loveliness.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading If absent a week on a trip, they can make arrangements to have their board run on just the same.
Chapter 1 of Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 24, September 10, 1870 by Various holds 739 sentences, grouped into 148 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 739 sentences of Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 24, September 10, 1870, unabridged, divided into 148 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 24, September 10, 1870 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 739 sentences, grouped into 148 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 148 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 148 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. 24, September 10, 1870 by Various on this page, its source edition and its audio.
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About 61 minutes of reading across 148 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 24, September 10, 1870 section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 1 chapters of Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 24, September 10, 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. 24, September 10, 1870, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
