Chapter 3 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1011, May 13, 1899 is here in full — 252 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Chapter 3 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1011, May 13, 1899 is here in full — 252 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Now we will be cosy together over our cup of tea. I want to talk to you about Guy before he comes down. He will never be talked of when he is present. He will tell you he is perfectly well. I wish I could believe it myself!”
Chapter 3 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1011, May 13, 1899 is here in full — 252 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 3/50 · 5 reading units · Lines 11–15
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.
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading “I want to talk to you about Guy before he comes down.”
a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
From this reading “Now we will be cosy together over our cup of tea.”
a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
From this reading “Now we will be cosy together over our cup of tea.”
an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading “I want to talk to you about Guy before he comes down.”
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “He will tell you he is perfectly well.”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “He will never be talked of when he is present.”
past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “He will never be talked of when he is present.”
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading “Now we will be cosy together over our cup of tea.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
In this reading “I want to talk to you about Guy before he comes down.”
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.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I want to talk to you about Guy before he comes down.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Now we will be cosy together over our cup of tea.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I want to talk to you about Guy before he comes down.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading I wish I could believe it myself!”
plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
From this reading I want to talk to you about Guy before he comes down.
a padded cloth covering to keep a teapot warm
From this reading Now we will be cosy together over our cup of tea.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I wish I could believe it myself!”
a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
From this reading Now we will be cosy together over our cup of tea.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading I want to talk to you about Guy before he comes down.
an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading I want to talk to you about Guy before he comes down.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I want to talk to you about Guy before he comes down.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I want to talk to you about Guy before he comes down.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He will never be talked of when he is present.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I wish I could believe it myself!”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I wish I could believe it myself!”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading He will never be talked of when he is present.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now we will be cosy together over our cup of tea.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Now we will be cosy together over our cup of tea.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Now we will be cosy together over our cup of tea.
above and across; more than
From this reading Now we will be cosy together over our cup of tea.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading He will tell you he is perfectly well.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading He will never be talked of when he is present.
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading I want to talk to you about Guy before he comes down.
past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading He will never be talked of when he is present.
a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water
From this reading Now we will be cosy together over our cup of tea.
express in words
From this reading He will tell you he is perfectly well.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I want to talk to you about Guy before he comes down.
in contact with each other or in proximity
From this reading Now we will be cosy together over our cup of tea.
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading I want to talk to you about Guy before he comes down.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Now we will be cosy together over our cup of tea.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading He will tell you he is perfectly well.
at the time that
From this reading He will never be talked of when he is present.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Now we will be cosy together over our cup of tea.
hope for; have a wish
From this reading I wish I could believe it myself!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I want to talk to you about Guy before he comes down.
Chapter 3 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1011, May 13, 1899 by Various holds 252 sentences, grouped into 51 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 252 sentences of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1011, May 13, 1899, unabridged, divided into 51 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1011, May 13, 1899 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 252 sentences, grouped into 51 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 51 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 51 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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About 89 minutes of reading across 214 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1011, May 13, 1899 section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 5 chapters of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1011, May 13, 1899 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 The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX. No. 1011, May 13, 1899, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
