Chapter 1 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 979, October 1, 1898 is here in full — 247 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 979, October 1, 1898 is here in full — 247 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
IF WAR SHOULD BREAK OUT. "You don't mean to say it, my dear sir! You're absolutely jesting. I'm compelled to believe that you are pleased to talk nonsense. To take the boy!
Chapter 1 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 979, October 1, 1898 is here in full — 247 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/49 · 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.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “You're absolutely jesting.”
terminate
From this reading “IF WAR SHOULD BREAK OUT.”
inflected form of “compel” — force somebody to do something
From this reading “I'm compelled to believe that you are pleased to talk nonsense.”
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading “"You don't mean to say it, my dear sir!”
a message that seems to convey no meaning
From this reading “I'm compelled to believe that you are pleased to talk nonsense.”
experiencing or manifesting pleasure
From this reading “I'm compelled to believe that you are pleased to talk nonsense.”
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading “I'm compelled to believe that you are pleased to talk nonsense.”
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading “IF WAR SHOULD BREAK OUT.”
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.
In this reading “I'm compelled to believe that you are pleased to talk nonsense.”
In this reading “"You don't mean to say it, my dear sir!”
start abruptly
In this reading “IF WAR SHOULD BREAK OUT.”
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.
completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading You're absolutely jesting.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I'm compelled to believe that you are pleased to talk nonsense.
accept as true; take to be true
From this reading I'm compelled to believe that you are pleased to talk nonsense.
a youthful male person
From this reading To take the boy!
terminate
From this reading IF WAR SHOULD BREAK OUT.
inflected form of “compel” — force somebody to do something
From this reading I'm compelled to believe that you are pleased to talk nonsense.
dearly loved
From this reading "You don't mean to say it, my dear sir!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You don't mean to say it, my dear sir!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm compelled to believe that you are pleased to talk nonsense.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading IF WAR SHOULD BREAK OUT.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "You don't mean to say it, my dear sir!
characterized by jokes and good humor
From this reading You're absolutely jesting.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading "You don't mean to say it, my dear sir!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "You don't mean to say it, my dear sir!
a message that seems to convey no meaning
From this reading I'm compelled to believe that you are pleased to talk nonsense.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading IF WAR SHOULD BREAK OUT.
experiencing or manifesting pleasure
From this reading I'm compelled to believe that you are pleased to talk nonsense.
express in words
From this reading "You don't mean to say it, my dear sir!
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading IF WAR SHOULD BREAK OUT.
term of address for a man
From this reading "You don't mean to say it, my dear sir!
carry out
From this reading To take the boy!
exchange thoughts; talk with
From this reading I'm compelled to believe that you are pleased to talk nonsense.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I'm compelled to believe that you are pleased to talk nonsense.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To take the boy!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "You don't mean to say it, my dear sir!
the waging of armed conflict against an enemy
From this reading IF WAR SHOULD BREAK OUT.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You don't mean to say it, my dear sir!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You're absolutely jesting.
Chapter 1 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 979, October 1, 1898 by Various holds 247 sentences, grouped into 50 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 247 sentences of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 979, October 1, 1898, unabridged, divided into 50 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 979, October 1, 1898 by Various exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 247 sentences, grouped into 50 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 50 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 50 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.
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About 76 minutes of reading across 184 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 979, October 1, 1898 section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 3 chapters of The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. XX, No. 979, October 1, 1898 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. 979, October 1, 1898, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
