Chapter 1 of The Naughty Man is here in full — 80 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Naughty Man is here in full — 80 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
See https:// THE NAUGHTY MAN; OR, SIR THOMAS BROWN. Love, Courtship and Marriage in High Life. A Poetical Satire, OCTAVIUS. THE NAUGHTY MAN; SIR THOMAS BROWN.
Chapter 1 of The Naughty Man is here in full — 80 sentences across 16 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/16 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading “THE NAUGHTY MAN; OR, SIR THOMAS BROWN.”
a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
From this reading “Love, Courtship and Marriage in High Life.”
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading “Love, Courtship and Marriage in High Life.”
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading “Love, Courtship and Marriage in High Life.”
suggestive of sexual impropriety
From this reading “THE NAUGHTY MAN; OR, SIR THOMAS BROWN.”
of or relating to poetry
From this reading “A Poetical Satire, OCTAVIUS.”
witty language used to convey insults or scorn
From this reading “A Poetical Satire, OCTAVIUS.”
United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)
From this reading “THE NAUGHTY MAN; OR, SIR THOMAS BROWN.”
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.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A Poetical Satire, OCTAVIUS.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Love, Courtship and Marriage in High Life.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading THE NAUGHTY MAN; OR, SIR THOMAS BROWN.
a man's courting of a woman; seeking the affections of a woman (usually with the hope of marriage)
From this reading Love, Courtship and Marriage in High Life.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Love, Courtship and Marriage in High Life.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading See https://
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Love, Courtship and Marriage in High Life.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Love, Courtship and Marriage in High Life.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Love, Courtship and Marriage in High Life.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading THE NAUGHTY MAN; OR, SIR THOMAS BROWN.
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
From this reading Love, Courtship and Marriage in High Life.
suggestive of sexual impropriety
From this reading THE NAUGHTY MAN; OR, SIR THOMAS BROWN.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A Poetical Satire, OCTAVIUS.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading THE NAUGHTY MAN; OR, SIR THOMAS BROWN.
of or relating to poetry
From this reading A Poetical Satire, OCTAVIUS.
witty language used to convey insults or scorn
From this reading A Poetical Satire, OCTAVIUS.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading See https://
term of address for a man
From this reading THE NAUGHTY MAN; OR, SIR THOMAS BROWN.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE NAUGHTY MAN; OR, SIR THOMAS BROWN.
United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)
From this reading THE NAUGHTY MAN; OR, SIR THOMAS BROWN.
Chapter 1 of The Naughty Man by Frank Chapman Bliss holds 80 sentences, grouped into 16 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 80 sentences of The Naughty Man, unabridged, divided into 16 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of The Naughty Man by Frank Chapman Bliss exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 80 sentences, grouped into 16 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 16 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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