Chapter 10 of Ulysses is here in full — 547 sentences across 110 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Ulysses is here in full — 547 sentences across 110 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A bird sat tamely perched on a poplar branch. Like stuffed. Like the wedding present alderman Hooper gave us. Hoo! Not a budge out of him.
Chapter 10 of Ulysses is here in full — 547 sentences across 110 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)
From this reading “Like the wedding present alderman Hooper gave us.”
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading “A bird sat tamely perched on a poplar branch.”
a division of some larger or more complex organization
From this reading “A bird sat tamely perched on a poplar branch.”
move very slightly
From this reading “Not a budge out of him.”
past form of “perch” — sit, as on a branch
From this reading “A bird sat tamely perched on a poplar branch.”
soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar
From this reading “A bird sat tamely perched on a poplar branch.”
filled with something
From this reading “Like stuffed.”
the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
From this reading “Like the wedding present alderman Hooper gave us.”
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 A bird sat tamely perched on a poplar branch.
a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council)
From this reading Like the wedding present alderman Hooper gave us.
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
From this reading A bird sat tamely perched on a poplar branch.
a division of some larger or more complex organization
From this reading A bird sat tamely perched on a poplar branch.
move very slightly
From this reading Not a budge out of him.
inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading Like the wedding present alderman Hooper gave us.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Not a budge out of him.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Hoo!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Like the wedding present alderman Hooper gave us.
prefer or wish to do something
From this reading Like stuffed.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not a budge out of him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Not a budge out of him.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A bird sat tamely perched on a poplar branch.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading Not a budge out of him.
past form of “perch” — sit, as on a branch
From this reading A bird sat tamely perched on a poplar branch.
soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar
From this reading A bird sat tamely perched on a poplar branch.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading Like the wedding present alderman Hooper gave us.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading A bird sat tamely perched on a poplar branch.
filled with something
From this reading Like stuffed.
in a tame manner
From this reading A bird sat tamely perched on a poplar branch.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Like the wedding present alderman Hooper gave us.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Like the wedding present alderman Hooper gave us.
the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed
From this reading Like the wedding present alderman Hooper gave us.
Chapter 10 of Ulysses by James Joyce holds 547 sentences, grouped into 110 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 10 holds 547 sentences of Ulysses, unabridged, divided into 110 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of Ulysses by James Joyce exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 547 sentences, grouped into 110 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 110 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 110 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 10 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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