Chapter 1 of In a Canadian Canoe is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of In a Canadian Canoe is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
TO A. N. L. PREFACE. My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.” They have been carefully revised, and considerable additions have been made. The rest of the volume has not appeared before, so far as I know.
Chapter 1 of In a Canadian Canoe is here in full — 425 sentences across 85 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/85 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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plural of “addition” — a component that is added to something to improve it
From this reading “They have been carefully revised, and considerable additions have been made.”
of or relating to Canada or its people
From this reading “My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.””
of or relating to the sky
From this reading “My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.””
a marketplace where groceries are sold
From this reading “My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.””
on the negative side or lower end of a scale
From this reading “My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.””
plural of “mus” — type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch
From this reading “My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.””
a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale
From this reading “My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.””
improved or brought up to date
From this reading “They have been carefully revised, and considerable additions have been made.”
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 “The rest of the volume has not appeared before, so far as I know.”
In this reading “The rest of the volume has not appeared before, so far as I know.”
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 TO A. N. L.
plural of “addition” — a component that is added to something to improve it
From this reading They have been carefully revised, and considerable additions have been made.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.”
past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading The rest of the volume has not appeared before, so far as I know.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The rest of the volume has not appeared before, so far as I know.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They have been carefully revised, and considerable additions have been made.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The rest of the volume has not appeared before, so far as I know.
of or relating to Canada or its people
From this reading My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.”
small and light boat; pointed at both ends; propelled with a paddle
From this reading My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.”
taking care or paying attention
From this reading They have been carefully revised, and considerable additions have been made.
of or relating to the sky
From this reading My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.”
large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree
From this reading They have been carefully revised, and considerable additions have been made.
owed and payable immediately or on demand
From this reading My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.”
a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)
From this reading My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.”
to a considerable degree; very much
From this reading The rest of the volume has not appeared before, so far as I know.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.”
a marketplace where groceries are sold
From this reading My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The rest of the volume has not appeared before, so far as I know.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They have been carefully revised, and considerable additions have been made.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The rest of the volume has not appeared before, so far as I know.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.”
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading The rest of the volume has not appeared before, so far as I know.
a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
From this reading TO A. N. L.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading They have been carefully revised, and considerable additions have been made.
on the negative side or lower end of a scale
From this reading My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.”
plural of “mus” — type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch
From this reading My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.”
a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues
From this reading TO A. N. L.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
From this reading My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The rest of the volume has not appeared before, so far as I know.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.”
approval to do something
From this reading My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.”
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
From this reading PREFACE.
a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale
From this reading My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.”
not move; be in a resting position
From this reading The rest of the volume has not appeared before, so far as I know.
improved or brought up to date
From this reading They have been carefully revised, and considerable additions have been made.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The rest of the volume has not appeared before, so far as I know.
an acknowledgment of appreciation
From this reading My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading My thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They have been carefully revised, and considerable additions have been made.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TO A. N. L.
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading The rest of the volume has not appeared before, so far as I know.
Chapter 1 of In a Canadian Canoe by Barry Pain holds 425 sentences, grouped into 85 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 425 sentences of In a Canadian Canoe, unabridged, divided into 85 reading sections.
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