In a Canadian Canoe

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There once was an adopted father, and the son who had adopted him died without leaving a will, and the poor father was sonless and penniless.

He felt sure that his adoptive son would never have been thoughtless enough to omit so important an arrangement as the making of a will.

However, no will was found, and the property of the rich son was put up to auction.

The poor father watched the sale with a gloomy face.

There was the Broadwood grand-piano, on which his son had taught him his scales: he saw it disposed of to a stranger, and turned away to weep.

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Chapter 3 of In a Canadian Canoe is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

There once was an adopted father, and the son who had adopted him died without leaving a will, and the poor father was sonless and penniless. He felt sure that his adoptive son would never have been thoughtless enough to omit so important an arrangement as the making of a will. However, no will was found, and the property of the rich son was put up to auction. The poor father watched the sale with a gloomy face. There was the Broadwood grand-piano, on which his son had taught him his scales: he saw it disposed of to a stranger, and turned away to weep.

In a Canadian Canoe

Chapter III

Chapter 3 of In a Canadian Canoe is here in full — 431 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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There once was an adopted father, and the son who had adopted him died without leaving a will, and the poor father was sonless and penniless.

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He felt sure that his adoptive son would never have been thoughtless enough to omit so important an arrangement as the making of a will.

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However, no will was found, and the property of the rich son was put up to auction.

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The poor father watched the sale with a gloomy face.

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There was the Broadwood grand-piano, on which his son had taught him his scales: he saw it disposed of to a stranger, and turned away to weep.

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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Been auxiliary verb US /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “He felt sure that his adoptive son would never have been thoughtless enough to omit so important an arrangement as the making of a will.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “He felt sure that his adoptive son would never have been thoughtless enough to omit so important an arrangement as the making of a will.”

However adverb US /ˌhaʊˈevər/

used to add a contrasting statement

From this reading “However, no will was found, and the property of the rich son was put up to auction.”

Without preposition US /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading “There once was an adopted father, and the son who had adopted him died without leaving a will, and the poor father was sonless and penniless.”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “He felt sure that his adoptive son would never have been thoughtless enough to omit so important an arrangement as the making of a will.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading There once was an adopted father, and the son who had adopted him died without leaving a will, and the poor father was sonless and penniless.

adopted

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From this reading There once was an adopted father, and the son who had adopted him died without leaving a will, and the poor father was sonless and penniless.

adoptive

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From this reading He felt sure that his adoptive son would never have been thoughtless enough to omit so important an arrangement as the making of a will.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading There once was an adopted father, and the son who had adopted him died without leaving a will, and the poor father was sonless and penniless.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading There once was an adopted father, and the son who had adopted him died without leaving a will, and the poor father was sonless and penniless.

arrangement

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From this reading He felt sure that his adoptive son would never have been thoughtless enough to omit so important an arrangement as the making of a will.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading He felt sure that his adoptive son would never have been thoughtless enough to omit so important an arrangement as the making of a will.

auction

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From this reading However, no will was found, and the property of the rich son was put up to auction.

away

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From this reading There was the Broadwood grand-piano, on which his son had taught him his scales: he saw it disposed of to a stranger, and turned away to weep.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading He felt sure that his adoptive son would never have been thoughtless enough to omit so important an arrangement as the making of a will.

Broadwood

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From this reading There was the Broadwood grand-piano, on which his son had taught him his scales: he saw it disposed of to a stranger, and turned away to weep.

died

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From this reading There once was an adopted father, and the son who had adopted him died without leaving a will, and the poor father was sonless and penniless.

disposed

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From this reading There was the Broadwood grand-piano, on which his son had taught him his scales: he saw it disposed of to a stranger, and turned away to weep.

enough

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From this reading He felt sure that his adoptive son would never have been thoughtless enough to omit so important an arrangement as the making of a will.

face

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From this reading The poor father watched the sale with a gloomy face.

father

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From this reading There once was an adopted father, and the son who had adopted him died without leaving a will, and the poor father was sonless and penniless.

felt

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From this reading He felt sure that his adoptive son would never have been thoughtless enough to omit so important an arrangement as the making of a will.

found

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From this reading However, no will was found, and the property of the rich son was put up to auction.

gloomy

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From this reading The poor father watched the sale with a gloomy face.

grand-piano

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From this reading There was the Broadwood grand-piano, on which his son had taught him his scales: he saw it disposed of to a stranger, and turned away to weep.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading There once was an adopted father, and the son who had adopted him died without leaving a will, and the poor father was sonless and penniless.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading He felt sure that his adoptive son would never have been thoughtless enough to omit so important an arrangement as the making of a will.

HepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He felt sure that his adoptive son would never have been thoughtless enough to omit so important an arrangement as the making of a will.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading There once was an adopted father, and the son who had adopted him died without leaving a will, and the poor father was sonless and penniless.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading He felt sure that his adoptive son would never have been thoughtless enough to omit so important an arrangement as the making of a will.

HoweveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/

used to add a contrasting statement

From this reading However, no will was found, and the property of the rich son was put up to auction.

important

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From this reading He felt sure that his adoptive son would never have been thoughtless enough to omit so important an arrangement as the making of a will.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading There was the Broadwood grand-piano, on which his son had taught him his scales: he saw it disposed of to a stranger, and turned away to weep.

leaving

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From this reading There once was an adopted father, and the son who had adopted him died without leaving a will, and the poor father was sonless and penniless.

making

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From this reading He felt sure that his adoptive son would never have been thoughtless enough to omit so important an arrangement as the making of a will.

never

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From this reading He felt sure that his adoptive son would never have been thoughtless enough to omit so important an arrangement as the making of a will.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading However, no will was found, and the property of the rich son was put up to auction.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading He felt sure that his adoptive son would never have been thoughtless enough to omit so important an arrangement as the making of a will.

omit

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From this reading He felt sure that his adoptive son would never have been thoughtless enough to omit so important an arrangement as the making of a will.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading There was the Broadwood grand-piano, on which his son had taught him his scales: he saw it disposed of to a stranger, and turned away to weep.

once

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From this reading There once was an adopted father, and the son who had adopted him died without leaving a will, and the poor father was sonless and penniless.

penniless

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From this reading There once was an adopted father, and the son who had adopted him died without leaving a will, and the poor father was sonless and penniless.

poor

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From this reading There once was an adopted father, and the son who had adopted him died without leaving a will, and the poor father was sonless and penniless.

property

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From this reading However, no will was found, and the property of the rich son was put up to auction.

put

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From this reading However, no will was found, and the property of the rich son was put up to auction.

rich

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From this reading However, no will was found, and the property of the rich son was put up to auction.

sale

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From this reading The poor father watched the sale with a gloomy face.

saw

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From this reading There was the Broadwood grand-piano, on which his son had taught him his scales: he saw it disposed of to a stranger, and turned away to weep.

scales

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From this reading There was the Broadwood grand-piano, on which his son had taught him his scales: he saw it disposed of to a stranger, and turned away to weep.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading He felt sure that his adoptive son would never have been thoughtless enough to omit so important an arrangement as the making of a will.

son

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From this reading There once was an adopted father, and the son who had adopted him died without leaving a will, and the poor father was sonless and penniless.

sonless

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From this reading There once was an adopted father, and the son who had adopted him died without leaving a will, and the poor father was sonless and penniless.

stranger

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From this reading There was the Broadwood grand-piano, on which his son had taught him his scales: he saw it disposed of to a stranger, and turned away to weep.

sure

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From this reading He felt sure that his adoptive son would never have been thoughtless enough to omit so important an arrangement as the making of a will.

taught

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From this reading There was the Broadwood grand-piano, on which his son had taught him his scales: he saw it disposed of to a stranger, and turned away to weep.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading He felt sure that his adoptive son would never have been thoughtless enough to omit so important an arrangement as the making of a will.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading There once was an adopted father, and the son who had adopted him died without leaving a will, and the poor father was sonless and penniless.

There

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From this reading There once was an adopted father, and the son who had adopted him died without leaving a will, and the poor father was sonless and penniless.

thoughtless

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From this reading He felt sure that his adoptive son would never have been thoughtless enough to omit so important an arrangement as the making of a will.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading He felt sure that his adoptive son would never have been thoughtless enough to omit so important an arrangement as the making of a will.

turned

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From this reading There was the Broadwood grand-piano, on which his son had taught him his scales: he saw it disposed of to a stranger, and turned away to weep.

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From this reading However, no will was found, and the property of the rich son was put up to auction.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading There once was an adopted father, and the son who had adopted him died without leaving a will, and the poor father was sonless and penniless.

watched

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From this reading The poor father watched the sale with a gloomy face.

weep

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From this reading There was the Broadwood grand-piano, on which his son had taught him his scales: he saw it disposed of to a stranger, and turned away to weep.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading There was the Broadwood grand-piano, on which his son had taught him his scales: he saw it disposed of to a stranger, and turned away to weep.

whopronounUS /huː/

which person or people

From this reading There once was an adopted father, and the son who had adopted him died without leaving a will, and the poor father was sonless and penniless.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading There once was an adopted father, and the son who had adopted him died without leaving a will, and the poor father was sonless and penniless.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading The poor father watched the sale with a gloomy face.

withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading There once was an adopted father, and the son who had adopted him died without leaving a will, and the poor father was sonless and penniless.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading He felt sure that his adoptive son would never have been thoughtless enough to omit so important an arrangement as the making of a will.

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