Chapter 7 of In a Canadian Canoe is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of In a Canadian Canoe is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“If I had only known,” I said, “I would have loaded my cab with flowers. Can I not come back again?” “No--never.” “Then let me change the things that I have bought. They seemed high and noble, especially the White Love.”
Chapter 7 of In a Canadian Canoe is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 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.
inflected form of “buy” — obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading ““Then let me change the things that I have bought.”
a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
From this reading ““If I had only known,” I said, “I would have loaded my cab with flowers.”
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading ““Then let me change the things that I have bought.”
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading “They seemed high and noble, especially the White Love.””
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading ““If I had only known,” I said, “I would have loaded my cab with flowers.”
apprehended with certainty
From this reading ““If I had only known,” I said, “I would have loaded my cab with flowers.”
filled with a great quantity
From this reading ““If I had only known,” I said, “I would have loaded my cab with flowers.”
impressive in appearance
From this reading “They seemed high and noble, especially the White Love.””
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.
be restored
In this reading “Can I not come back again?””
In this reading ““If I had only known,” I said, “I would have loaded my cab with flowers.”
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.
anew
From this reading Can I not come back again?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They seemed high and noble, especially the White Love.”
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Can I not come back again?”
inflected form of “buy” — obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
From this reading “Then let me change the things that I have bought.
a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
From this reading “If I had only known,” I said, “I would have loaded my cab with flowers.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Can I not come back again?”
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading “Then let me change the things that I have bought.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Can I not come back again?”
to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
From this reading They seemed high and noble, especially the White Love.”
plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
From this reading “If I had only known,” I said, “I would have loaded my cab with flowers.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “If I had only known,” I said, “I would have loaded my cab with flowers.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “If I had only known,” I said, “I would have loaded my cab with flowers.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading They seemed high and noble, especially the White Love.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “If I had only known,” I said, “I would have loaded my cab with flowers.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “If I had only known,” I said, “I would have loaded my cab with flowers.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading “If I had only known,” I said, “I would have loaded my cab with flowers.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Then let me change the things that I have bought.
filled with a great quantity
From this reading “If I had only known,” I said, “I would have loaded my cab with flowers.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading They seemed high and noble, especially the White Love.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Then let me change the things that I have bought.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “If I had only known,” I said, “I would have loaded my cab with flowers.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “No--never.”
not any; not one
From this reading “No--never.”
impressive in appearance
From this reading They seemed high and noble, especially the White Love.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Can I not come back again?”
and nothing more
From this reading “If I had only known,” I said, “I would have loaded my cab with flowers.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “If I had only known,” I said, “I would have loaded my cab with flowers.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading They seemed high and noble, especially the White Love.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Then let me change the things that I have bought.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Then let me change the things that I have bought.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading “Then let me change the things that I have bought.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They seemed high and noble, especially the White Love.”
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading “Then let me change the things that I have bought.
a Caucasian
From this reading They seemed high and noble, especially the White Love.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading “If I had only known,” I said, “I would have loaded my cab with flowers.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “If I had only known,” I said, “I would have loaded my cab with flowers.
Chapter 7 of In a Canadian Canoe by Barry Pain holds 436 sentences, grouped into 88 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 7 holds 436 sentences of In a Canadian Canoe, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
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