Chapter 1 of Jean Baptiste: A Story of French Canada is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Jean Baptiste: A Story of French Canada is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Author of "Little Stories of Quebec" O patrie! ô rive natale. Pleine d’harmonieuses voix! Chants étranges que la rafale Nous apporte du fond des bois! O souvenirs de la jeunesse, Frais comme un rayon du printemps!
Chapter 1 of Jean Baptiste: A Story of French Canada is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “Author of "Little Stories of Quebec" O patrie!”
plural of “chant” — a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
From this reading “Chants étranges que la rafale Nous apporte du fond des bois!”
a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
From this reading “Chants étranges que la rafale Nous apporte du fond des bois!”
having or displaying warmth or affection
From this reading “Chants étranges que la rafale Nous apporte du fond des bois!”
common sense
From this reading “Chants étranges que la rafale Nous apporte du fond des bois!”
the French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec; situated on the Saint Lawrence River
From this reading “Author of "Little Stories of Quebec" O patrie!”
a synthetic silklike fabric
From this reading “O souvenirs de la jeunesse, Frais comme un rayon du printemps!”
plural of “souvenir” — something of sentimental value
From this reading “O souvenirs de la jeunesse, Frais comme un rayon du printemps!”
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In this reading “O souvenirs de la jeunesse, Frais comme un rayon du printemps!”
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From this reading Chants étranges que la rafale Nous apporte du fond des bois!
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading Author of "Little Stories of Quebec" O patrie!
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From this reading Chants étranges que la rafale Nous apporte du fond des bois!
plural of “chant” — a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone
From this reading Chants étranges que la rafale Nous apporte du fond des bois!
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From this reading O souvenirs de la jeunesse, Frais comme un rayon du printemps!
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From this reading Pleine d’harmonieuses voix!
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading O souvenirs de la jeunesse, Frais comme un rayon du printemps!
a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
From this reading Chants étranges que la rafale Nous apporte du fond des bois!
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From this reading Chants étranges que la rafale Nous apporte du fond des bois!
having or displaying warmth or affection
From this reading Chants étranges que la rafale Nous apporte du fond des bois!
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From this reading O souvenirs de la jeunesse, Frais comme un rayon du printemps!
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From this reading O souvenirs de la jeunesse, Frais comme un rayon du printemps!
a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth
From this reading Chants étranges que la rafale Nous apporte du fond des bois!
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Author of "Little Stories of Quebec" O patrie!
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From this reading ô rive natale.
common sense
From this reading Chants étranges que la rafale Nous apporte du fond des bois!
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Author of "Little Stories of Quebec" O patrie!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of "Little Stories of Quebec" O patrie!
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From this reading Author of "Little Stories of Quebec" O patrie!
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From this reading Pleine d’harmonieuses voix!
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From this reading O souvenirs de la jeunesse, Frais comme un rayon du printemps!
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From this reading Chants étranges que la rafale Nous apporte du fond des bois!
the French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec; situated on the Saint Lawrence River
From this reading Author of "Little Stories of Quebec" O patrie!
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From this reading Chants étranges que la rafale Nous apporte du fond des bois!
a synthetic silklike fabric
From this reading O souvenirs de la jeunesse, Frais comme un rayon du printemps!
tear or be torn violently
From this reading ô rive natale.
plural of “souvenir” — something of sentimental value
From this reading O souvenirs de la jeunesse, Frais comme un rayon du printemps!
plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading Author of "Little Stories of Quebec" O patrie!
an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security
From this reading O souvenirs de la jeunesse, Frais comme un rayon du printemps!
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From this reading Pleine d’harmonieuses voix!
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From this reading Chants étranges que la rafale Nous apporte du fond des bois!
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From this reading ô rive natale.
Chapter 1 of Jean Baptiste: A Story of French Canada by James Edward Le Rossignol holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 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 409 sentences of Jean Baptiste: A Story of French Canada, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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