Chapter 14 of My Northern Exposure: The Kawa at the Pole is here in full — 8 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 14 of My Northern Exposure: The Kawa at the Pole is here in full — 8 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_The choice of a route. Off at last. We take aboard a passenger. Seeds of discontent. Into the long twilight. Radio reversals. The ice at last. Trouble with our water-line. Its happy solution._
Chapter 14 of My Northern Exposure: The Kawa at the Pole is here in full — 8 sentences across 2 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 longing for something better than the present situation
From this reading “Seeds of discontent.”
a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
From this reading “We take aboard a passenger.”
medium for communication
From this reading “Radio reversals.”
plural of “reversal” — a change from one state to the opposite state
From this reading “Radio reversals.”
an established line of travel or access
From this reading “_The choice of a route.”
plural of “seed” — a small hard fruit
From this reading “Seeds of discontent.”
a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution
From this reading “Trouble with our water-line. Its happy solution._”
the time of day immediately following sunset
From this reading “Into the long twilight.”
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.
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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 _The choice of a route.
on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
From this reading We take aboard a passenger.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Off at last.
the person or thing chosen or selected
From this reading _The choice of a route.
a longing for something better than the present situation
From this reading Seeds of discontent.
enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure
From this reading Trouble with our water-line. Its happy solution._
water frozen in the solid state
From this reading The ice at last.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Into the long twilight.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Trouble with our water-line. Its happy solution._
immediately past
From this reading Off at last.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading Into the long twilight.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _The choice of a route.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Off at last.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Trouble with our water-line. Its happy solution._
a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
From this reading We take aboard a passenger.
medium for communication
From this reading Radio reversals.
plural of “reversal” — a change from one state to the opposite state
From this reading Radio reversals.
an established line of travel or access
From this reading _The choice of a route.
plural of “seed” — a small hard fruit
From this reading Seeds of discontent.
a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution
From this reading Trouble with our water-line. Its happy solution._
carry out
From this reading We take aboard a passenger.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The choice of a route.
a source of difficulty
From this reading Trouble with our water-line. Its happy solution._
the time of day immediately following sunset
From this reading Into the long twilight.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Trouble with our water-line. Its happy solution._
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We take aboard a passenger.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Trouble with our water-line. Its happy solution._
Chapter 14 of My Northern Exposure: The Kawa at the Pole by George S. (George Shepard) Chappell holds 8 sentences, grouped into 2 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 14 holds 8 sentences of My Northern Exposure: The Kawa at the Pole, unabridged, divided into 2 reading sections.
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