Chapter 18 of My Northern Exposure: The Kawa at the Pole is here in full — 6 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 18 of My Northern Exposure: The Kawa at the Pole is here in full — 6 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_The last ten miles. A mental observation. We lose our magnetic bowsprit. The Big Peg at last! "The Lady, first!" We celebrate our arrival. I glimpse a vision._
Chapter 18 of My Northern Exposure: The Kawa at the Pole is here in full — 6 sentences across 2 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/1 · 6 reading units · Lines 1–6
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accomplishment of an objective
From this reading “We celebrate our arrival. I glimpse a vision._”
behave as expected during of holidays or rites
From this reading “We celebrate our arrival. I glimpse a vision._”
a quick look
From this reading “We celebrate our arrival. I glimpse a vision._”
of or relating to or caused by magnetism
From this reading “We lose our magnetic bowsprit.”
involving the mind or an intellectual process
From this reading “A mental observation.”
the act of making and recording a measurement
From this reading “A mental observation.”
a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
From this reading “The Big Peg at last!”
a vivid mental image
From this reading “We celebrate our arrival. I glimpse a vision._”
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 last ten miles.”
In this reading “_The last ten miles.”
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 A mental observation.
accomplishment of an objective
From this reading We celebrate our arrival. I glimpse a vision._
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Big Peg at last!
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The Big Peg at last!
a spar projecting from the bow of a vessel
From this reading We lose our magnetic bowsprit.
behave as expected during of holidays or rites
From this reading We celebrate our arrival. I glimpse a vision._
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading "The Lady, first!"
a quick look
From this reading We celebrate our arrival. I glimpse a vision._
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading We celebrate our arrival. I glimpse a vision._
a polite name for any woman
From this reading "The Lady, first!"
immediately past
From this reading _The last ten miles.
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
From this reading We lose our magnetic bowsprit.
of or relating to or caused by magnetism
From this reading We lose our magnetic bowsprit.
involving the mind or an intellectual process
From this reading A mental observation.
plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
From this reading _The last ten miles.
the act of making and recording a measurement
From this reading A mental observation.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We lose our magnetic bowsprit.
a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface
From this reading The Big Peg at last!
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading _The last ten miles.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The last ten miles.
a vivid mental image
From this reading We celebrate our arrival. I glimpse a vision._
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We lose our magnetic bowsprit.
Chapter 18 of My Northern Exposure: The Kawa at the Pole by George S. (George Shepard) Chappell holds 6 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.
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