Chapter 1 of Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The time had passed, two days before; but--no sign of our man! We wrote, we telegraphed, we walked back and forth to every train; but still he did not come. Had this man, too, failed us? Then “Jimmy” came--just the night before we were to leave. And never was a man more heartily welcome!
Chapter 1 of Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 22/25 · 5 reading units · Lines 106–110
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “The time had passed, two days before; but--no sign of our man!”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “We wrote, we telegraphed, we walked back and forth to every train; but still he did not come.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading And never was a man more heartily welcome!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We wrote, we telegraphed, we walked back and forth to every train; but still he did not come.
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From this reading We wrote, we telegraphed, we walked back and forth to every train; but still he did not come.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The time had passed, two days before; but--no sign of our man!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The time had passed, two days before; but--no sign of our man!
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From this reading Then “Jimmy” came--just the night before we were to leave.
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From this reading We wrote, we telegraphed, we walked back and forth to every train; but still he did not come.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The time had passed, two days before; but--no sign of our man!
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading We wrote, we telegraphed, we walked back and forth to every train; but still he did not come.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading We wrote, we telegraphed, we walked back and forth to every train; but still he did not come.
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From this reading Had this man, too, failed us?
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From this reading We wrote, we telegraphed, we walked back and forth to every train; but still he did not come.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The time had passed, two days before; but--no sign of our man!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We wrote, we telegraphed, we walked back and forth to every train; but still he did not come.
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From this reading And never was a man more heartily welcome!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then “Jimmy” came--just the night before we were to leave.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then “Jimmy” came--just the night before we were to leave.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then “Jimmy” came--just the night before we were to leave.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The time had passed, two days before; but--no sign of our man!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And never was a man more heartily welcome!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And never was a man more heartily welcome!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Then “Jimmy” came--just the night before we were to leave.
not any; not one
From this reading The time had passed, two days before; but--no sign of our man!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We wrote, we telegraphed, we walked back and forth to every train; but still he did not come.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The time had passed, two days before; but--no sign of our man!
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The time had passed, two days before; but--no sign of our man!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The time had passed, two days before; but--no sign of our man!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The time had passed, two days before; but--no sign of our man!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We wrote, we telegraphed, we walked back and forth to every train; but still he did not come.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We wrote, we telegraphed, we walked back and forth to every train; but still he did not come.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The time had passed, two days before; but--no sign of our man!
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From this reading Then “Jimmy” came--just the night before we were to leave.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Had this man, too, failed us?
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From this reading The time had passed, two days before; but--no sign of our man!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We wrote, we telegraphed, we walked back and forth to every train; but still he did not come.
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From this reading Had this man, too, failed us?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We wrote, we telegraphed, we walked back and forth to every train; but still he did not come.
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From this reading The time had passed, two days before; but--no sign of our man!
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Had this man, too, failed us?
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From this reading We wrote, we telegraphed, we walked back and forth to every train; but still he did not come.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And never was a man more heartily welcome!
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We wrote, we telegraphed, we walked back and forth to every train; but still he did not come.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And never was a man more heartily welcome!
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Then “Jimmy” came--just the night before we were to leave.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We wrote, we telegraphed, we walked back and forth to every train; but still he did not come.
