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Storybooks Canada: 40 picture books, easiest first

1842 words, in teaching order

Words 1001–1100
参天cāntiān
(of a tree etc) to reach up to the sky
汇聚huìjù
convergence; to come together
河水héshuǐ
river water
办法bànfǎ
way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem
传遍chuánbiàn
to spread widely
当初dāngchū
at that time; originally
努力nǔlì
to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious
引起yǐnqǐ
to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
全世界quánshìjiè
worldwide; entire world
注意zhùyì
to take note of; to pay attention to
授予shòuyǔ
to award; to confer
位wèi
position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential
获得huòdé
to obtain; to receive; to get
殊荣shūróng
special glory; distinction; rare honor; one's laurels; it's a privilege (to meet you)
女性nǚxìng
woman; the female sex
年nián
year; grain; harvest (old)
去世qùshì
to pass away; to die
每次měicì
each time; every time
这位zhèwèi
this (person)
杰出jiéchū
outstanding; distinguished; remarkable; prominent; illustrious
鸡jī
fowl; chicken; (slang) prostitute
好朋友hǎopéngyou
good friend; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period)
互相hùxiāng
each other; mutually; mutual
竞争jìngzhēng
to compete; competition
进行jìnxíng
(of a process etc) to proceed; to be in progress; to be underway; (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc); (of an army etc) to be on the march; to advance
球场qiúchǎng
stadium; sports ground; court; pitch; field; golf course
闷闷不乐mènmènbùlè
depressed; sulky; moody; unhappy
点球diǎnqiú
penalty kick
大战dàzhàn
war; to wage war
第一轮dìyīlún
first round (of match, or election)
拿到nádào
to get; to obtain
分fēn
to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局 (fēnjú)); fraction; one tenth (of certain units); unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm; minute (unit of time); minute (angular measurement unit); a point (in sports or games); …
第二轮dì'èrlún
second round (of match, or election)
运球yùnqiú
to dribble (basketball, soccer etc)
头球tóuqiú
(soccer) header
一共yīgòng
in total; altogether
输shū
to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password)
哈哈大笑hāhādàxiào
to laugh heartily; to burst into loud laughter
无理取闹wúlǐqǔnào
(idiom) to make trouble without reason; to be deliberately provocative
张开zhāngkāi
to open up; to spread; to extend
嘴zuǐ
mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc)
一口yīkǒu
readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite
吞tūn
to swallow; to take
下去xiàqù
to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw
遇到yùdào
to meet; to run into; to come across
一阵yīzhèn
a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time)
微弱wēiruò
weak; faint; feeble
声音shēngyīn
sound; voice
周围zhōuwéi
environs; surroundings; periphery
传出chuánchū
to transmit outwards; to disseminate; efferent (nerve)
能力nénglì
capability; ability
产生chǎnshēng
to arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate
一种yīzhǒng
one kind of; one type of
难闻nánwén
unpleasant smell; stink
味道wèidao
flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...); (fig.) interest; delight; (dialect) smell; odor
嗝gé
hiccup; belch
咕噜gūlu
(onom.) to rumble (of a stomach); to coo (of a dove); rumbling; noisy drinking sound
吐tù
to vomit; to throw up
咳嗽késou
to cough
胃wèi
stomach
咳ké
cough
爬上páshàng
to climb up
老鹰lǎoyīng
(coll.) eagle; hawk; any similar bird of prey
相安无事xiāng'ānwúshì
(idiom) to coexist peacefully; to get along without conflict
饥荒jīhuāng
crop failure; famine; debt; difficulty
路lù
road (CL:条 (tiáo)); journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kind
才能cáinéng
talent; ability; capacity
看起来kànqǐlai
seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
疲倦píjuàn
to tire; tired
累lèi
tired; weary; to strain; to wear out; to work hard
省力shěnglì
to save labor; to save effort
方法fāngfǎ
method; way; technique; procedure
饱bǎo
to eat till full; satisfied
睡shuì
to sleep; to lie down
觉jué
to feel; to find that; thinking; awake; aware
搜集sōují
to gather; to collect
羽毛yǔmáo
feather; plumage; plume
缝féng
to sew; to stitch
也许yěxǔ
perhaps; maybe
吃力chīlì
to entail strenuous effort; to toil at a task; strenuous; laborious; strain
唯一wéiyī
only; sole
银针yínzhēn
silver needle (fine needle used in acupuncture)
漂亮piàoliang
pretty; beautiful
做完zuòwán
to finish; to complete the task
之后zhīhòu
after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
飞来飞去fēiláifēiqù
to fly about; to fly hither and thither; to flit; to swarm; to spiral
借jiè
to borrow; (used in combination with 给 (gěi) or 出 (chū) etc) to lend; to make use of; to avail oneself of; (sometimes followed by 着 (zhe)) by; with
针zhēn
needle; pin; injection; stitch