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Storybooks Canada: 40 picture books, easiest first

1842 words, in teaching order

Words 1301–1400
边biān
side; edge; margin; border; boundary; simultaneously
塑料sùliào
plastic; plastics (general term for synthetic polymer materials)
包裹bāoguǒ
to wrap up; to bind up; bundle; parcel; package
穿着chuānzhuó
attire; clothes; dress
外套wàitào
outer garment; jacket; coat
紧张jǐnzhāng
nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce
外wài
outside; in addition; foreign; external
坐好zuòhǎo
to sit properly; to sit up straight
小商贩xiǎoshāngfàn
small trader; peddler
听起来tīngqilai
to sound like
怪guài
odd; strange; uncanny; (bound form) monster; supernatural being; to find strange; to regard as odd; to blame; (coll.) somewhat; rather
好笑hǎoxiào
laughable; funny; ridiculous
饮料yǐnliào
drink; beverage
零食língshí
snack; nibbles
拆开chāikāi
to dismantle; to disassemble; to open up (sth sealed); to unpick
滴滴Dīdī
DiDi, app-based transportation company (abbr. for 滴滴出行 (DīdīChūxíng))
声shēng
sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds
活动huódòng
to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc); movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc); (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity; (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (CL:项 (xiàng)); to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc
戛然而止jiárán'érzhǐ
with a grunting sound it stops (idiom); to come to an end spontaneously (esp. of sound)
下车xiàchē
to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
忙着mángzhe
to be occupied with (doing sth)
赖lài
to depend on; to hang on in a place; bad; to renege (on promise); to disclaim; to rat (on debts); rascally; to blame; to put the blame on
着想zhuóxiǎng
to give thought (to others); to consider (other people's needs); also pr. zháoxiǎng
缓缓huǎnhuǎn
slowly; unhurriedly; little by little
今后jīnhòu
hereafter; henceforth; in the future; from now on
机会jīhuì
opportunity; chance; occasion
旅程lǚchéng
journey; trip
展开zhǎnkāi
to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out
闭上bìshang
to close; to shut up
小睡xiǎoshuì
to nap; to doze
思绪sīxù
train of thought; emotional state; mood; feeling
却què
but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
树苗shùmiáo
sapling; young tree
浇水jiāoshuǐ
to water (plants etc)
记住jìzhu
to remember; to bear in mind; to learn by heart
叔叔shūshu
father's younger brother; paternal uncle; form of address used by children for a male one generation older
迷迷糊糊mímíhūhū
in a daze; bewildered
喊声hǎnshēng
to yell; hubbub
吵醒chǎoxǐng
to wake sb up with a noise
坐车zuòchē
to take the car, bus, train etc
一把抓yībǎzhuā
to attempt all tasks at once; to manage every detail regardless of its importance
包bāo
to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; …
回程huíchéng
return trip
东边dōngbian
east; east side; eastern part; to the east of
指zhǐ
finger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to; to depend on; to count on; (of hair) to stand on end
蜜mì
honey
复仇fùchóu
to avenge; vengeance
关于guānyú
pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of
奈nài
used for its phonetic value in writing foreign words
贪婪tānlán
avaricious; greedy; rapacious; insatiable; avid
年轻人niánqīngrén
young people; youngster
青qīng
green; blue; black; youth; young (of people)
其qí
his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
打猎dǎliè
to go hunting
忽然hūrán
suddenly; all of a sudden
叫声jiàoshēng
yelling (sound made by person); barking; braying; roaring (sound made by animals)
忍不住rěnbuzhù
cannot help; unable to bear
四处sìchù
all over the place; everywhere and all directions
找寻zhǎoxún
to look for; to seek; to find fault
树枝shùzhī
branch; twig
小鸟xiǎoniǎo
small bird; young bird (hatchling, nestling, fledgling, chick); (fig.) penis (kiddie term); (golf) birdie
啾jiū
(onom.) wailing of child; chirp; kiss (Tw)
另lìng
other; another; separate; separately
跟上gēnshàng
to catch up with; to keep pace with
大概dàgài
roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea
半个bànge
half of sth
巨大jùdà
huge; immense; enormous; gigantic
野yě
field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; feral
无花果wúhuāguǒ
fig (Ficus carica)
间jiān
between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms
停tíng
to stop; to halt; to park (a car)
好像hǎoxiàng
as if; to seem like
磨磨蹭蹭mómócèngcèng
to dillydally; slow-going
蜜蜂mìfēng
bee; honeybee
骗piàn
to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over
矛máo
spear; lance; pike
搁gē
to put; to place; to leave; to put aside; to shelve; to postpone; to add; to put in
一堆yīduī
pile; heap; a lot of; a bunch of
伸shēn
to stretch; to extend
火堆huǒduī
bonfire; to open fire
中心zhōngxīn
center; heart; core
木头mùtou
wood; log (CL:块 (kuài),根 (gēn)); (fig.) blockhead; dolt
释放shìfàng
to release (a prisoner); to set free; to release (energy, gas, resources); to express (emotions, goodwill, intentions)
烟yān
cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke; tobacco (variant of 烟 (yān))
一手yīshǒu
a skill; mastery of a trade; by oneself; without outside help
筑zhù
five-string lute; Taiwan pr. zhú; to build; to construct; to ram; to hit
蜂巢fēngcháo
honeycomb; beehive
燃烧ránshāo
to ignite; to combust; to burn; combustion; flaming