Pronunciation of the English word cannon.
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1. | The cannon! They're loading the cannon! Why? Ah! They're going to shoot! Pick up speed - one, two, one, two! | |
2. | It is true that there are some people even so utterly without imagination that they cannot take a joke; such as that grave man of Scotland who was at last plainly told by a funny friend quite out of patience, “Why, you wouldn’t take a joke if it were fired at you out of a cannon!” “Sir,” replied the Scot, with sound reasoning and grave thought, “Sir, you are absurd. You cannot fire a joke out of a cannon!” | |
3. | The cannon went off by accident. | |
4. | Never use a cannon to kill a fly. | |
5. | The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a deal longer. | |
6. | This church was destroyed by cannon fire. | |
7. | This problem certainly requires a solution, but that's like shooting a cannon at sparrows. | |
8. | He's a loose cannon. | |
9. | The sound of a kiss is not as loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts much longer. | |
10. | "It's a cannon shot, is it not?" I nodded. |