Chapter 1 of Corbow's Theory is here in full — 493 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Corbow's Theory is here in full — 493 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_It was a terrific theory and it would send Man to the stars. But the two men involved had to buck more than physical laws; and so the project was finished, over, done with. Unless...._ "All right! So we've got it. The same problem rocket designers have been struggling with for five years.
Chapter 1 of Corbow's Theory is here in full — 493 sentences across 99 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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to strive with determination
From this reading “But the two men involved had to buck more than physical laws; and so the project was finished, over, done with.”
plural of “designer” — a person who specializes in interior design
From this reading “The same problem rocket designers have been struggling with for five years.”
connected by participation or association or use
From this reading “But the two men involved had to buck more than physical laws; and so the project was finished, over, done with.”
a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
From this reading “The same problem rocket designers have been struggling with for five years.”
communicate vividly
From this reading “But the two men involved had to buck more than physical laws; and so the project was finished, over, done with.”
any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
From this reading “The same problem rocket designers have been struggling with for five years.”
very great or intense
From this reading “_It was a terrific theory and it would send Man to the stars.”
a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
From this reading “_It was a terrific theory and it would send Man to the stars.”
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.
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In this reading “The same problem rocket designers have been struggling with for five years.”
In this reading “But the two men involved had to buck more than physical laws; and so the project was finished, over, done with.”
In this reading “The same problem rocket designers have been struggling with for five years.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 _It was a terrific theory and it would send Man to the stars.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Unless...._ "All right!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _It was a terrific theory and it would send Man to the stars.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The same problem rocket designers have been struggling with for five years.
to strive with determination
From this reading But the two men involved had to buck more than physical laws; and so the project was finished, over, done with.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the two men involved had to buck more than physical laws; and so the project was finished, over, done with.
plural of “designer” — a person who specializes in interior design
From this reading The same problem rocket designers have been struggling with for five years.
having finished or arrived at completion
From this reading But the two men involved had to buck more than physical laws; and so the project was finished, over, done with.
(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state
From this reading But the two men involved had to buck more than physical laws; and so the project was finished, over, done with.
the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
From this reading The same problem rocket designers have been struggling with for five years.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The same problem rocket designers have been struggling with for five years.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading So we've got it.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But the two men involved had to buck more than physical laws; and so the project was finished, over, done with.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The same problem rocket designers have been struggling with for five years.
connected by participation or association or use
From this reading But the two men involved had to buck more than physical laws; and so the project was finished, over, done with.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _It was a terrific theory and it would send Man to the stars.
the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit
From this reading But the two men involved had to buck more than physical laws; and so the project was finished, over, done with.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading _It was a terrific theory and it would send Man to the stars.
the force of workers available
From this reading But the two men involved had to buck more than physical laws; and so the project was finished, over, done with.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading But the two men involved had to buck more than physical laws; and so the project was finished, over, done with.
above and across; more than
From this reading But the two men involved had to buck more than physical laws; and so the project was finished, over, done with.
involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit
From this reading But the two men involved had to buck more than physical laws; and so the project was finished, over, done with.
a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
From this reading The same problem rocket designers have been struggling with for five years.
communicate vividly
From this reading But the two men involved had to buck more than physical laws; and so the project was finished, over, done with.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Unless...._ "All right!
any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
From this reading The same problem rocket designers have been struggling with for five years.
Identical; not different.
From this reading The same problem rocket designers have been struggling with for five years.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading _It was a terrific theory and it would send Man to the stars.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But the two men involved had to buck more than physical laws; and so the project was finished, over, done with.
plural of “star” — (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
From this reading _It was a terrific theory and it would send Man to the stars.
engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity
From this reading The same problem rocket designers have been struggling with for five years.
very great or intense
From this reading _It was a terrific theory and it would send Man to the stars.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading But the two men involved had to buck more than physical laws; and so the project was finished, over, done with.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _It was a terrific theory and it would send Man to the stars.
a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
From this reading _It was a terrific theory and it would send Man to the stars.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _It was a terrific theory and it would send Man to the stars.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading But the two men involved had to buck more than physical laws; and so the project was finished, over, done with.
except if; if not
From this reading Unless...._ "All right!
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _It was a terrific theory and it would send Man to the stars.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading So we've got it.
in the company of; together with
From this reading But the two men involved had to buck more than physical laws; and so the project was finished, over, done with.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading _It was a terrific theory and it would send Man to the stars.
a late time of life
From this reading The same problem rocket designers have been struggling with for five years.
Chapter 1 of Corbow's Theory by Lee Wallot holds 493 sentences, grouped into 99 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.
Chapter 1 holds 493 sentences of Corbow's Theory, unabridged, divided into 99 reading sections.
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