Chapter 3 of Corpus earthling is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of Corpus earthling is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Yeah," a student called from the back of the room. "He lets the dragon gobble up a couple of the other guys." "Right!" I said with exaggerated enthusiasm. "Miss Hendricks, would you read that passage for us?"
Chapter 3 of Corpus earthling is here in full — 416 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
From this reading “"He lets the dragon gobble up a couple of the other guys."”
a feeling of excitement
From this reading “I said with exaggerated enthusiasm.”
represented as greater than is true or reasonable
From this reading “I said with exaggerated enthusiasm.”
eat hastily without proper chewing
From this reading “"He lets the dragon gobble up a couple of the other guys."”
plural of “guy” — an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading “"He lets the dragon gobble up a couple of the other guys."”
plural of “let” — a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India
From this reading “"He lets the dragon gobble up a couple of the other guys."”
a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
From this reading “"Yeah," a student called from the back of the room.”
not only so, but
From this reading “"Yeah," a student called from the back of the room.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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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 "Yeah," a student called from the back of the room.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading "Yeah," a student called from the back of the room.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "Yeah," a student called from the back of the room.
a pair who associate with one another
From this reading "He lets the dragon gobble up a couple of the other guys."
a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings
From this reading "He lets the dragon gobble up a couple of the other guys."
a feeling of excitement
From this reading I said with exaggerated enthusiasm.
represented as greater than is true or reasonable
From this reading I said with exaggerated enthusiasm.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Miss Hendricks, would you read that passage for us?"
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Yeah," a student called from the back of the room.
eat hastily without proper chewing
From this reading "He lets the dragon gobble up a couple of the other guys."
plural of “guy” — an informal term for a youth or man
From this reading "He lets the dragon gobble up a couple of the other guys."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "He lets the dragon gobble up a couple of the other guys."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Miss Hendricks, would you read that passage for us?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I said with exaggerated enthusiasm.
plural of “let” — a brutal terrorist group active in Kashmir; fights against India with the goal of restoring Islamic rule of India
From this reading "He lets the dragon gobble up a couple of the other guys."
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
From this reading "Miss Hendricks, would you read that passage for us?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Yeah," a student called from the back of the room.
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading "He lets the dragon gobble up a couple of the other guys."
the act of passing from one state or place to the next
From this reading "Miss Hendricks, would you read that passage for us?"
interpret something that is written or printed
From this reading "Miss Hendricks, would you read that passage for us?"
precisely, exactly
From this reading "Right!"
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading "Yeah," a student called from the back of the room.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading I said with exaggerated enthusiasm.
a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
From this reading "Yeah," a student called from the back of the room.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Miss Hendricks, would you read that passage for us?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Yeah," a student called from the back of the room.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading "He lets the dragon gobble up a couple of the other guys."
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Miss Hendricks, would you read that passage for us?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading I said with exaggerated enthusiasm.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Miss Hendricks, would you read that passage for us?"
not only so, but
From this reading "Yeah," a student called from the back of the room.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Miss Hendricks, would you read that passage for us?"
Chapter 3 of Corpus earthling by Louis Charbonneau holds 416 sentences, grouped into 84 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 3 holds 416 sentences of Corpus earthling, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 3 of Corpus earthling by Louis Charbonneau exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 416 sentences, grouped into 84 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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