Chapter 9 of Corpus earthling is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Corpus earthling is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Then I went in and closed the door. At first the pills seemed to have little effect. In spite of the warning on the bottle I took a third pill. I stared fixedly at the label: K7U. I wondered what the letters symbolized. One part of K to seven parts of U?
Chapter 9 of Corpus earthling is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
From this reading “In spite of the warning on the bottle I took a third pill.”
assign a label to; designate with a label
From this reading “I stared fixedly at the label: K7U. I wondered what the letters symbolized.”
the local environment
From this reading “One part of K to seven parts of U?”
something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size
From this reading “In spite of the warning on the bottle I took a third pill.”
plural of “pill” — something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size
From this reading “At first the pills seemed to have little effect.”
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “I stared fixedly at the label: K7U. I wondered what the letters symbolized.”
past form of “symbolize” — express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
From this reading “I stared fixedly at the label: K7U. I wondered what the letters symbolized.”
a message informing of danger
From this reading “In spite of the warning on the bottle I took a third pill.”
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 “I stared fixedly at the label: K7U. I wondered what the letters symbolized.”
In this reading “In spite of the warning on the bottle I took a third pill.”
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From this reading I stared fixedly at the label: K7U. I wondered what the letters symbolized.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading In spite of the warning on the bottle I took a third pill.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then I went in and closed the door.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At first the pills seemed to have little effect.
a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
From this reading In spite of the warning on the bottle I took a third pill.
not open or affording passage or access
From this reading Then I went in and closed the door.
a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle
From this reading Then I went in and closed the door.
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
From this reading At first the pills seemed to have little effect.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading At first the pills seemed to have little effect.
in a fixed manner
From this reading I stared fixedly at the label: K7U. I wondered what the letters symbolized.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading At first the pills seemed to have little effect.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Then I went in and closed the door.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then I went in and closed the door.
the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading I stared fixedly at the label: K7U. I wondered what the letters symbolized.
assign a label to; designate with a label
From this reading I stared fixedly at the label: K7U. I wondered what the letters symbolized.
the literary culture
From this reading I stared fixedly at the label: K7U. I wondered what the letters symbolized.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading At first the pills seemed to have little effect.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In spite of the warning on the bottle I took a third pill.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In spite of the warning on the bottle I took a third pill.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One part of K to seven parts of U?
something determined in relation to something that includes it
From this reading One part of K to seven parts of U?
the local environment
From this reading One part of K to seven parts of U?
something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size
From this reading In spite of the warning on the bottle I took a third pill.
plural of “pill” — something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size
From this reading At first the pills seemed to have little effect.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading At first the pills seemed to have little effect.
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading One part of K to seven parts of U?
feeling a need to see others suffer
From this reading In spite of the warning on the bottle I took a third pill.
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading I stared fixedly at the label: K7U. I wondered what the letters symbolized.
past form of “symbolize” — express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
From this reading I stared fixedly at the label: K7U. I wondered what the letters symbolized.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then I went in and closed the door.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then I went in and closed the door.
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading In spite of the warning on the bottle I took a third pill.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At first the pills seemed to have little effect.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading In spite of the warning on the bottle I took a third pill.
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading I stared fixedly at the label: K7U. I wondered what the letters symbolized.
a message informing of danger
From this reading In spite of the warning on the bottle I took a third pill.
inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading Then I went in and closed the door.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I stared fixedly at the label: K7U. I wondered what the letters symbolized.
past form of “wonder” — have a wish or desire to know something
From this reading I stared fixedly at the label: K7U. I wondered what the letters symbolized.
Chapter 9 of Corpus earthling by Louis Charbonneau holds 411 sentences, grouped into 83 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 9 holds 411 sentences of Corpus earthling, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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