Chapter 5 of The Crow's Nest is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of The Crow's Nest is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
That's the trouble with bigamy. The Revolt of Capital Once upon a time all the large corporations were controlled by labor. The whole system was exactly the opposite of what it is now. It was labor that elected the directors, and the officers too. Capital had no representatives at all in the management.
Chapter 5 of The Crow's Nest is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds
From this reading “The Revolt of Capital Once upon a time all the large corporations were controlled by labor.”
plural of “corporation” — a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state
From this reading “The Revolt of Capital Once upon a time all the large corporations were controlled by labor.”
plural of “director” — someone who controls resources and expenditures
From this reading “It was labor that elected the directors, and the officers too.”
subject to popular election
From this reading “It was labor that elected the directors, and the officers too.”
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
From this reading “The Revolt of Capital Once upon a time all the large corporations were controlled by labor.”
the act of managing something
From this reading “Capital had no representatives at all in the management.”
plural of “representative” — a person who represents others
From this reading “Capital had no representatives at all in the management.”
organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
From this reading “The Revolt of Capital Once upon a time all the large corporations were controlled by labor.”
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.
In this reading “The whole system was exactly the opposite of what it is now.”
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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 The Revolt of Capital Once upon a time all the large corporations were controlled by labor.
(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 The Revolt of Capital Once upon a time all the large corporations were controlled by labor.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was labor that elected the directors, and the officers too.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Capital had no representatives at all in the management.
the state of having two spouses at the same time
From this reading That's the trouble with bigamy.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The Revolt of Capital Once upon a time all the large corporations were controlled by labor.
assets available for use in the production of further assets
From this reading The Revolt of Capital Once upon a time all the large corporations were controlled by labor.
restrained or managed or kept within certain bounds
From this reading The Revolt of Capital Once upon a time all the large corporations were controlled by labor.
plural of “corporation” — a business firm whose articles of incorporation have been approved in some state
From this reading The Revolt of Capital Once upon a time all the large corporations were controlled by labor.
plural of “director” — someone who controls resources and expenditures
From this reading It was labor that elected the directors, and the officers too.
subject to popular election
From this reading It was labor that elected the directors, and the officers too.
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading The whole system was exactly the opposite of what it is now.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Capital had no representatives at all in the management.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Capital had no representatives at all in the management.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The whole system was exactly the opposite of what it is now.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The whole system was exactly the opposite of what it is now.
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
From this reading The Revolt of Capital Once upon a time all the large corporations were controlled by labor.
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading The Revolt of Capital Once upon a time all the large corporations were controlled by labor.
the act of managing something
From this reading Capital had no representatives at all in the management.
not any; not one
From this reading Capital had no representatives at all in the management.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading The whole system was exactly the opposite of what it is now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Revolt of Capital Once upon a time all the large corporations were controlled by labor.
plural of “officer” — any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command
From this reading It was labor that elected the directors, and the officers too.
on one occasion
From this reading The Revolt of Capital Once upon a time all the large corporations were controlled by labor.
being directly across from each other; facing
From this reading The whole system was exactly the opposite of what it is now.
plural of “representative” — a person who represents others
From this reading Capital had no representatives at all in the management.
organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
From this reading The Revolt of Capital Once upon a time all the large corporations were controlled by labor.
instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
From this reading The whole system was exactly the opposite of what it is now.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was labor that elected the directors, and the officers too.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's the trouble with bigamy.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That's the trouble with bigamy.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading The Revolt of Capital Once upon a time all the large corporations were controlled by labor.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading It was labor that elected the directors, and the officers too.
a source of difficulty
From this reading That's the trouble with bigamy.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The Revolt of Capital Once upon a time all the large corporations were controlled by labor.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The whole system was exactly the opposite of what it is now.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Revolt of Capital Once upon a time all the large corporations were controlled by labor.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The whole system was exactly the opposite of what it is now.
including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
From this reading The whole system was exactly the opposite of what it is now.
in the company of; together with
From this reading That's the trouble with bigamy.
Chapter 5 of The Crow's Nest by Clarence Day holds 448 sentences, grouped into 90 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 5 holds 448 sentences of The Crow's Nest, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
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