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1783
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From this reading In 1783, before the Montgolfier brothers had built their fire-balloon, and Charles, the physician, had devised his first aerostat, a few adventurous spirits had dreamt of the conquest of space by mechanical means.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading And in a few years—as we can foresee—a more practical utilization of electricity will do much towards that solution.
adventurous
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From this reading In 1783, before the Montgolfier brothers had built their fire-balloon, and Charles, the physician, had devised his first aerostat, a few adventurous spirits had dreamt of the conquest of space by mechanical means.
aerostat
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From this reading In 1783, before the Montgolfier brothers had built their fire-balloon, and Charles, the physician, had devised his first aerostat, a few adventurous spirits had dreamt of the conquest of space by mechanical means.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “When will man cease to crawl in the depths to live in the azure and quiet of the sky?”
answer
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From this reading To this question of Camille Flammarion’s the answer is easy.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And in a few years—as we can foresee—a more practical utilization of electricity will do much towards that solution.
aviation
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From this reading It will be when the progress of mechanics has enabled us to solve the problem of aviation.
azure
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From this reading “When will man cease to crawl in the depths to live in the azure and quiet of the sky?”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It will be when the progress of mechanics has enabled us to solve the problem of aviation.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading In 1783, before the Montgolfier brothers had built their fire-balloon, and Charles, the physician, had devised his first aerostat, a few adventurous spirits had dreamt of the conquest of space by mechanical means.
brothers
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From this reading In 1783, before the Montgolfier brothers had built their fire-balloon, and Charles, the physician, had devised his first aerostat, a few adventurous spirits had dreamt of the conquest of space by mechanical means.
built
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From this reading In 1783, before the Montgolfier brothers had built their fire-balloon, and Charles, the physician, had devised his first aerostat, a few adventurous spirits had dreamt of the conquest of space by mechanical means.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In 1783, before the Montgolfier brothers had built their fire-balloon, and Charles, the physician, had devised his first aerostat, a few adventurous spirits had dreamt of the conquest of space by mechanical means.
Camille
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canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading And in a few years—as we can foresee—a more practical utilization of electricity will do much towards that solution.
cease
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From this reading “When will man cease to crawl in the depths to live in the azure and quiet of the sky?”
Charles
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From this reading In 1783, before the Montgolfier brothers had built their fire-balloon, and Charles, the physician, had devised his first aerostat, a few adventurous spirits had dreamt of the conquest of space by mechanical means.
conquest
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From this reading In 1783, before the Montgolfier brothers had built their fire-balloon, and Charles, the physician, had devised his first aerostat, a few adventurous spirits had dreamt of the conquest of space by mechanical means.
crawl
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From this reading “When will man cease to crawl in the depths to live in the azure and quiet of the sky?”
depths
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From this reading “When will man cease to crawl in the depths to live in the azure and quiet of the sky?”
devised
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From this reading In 1783, before the Montgolfier brothers had built their fire-balloon, and Charles, the physician, had devised his first aerostat, a few adventurous spirits had dreamt of the conquest of space by mechanical means.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading And in a few years—as we can foresee—a more practical utilization of electricity will do much towards that solution.
dreamtverbUS /drɛmt/
Experienced dreams during sleep.
From this reading In 1783, before the Montgolfier brothers had built their fire-balloon, and Charles, the physician, had devised his first aerostat, a few adventurous spirits had dreamt of the conquest of space by mechanical means.
easy
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From this reading To this question of Camille Flammarion’s the answer is easy.
electricity
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From this reading And in a few years—as we can foresee—a more practical utilization of electricity will do much towards that solution.
enabled
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From this reading It will be when the progress of mechanics has enabled us to solve the problem of aviation.
few
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From this reading And in a few years—as we can foresee—a more practical utilization of electricity will do much towards that solution.
fire-balloon
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From this reading In 1783, before the Montgolfier brothers had built their fire-balloon, and Charles, the physician, had devised his first aerostat, a few adventurous spirits had dreamt of the conquest of space by mechanical means.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In 1783, before the Montgolfier brothers had built their fire-balloon, and Charles, the physician, had devised his first aerostat, a few adventurous spirits had dreamt of the conquest of space by mechanical means.
Flammarion's
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From this reading To this question of Camille Flammarion’s the answer is easy.
foresee
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From this reading And in a few years—as we can foresee—a more practical utilization of electricity will do much towards that solution.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In 1783, before the Montgolfier brothers had built their fire-balloon, and Charles, the physician, had devised his first aerostat, a few adventurous spirits had dreamt of the conquest of space by mechanical means.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It will be when the progress of mechanics has enabled us to solve the problem of aviation.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In 1783, before the Montgolfier brothers had built their fire-balloon, and Charles, the physician, had devised his first aerostat, a few adventurous spirits had dreamt of the conquest of space by mechanical means.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “When will man cease to crawl in the depths to live in the azure and quiet of the sky?”
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To this question of Camille Flammarion’s the answer is easy.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It will be when the progress of mechanics has enabled us to solve the problem of aviation.
live
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From this reading “When will man cease to crawl in the depths to live in the azure and quiet of the sky?”
man
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From this reading “When will man cease to crawl in the depths to live in the azure and quiet of the sky?”
means
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From this reading In 1783, before the Montgolfier brothers had built their fire-balloon, and Charles, the physician, had devised his first aerostat, a few adventurous spirits had dreamt of the conquest of space by mechanical means.
mechanical
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From this reading In 1783, before the Montgolfier brothers had built their fire-balloon, and Charles, the physician, had devised his first aerostat, a few adventurous spirits had dreamt of the conquest of space by mechanical means.
mechanics
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From this reading It will be when the progress of mechanics has enabled us to solve the problem of aviation.
Montgolfier
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From this reading In 1783, before the Montgolfier brothers had built their fire-balloon, and Charles, the physician, had devised his first aerostat, a few adventurous spirits had dreamt of the conquest of space by mechanical means.
more
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From this reading And in a few years—as we can foresee—a more practical utilization of electricity will do much towards that solution.
much
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From this reading And in a few years—as we can foresee—a more practical utilization of electricity will do much towards that solution.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “When will man cease to crawl in the depths to live in the azure and quiet of the sky?”
physician
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From this reading In 1783, before the Montgolfier brothers had built their fire-balloon, and Charles, the physician, had devised his first aerostat, a few adventurous spirits had dreamt of the conquest of space by mechanical means.
practical
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From this reading And in a few years—as we can foresee—a more practical utilization of electricity will do much towards that solution.
problem
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From this reading It will be when the progress of mechanics has enabled us to solve the problem of aviation.
progress
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From this reading It will be when the progress of mechanics has enabled us to solve the problem of aviation.
questionnounUS /ˈquestion/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading To this question of Camille Flammarion’s the answer is easy.
quiet
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From this reading “When will man cease to crawl in the depths to live in the azure and quiet of the sky?”
sky
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From this reading “When will man cease to crawl in the depths to live in the azure and quiet of the sky?”
solution
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From this reading And in a few years—as we can foresee—a more practical utilization of electricity will do much towards that solution.
solve
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From this reading It will be when the progress of mechanics has enabled us to solve the problem of aviation.
space
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From this reading In 1783, before the Montgolfier brothers had built their fire-balloon, and Charles, the physician, had devised his first aerostat, a few adventurous spirits had dreamt of the conquest of space by mechanical means.
spirits
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From this reading In 1783, before the Montgolfier brothers had built their fire-balloon, and Charles, the physician, had devised his first aerostat, a few adventurous spirits had dreamt of the conquest of space by mechanical means.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And in a few years—as we can foresee—a more practical utilization of electricity will do much towards that solution.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “When will man cease to crawl in the depths to live in the azure and quiet of the sky?”
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading In 1783, before the Montgolfier brothers had built their fire-balloon, and Charles, the physician, had devised his first aerostat, a few adventurous spirits had dreamt of the conquest of space by mechanical means.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading To this question of Camille Flammarion’s the answer is easy.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “When will man cease to crawl in the depths to live in the azure and quiet of the sky?”
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading And in a few years—as we can foresee—a more practical utilization of electricity will do much towards that solution.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It will be when the progress of mechanics has enabled us to solve the problem of aviation.
utilization
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From this reading And in a few years—as we can foresee—a more practical utilization of electricity will do much towards that solution.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading And in a few years—as we can foresee—a more practical utilization of electricity will do much towards that solution.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading “When will man cease to crawl in the depths to live in the azure and quiet of the sky?”
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “When will man cease to crawl in the depths to live in the azure and quiet of the sky?”
years
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From this reading And in a few years—as we can foresee—a more practical utilization of electricity will do much towards that solution.
