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Chapter 2 of How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
CELLS AND BATTERIES. APPARATUS 1. _1. Carbon-Zinc Cell._ Fig. 1. If you have some rubber bands you can quickly make a cell out of rods of zinc and carbon.
Chapter 2 of How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical is here in full — 195 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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equipment designed to serve a specific function
From this reading “APPARATUS 1.”
plural of “battery” — group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place
From this reading “CELLS AND BATTERIES.”
an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
From this reading “Carbon-Zinc Cell._ Fig. 1.”
plural of “cell” — any small compartment
From this reading “CELLS AND BATTERIES.”
a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading “Carbon-Zinc Cell._ Fig. 1.”
plural of “rod” — a long thin implement made of metal or wood
From this reading “If you have some rubber bands you can quickly make a cell out of rods of zinc and carbon.”
an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
From this reading “If you have some rubber bands you can quickly make a cell out of rods of zinc and carbon.”
a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende
From this reading “Carbon-Zinc Cell._ Fig. 1.”
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From this reading APPARATUS 1.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading If you have some rubber bands you can quickly make a cell out of rods of zinc and carbon.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CELLS AND BATTERIES.
equipment designed to serve a specific function
From this reading APPARATUS 1.
plural of “band” — an unofficial association of people or groups
From this reading If you have some rubber bands you can quickly make a cell out of rods of zinc and carbon.
plural of “battery” — group of guns or missile launchers operated together at one place
From this reading CELLS AND BATTERIES.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading If you have some rubber bands you can quickly make a cell out of rods of zinc and carbon.
an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds
From this reading If you have some rubber bands you can quickly make a cell out of rods of zinc and carbon.
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From this reading Carbon-Zinc Cell._ Fig. 1.
A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
From this reading Carbon-Zinc Cell._ Fig. 1.
plural of “cell” — any small compartment
From this reading CELLS AND BATTERIES.
a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading Carbon-Zinc Cell._ Fig. 1.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If you have some rubber bands you can quickly make a cell out of rods of zinc and carbon.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you have some rubber bands you can quickly make a cell out of rods of zinc and carbon.
engage in
From this reading If you have some rubber bands you can quickly make a cell out of rods of zinc and carbon.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading If you have some rubber bands you can quickly make a cell out of rods of zinc and carbon.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading If you have some rubber bands you can quickly make a cell out of rods of zinc and carbon.
with speed
From this reading If you have some rubber bands you can quickly make a cell out of rods of zinc and carbon.
plural of “rod” — a long thin implement made of metal or wood
From this reading If you have some rubber bands you can quickly make a cell out of rods of zinc and carbon.
an elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products
From this reading If you have some rubber bands you can quickly make a cell out of rods of zinc and carbon.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading If you have some rubber bands you can quickly make a cell out of rods of zinc and carbon.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If you have some rubber bands you can quickly make a cell out of rods of zinc and carbon.
a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende
From this reading If you have some rubber bands you can quickly make a cell out of rods of zinc and carbon.
Chapter 2 of How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical by Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew) St. John holds 195 sentences, grouped into 39 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.
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