Chapter 1 of Radio Boys Loyalty is here in full — 44 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Radio Boys Loyalty is here in full — 44 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"They've got a splendid broadcasting station at the Tech, Bill." "I know it; hence my general exuberance. And if we don't get at it once in a while, it'll be because we can't break in." "What do you want to shout into it first off?" "Why, I thought you knew, Gus.
Chapter 1 of Radio Boys Loyalty is here in full — 44 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a medium that disseminates via telecommunications
From this reading “"They've got a splendid broadcasting station at the Tech, Bill."”
joyful enthusiasm
From this reading “"I know it; hence my general exuberance.”
plural of “gu” — the largest and southernmost island in the Marianas which is administered as a territory of the United States; it was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898
From this reading “"Why, I thought you knew, Gus.”
for this reason
From this reading “"I know it; hence my general exuberance.”
utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking)
From this reading “"What do you want to shout into it first off?"”
having great beauty and splendor
From this reading “"They've got a splendid broadcasting station at the Tech, Bill."”
a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
From this reading “"They've got a splendid broadcasting station at the Tech, Bill."”
a school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences
From this reading “"They've got a splendid broadcasting station at the Tech, Bill."”
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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 "They've got a splendid broadcasting station at the Tech, Bill."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And if we don't get at it once in a while, it'll be because we can't break in."
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "They've got a splendid broadcasting station at the Tech, Bill."
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And if we don't get at it once in a while, it'll be because we can't break in."
for the reason that
From this reading And if we don't get at it once in a while, it'll be because we can't break in."
a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading "They've got a splendid broadcasting station at the Tech, Bill."
terminate
From this reading And if we don't get at it once in a while, it'll be because we can't break in."
a medium that disseminates via telecommunications
From this reading "They've got a splendid broadcasting station at the Tech, Bill."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And if we don't get at it once in a while, it'll be because we can't break in."
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "What do you want to shout into it first off?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And if we don't get at it once in a while, it'll be because we can't break in."
joyful enthusiasm
From this reading "I know it; hence my general exuberance.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading "What do you want to shout into it first off?"
applying to all or most members of a category or group
From this reading "I know it; hence my general exuberance.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading And if we don't get at it once in a while, it'll be because we can't break in."
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "They've got a splendid broadcasting station at the Tech, Bill."
plural of “gu” — the largest and southernmost island in the Marianas which is administered as a territory of the United States; it was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898
From this reading "Why, I thought you knew, Gus.
for this reason
From this reading "I know it; hence my general exuberance.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I know it; hence my general exuberance.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading And if we don't get at it once in a while, it'll be because we can't break in."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And if we don't get at it once in a while, it'll be because we can't break in."
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "What do you want to shout into it first off?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I know it; hence my general exuberance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And if we don't get at it once in a while, it'll be because we can't break in."
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "Why, I thought you knew, Gus.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading "I know it; hence my general exuberance.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I know it; hence my general exuberance.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading "What do you want to shout into it first off?"
on one occasion
From this reading And if we don't get at it once in a while, it'll be because we can't break in."
utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking)
From this reading "What do you want to shout into it first off?"
having great beauty and splendor
From this reading "They've got a splendid broadcasting station at the Tech, Bill."
a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose
From this reading "They've got a splendid broadcasting station at the Tech, Bill."
a school teaching mechanical and industrial arts and the applied sciences
From this reading "They've got a splendid broadcasting station at the Tech, Bill."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "They've got a splendid broadcasting station at the Tech, Bill."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "They've got a splendid broadcasting station at the Tech, Bill."
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading "Why, I thought you knew, Gus.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "What do you want to shout into it first off?"
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "What do you want to shout into it first off?"
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading And if we don't get at it once in a while, it'll be because we can't break in."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What do you want to shout into it first off?"
during the time that
From this reading And if we don't get at it once in a while, it'll be because we can't break in."
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why, I thought you knew, Gus.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "What do you want to shout into it first off?"
Chapter 1 of Radio Boys Loyalty by Wayne Whipple holds 44 sentences, grouped into 9 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 1 holds 44 sentences of Radio Boys Loyalty, unabridged, divided into 9 reading sections.
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