Chapter 3 of The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter III
Chapter 3 of The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"WHERE IS HE?" "Professor!" hailed Dick, at the top of his lungs. "Professor!" bawled the farm hands. The red-faced farmer himself regarded the boys quizzically. "What sort of a chap is this professor of yours?" he asked with an odd intonation.
Chapter 3 of The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “bawl” — shout loudly and without restraint
From this reading “"Professor!" bawled the farm hands.”
a boy or man
From this reading “"What sort of a chap is this professor of yours?" he asked with an odd intonation.”
be a farmer; work as a farmer
From this reading “"Professor!" bawled the farm hands.”
a person who operates a farm
From this reading “The red-faced farmer himself regarded the boys quizzically.”
past form of “hail” — praise vociferously
From this reading “"Professor!" hailed Dick, at the top of his lungs.”
rise and fall of the voice pitch
From this reading “"What sort of a chap is this professor of yours?" he asked with an odd intonation.”
plural of “lung” — either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood
From this reading “"Professor!" hailed Dick, at the top of his lungs.”
not divisible by two
From this reading “"What sort of a chap is this professor of yours?" he asked with an odd intonation.”
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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 "What sort of a chap is this professor of yours?" he asked with an odd intonation.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "What sort of a chap is this professor of yours?" he asked with an odd intonation.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading "What sort of a chap is this professor of yours?" he asked with an odd intonation.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Professor!" hailed Dick, at the top of his lungs.
past form of “bawl” — shout loudly and without restraint
From this reading "Professor!" bawled the farm hands.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading The red-faced farmer himself regarded the boys quizzically.
a boy or man
From this reading "What sort of a chap is this professor of yours?" he asked with an odd intonation.
someone who is a detective
From this reading "Professor!" hailed Dick, at the top of his lungs.
be a farmer; work as a farmer
From this reading "Professor!" bawled the farm hands.
a person who operates a farm
From this reading The red-faced farmer himself regarded the boys quizzically.
past form of “hail” — praise vociferously
From this reading "Professor!" hailed Dick, at the top of his lungs.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading "Professor!" bawled the farm hands.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "WHERE IS HE?"
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The red-faced farmer himself regarded the boys quizzically.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Professor!" hailed Dick, at the top of his lungs.
rise and fall of the voice pitch
From this reading "What sort of a chap is this professor of yours?" he asked with an odd intonation.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "WHERE IS HE?"
plural of “lung” — either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood
From this reading "Professor!" hailed Dick, at the top of his lungs.
not divisible by two
From this reading "What sort of a chap is this professor of yours?" he asked with an odd intonation.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Professor!" hailed Dick, at the top of his lungs.
someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university
From this reading "Professor!" hailed Dick, at the top of his lungs.
in a quizzical and questioning manner
From this reading The red-faced farmer himself regarded the boys quizzically.
(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
From this reading The red-faced farmer himself regarded the boys quizzically.
past form of “regard” — deem to be
From this reading The red-faced farmer himself regarded the boys quizzically.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading "What sort of a chap is this professor of yours?" he asked with an odd intonation.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Professor!" hailed Dick, at the top of his lungs.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "What sort of a chap is this professor of yours?" he asked with an odd intonation.
the upper part of anything
From this reading "Professor!" hailed Dick, at the top of his lungs.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What sort of a chap is this professor of yours?" he asked with an odd intonation.
in or at the place that
From this reading "WHERE IS HE?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading "What sort of a chap is this professor of yours?" he asked with an odd intonation.
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading "What sort of a chap is this professor of yours?" he asked with an odd intonation.
Chapter 3 of The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone by Richard Bonner holds 136 sentences, grouped into 28 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 3 holds 136 sentences of The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.
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