Chapter 19 of The Ocean Wireless Boys and the Naval Code is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 19 of The Ocean Wireless Boys and the Naval Code is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
WHAT A "HAYSEED" DID. Billy opened his eyes. His head swam dizzily, and he felt sick and faint. The hot sun was beating down on him, but at first he thought he was at home and in bed. Then he began to remember.
Chapter 19 of The Ocean Wireless Boys and the Naval Code is here in full — 125 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the act of overcoming or outdoing
From this reading “The hot sun was beating down on him, but at first he thought he was at home and in bed.”
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading “Billy opened his eyes.”
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading “His head swam dizzily, and he felt sick and faint.”
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading “The hot sun was beating down on him, but at first he thought he was at home and in bed.”
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading “Billy opened his eyes.”
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading “His head swam dizzily, and he felt sick and faint.”
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading “The hot sun was beating down on him, but at first he thought he was at home and in bed.”
inflected form of “swim” — travel through water
From this reading “His head swam dizzily, and he felt sick and faint.”
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In this reading “The hot sun was beating down on him, but at first he thought he was at home and in bed.”
a reception held in your own home
In this reading “The hot sun was beating down on him, but at first he thought he was at home and in bed.”
In this reading “His head swam dizzily, and he felt sick and faint.”
In this reading “The hot sun was beating down on him, but at first he thought he was at home and in bed.”
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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 A "HAYSEED" DID.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading His head swam dizzily, and he felt sick and faint.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The hot sun was beating down on him, but at first he thought he was at home and in bed.
the act of overcoming or outdoing
From this reading The hot sun was beating down on him, but at first he thought he was at home and in bed.
a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep
From this reading The hot sun was beating down on him, but at first he thought he was at home and in bed.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Then he began to remember.
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
From this reading Billy opened his eyes.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The hot sun was beating down on him, but at first he thought he was at home and in bed.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading WHAT A "HAYSEED" DID.
in a giddy light-headed manner
From this reading His head swam dizzily, and he felt sick and faint.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading The hot sun was beating down on him, but at first he thought he was at home and in bed.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Billy opened his eyes.
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
From this reading His head swam dizzily, and he felt sick and faint.
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading His head swam dizzily, and he felt sick and faint.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading The hot sun was beating down on him, but at first he thought he was at home and in bed.
a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
From this reading WHAT A "HAYSEED" DID.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading His head swam dizzily, and he felt sick and faint.
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading His head swam dizzily, and he felt sick and faint.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The hot sun was beating down on him, but at first he thought he was at home and in bed.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Billy opened his eyes.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading The hot sun was beating down on him, but at first he thought he was at home and in bed.
used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning
From this reading The hot sun was beating down on him, but at first he thought he was at home and in bed.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The hot sun was beating down on him, but at first he thought he was at home and in bed.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The hot sun was beating down on him, but at first he thought he was at home and in bed.
used of mouth or eyes
From this reading Billy opened his eyes.
To recall to mind.
From this reading Then he began to remember.
affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
From this reading His head swam dizzily, and he felt sick and faint.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading The hot sun was beating down on him, but at first he thought he was at home and in bed.
inflected form of “swim” — travel through water
From this reading His head swam dizzily, and he felt sick and faint.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The hot sun was beating down on him, but at first he thought he was at home and in bed.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then he began to remember.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading The hot sun was beating down on him, but at first he thought he was at home and in bed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then he began to remember.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The hot sun was beating down on him, but at first he thought he was at home and in bed.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading WHAT A "HAYSEED" DID.
Chapter 19 of The Ocean Wireless Boys and the Naval Code by John Henry Goldfrap holds 125 sentences, grouped into 25 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 19 holds 125 sentences of The Ocean Wireless Boys and the Naval Code, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
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