Chapter 12 of The Radio Detectives is here in full — 211 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Radio Detectives is here in full — 211 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE CONFESSION Before the conversation could be continued, the desk telephone rang and Mr. Pauling instantly answered. “Hello!” the boys heard him say. “Hello! Good! Right away.
Chapter 12 of The Radio Detectives is here in full — 211 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading “THE CONFESSION Before the conversation could be continued, the desk telephone rang and Mr. Pauling instantly answered.”
the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
From this reading “THE CONFESSION Before the conversation could be continued, the desk telephone rang and Mr. Pauling instantly answered.”
a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
From this reading “THE CONFESSION Before the conversation could be continued, the desk telephone rang and Mr. Pauling instantly answered.”
an expression of greeting
From this reading ““Hello!” the boys heard him say.”
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading “THE CONFESSION Before the conversation could be continued, the desk telephone rang and Mr. Pauling instantly answered.”
United States chemist who studied the nature of chemical bonding (1901-1994)
From this reading “THE CONFESSION Before the conversation could be continued, the desk telephone rang and Mr. Pauling instantly answered.”
inflected form of “ring” — sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading “THE CONFESSION Before the conversation could be continued, the desk telephone rang and Mr. Pauling instantly answered.”
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading “THE CONFESSION Before the conversation could be continued, the desk telephone rang and Mr. Pauling instantly answered.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE CONFESSION Before the conversation could be continued, the desk telephone rang and Mr. Pauling instantly answered.
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading THE CONFESSION Before the conversation could be continued, the desk telephone rang and Mr. Pauling instantly answered.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Right away.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading THE CONFESSION Before the conversation could be continued, the desk telephone rang and Mr. Pauling instantly answered.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading THE CONFESSION Before the conversation could be continued, the desk telephone rang and Mr. Pauling instantly answered.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading “Hello!” the boys heard him say.
an admission of misdeeds or faults
From this reading THE CONFESSION Before the conversation could be continued, the desk telephone rang and Mr. Pauling instantly answered.
without stop or interruption
From this reading THE CONFESSION Before the conversation could be continued, the desk telephone rang and Mr. Pauling instantly answered.
the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.
From this reading THE CONFESSION Before the conversation could be continued, the desk telephone rang and Mr. Pauling instantly answered.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading THE CONFESSION Before the conversation could be continued, the desk telephone rang and Mr. Pauling instantly answered.
a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
From this reading THE CONFESSION Before the conversation could be continued, the desk telephone rang and Mr. Pauling instantly answered.
having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
From this reading Good!
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading “Hello!” the boys heard him say.
an expression of greeting
From this reading “Hello!” the boys heard him say.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Hello!” the boys heard him say.
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
From this reading THE CONFESSION Before the conversation could be continued, the desk telephone rang and Mr. Pauling instantly answered.
a form of address for a man
From this reading THE CONFESSION Before the conversation could be continued, the desk telephone rang and Mr. Pauling instantly answered.
United States chemist who studied the nature of chemical bonding (1901-1994)
From this reading THE CONFESSION Before the conversation could be continued, the desk telephone rang and Mr. Pauling instantly answered.
inflected form of “ring” — sound loudly and sonorously
From this reading THE CONFESSION Before the conversation could be continued, the desk telephone rang and Mr. Pauling instantly answered.
precisely, exactly
From this reading Right away.
express in words
From this reading “Hello!” the boys heard him say.
electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
From this reading THE CONFESSION Before the conversation could be continued, the desk telephone rang and Mr. Pauling instantly answered.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CONFESSION Before the conversation could be continued, the desk telephone rang and Mr. Pauling instantly answered.
Chapter 12 of The Radio Detectives by A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt) Verrill holds 211 sentences, grouped into 43 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 12 holds 211 sentences of The Radio Detectives, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Radio Detectives by A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt) Verrill exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 211 sentences, grouped into 43 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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