Chapter XI of The Young Wireless Operator—Afloat, “A Lesson in Diplomacy,” is here in full — 296 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XI
Chapter XI of The Young Wireless Operator—Afloat, “A Lesson in Diplomacy,” is here in full — 296 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A few minutes later the purser stepped quietly into the wireless house. Roy sat before his operating table, his head bowed on his extended arms. “Cheer up!” called the purser. “This won’t do at all. Tell me what has happened.”
Chapter XI of The Young Wireless Operator—Afloat, “A Lesson in Diplomacy,” is here in full — 296 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
From this reading “Roy sat before his operating table, his head bowed on his extended arms.”
give encouragement to
From this reading ““Cheer up!” called the purser.”
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
From this reading “Roy sat before his operating table, his head bowed on his extended arms.”
involved in a kind of operation
From this reading “Roy sat before his operating table, his head bowed on his extended arms.”
an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare
From this reading “A few minutes later the purser stepped quietly into the wireless house.”
with low volume
From this reading “A few minutes later the purser stepped quietly into the wireless house.”
inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step
From this reading “A few minutes later the purser stepped quietly into the wireless house.”
medium for communication
From this reading “A few minutes later the purser stepped quietly into the wireless house.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “A few minutes later the purser stepped quietly into the wireless house.”
table on which the patient lies during a surgical operation
In this reading “Roy sat before his operating table, his head bowed on his extended arms.”
In this reading “Roy sat before his operating table, his head bowed on his extended arms.”
cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful
In this reading ““Cheer up!” called the purser.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A few minutes later the purser stepped quietly into the wireless house.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading “This won’t do at all.
weapons considered collectively
From this reading Roy sat before his operating table, his head bowed on his extended arms.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “This won’t do at all.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Roy sat before his operating table, his head bowed on his extended arms.
of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
From this reading Roy sat before his operating table, his head bowed on his extended arms.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “Cheer up!” called the purser.
give encouragement to
From this reading “Cheer up!” called the purser.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “This won’t do at all.
relatively long in duration; tediously protracted
From this reading Roy sat before his operating table, his head bowed on his extended arms.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading A few minutes later the purser stepped quietly into the wireless house.
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading Tell me what has happened.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Tell me what has happened.”
the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
From this reading Roy sat before his operating table, his head bowed on his extended arms.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Roy sat before his operating table, his head bowed on his extended arms.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading A few minutes later the purser stepped quietly into the wireless house.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A few minutes later the purser stepped quietly into the wireless house.
happening at a time subsequent to a reference time
From this reading A few minutes later the purser stepped quietly into the wireless house.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Tell me what has happened.”
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
From this reading A few minutes later the purser stepped quietly into the wireless house.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Roy sat before his operating table, his head bowed on his extended arms.
involved in a kind of operation
From this reading Roy sat before his operating table, his head bowed on his extended arms.
an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare
From this reading A few minutes later the purser stepped quietly into the wireless house.
with low volume
From this reading A few minutes later the purser stepped quietly into the wireless house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Roy sat before his operating table, his head bowed on his extended arms.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading Roy sat before his operating table, his head bowed on his extended arms.
inflected form of “step” — shift or move by taking a step
From this reading A few minutes later the purser stepped quietly into the wireless house.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading Roy sat before his operating table, his head bowed on his extended arms.
express in words
From this reading Tell me what has happened.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A few minutes later the purser stepped quietly into the wireless house.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “This won’t do at all.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading “Cheer up!” called the purser.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Tell me what has happened.”
medium for communication
From this reading A few minutes later the purser stepped quietly into the wireless house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “This won’t do at all.
Chapter 11 of The Young Wireless Operator—Afloat by Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) Theiss holds 296 sentences, grouped into 60 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 11 holds 296 sentences of The Young Wireless Operator—Afloat, unabridged, divided into 60 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 11 of The Young Wireless Operator—Afloat by Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) Theiss exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 296 sentences, grouped into 60 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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