Chapter XIX of The Young Wireless Operator—Afloat, “Back into the Storm,” is here in full — 338 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XIX
Chapter XIX of The Young Wireless Operator—Afloat, “Back into the Storm,” is here in full — 338 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The rising waters forced him again to seek safety. He struggled through them and reached dry land. He was almost exhausted. He had had no food since supper time the night before. For hours he had been exposed to wind and water.
Chapter XIX of The Young Wireless Operator—Afloat, “Back into the Storm,” is here in full — 338 sentences across 68 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
From this reading “He was almost exhausted.”
with no protection or shield
From this reading “For hours he had been exposed to wind and water.”
produced by or subjected to forcing
From this reading “The rising waters forced him again to seek safety.”
the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
From this reading “The rising waters forced him again to seek safety.”
try to get or reach
From this reading “The rising waters forced him again to seek safety.”
past form of “struggle” — make a strenuous or labored effort
From this reading “He struggled through them and reached dry land.”
a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
From this reading “He had had no food since supper time the night before.”
United States actress and singer (1896-1977)
From this reading “The rising waters forced him again to seek safety.”
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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the solid part of the earth's surface
In this reading “He struggled through them and reached dry land.”
In this reading “The rising waters forced him again to seek safety.”
In this reading “He was almost exhausted.”
In this reading “For hours he had been exposed to wind and water.”
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.
anew
From this reading The rising waters forced him again to seek safety.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading He was almost exhausted.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He struggled through them and reached dry land.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading For hours he had been exposed to wind and water.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading He had had no food since supper time the night before.
free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
From this reading He struggled through them and reached dry land.
drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
From this reading He was almost exhausted.
with no protection or shield
From this reading For hours he had been exposed to wind and water.
any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue
From this reading He had had no food since supper time the night before.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For hours he had been exposed to wind and water.
produced by or subjected to forcing
From this reading The rising waters forced him again to seek safety.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had had no food since supper time the night before.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He struggled through them and reached dry land.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The rising waters forced him again to seek safety.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading For hours he had been exposed to wind and water.
the land on which real estate is located
From this reading He struggled through them and reached dry land.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading He had had no food since supper time the night before.
not any; not one
From this reading He had had no food since supper time the night before.
past form of “reach” — reach a destination, either real or abstract
From this reading He struggled through them and reached dry land.
advancing or becoming higher or greater in degree or value or status
From this reading The rising waters forced him again to seek safety.
the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions
From this reading The rising waters forced him again to seek safety.
try to get or reach
From this reading The rising waters forced him again to seek safety.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading He had had no food since supper time the night before.
past form of “struggle” — make a strenuous or labored effort
From this reading He struggled through them and reached dry land.
a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
From this reading He had had no food since supper time the night before.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The rising waters forced him again to seek safety.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He struggled through them and reached dry land.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading He struggled through them and reached dry land.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading He had had no food since supper time the night before.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The rising waters forced him again to seek safety.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was almost exhausted.
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading For hours he had been exposed to wind and water.
United States actress and singer (1896-1977)
From this reading The rising waters forced him again to seek safety.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading For hours he had been exposed to wind and water.
Chapter 19 of The Young Wireless Operator—Afloat by Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) Theiss holds 338 sentences, grouped into 68 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 338 sentences of The Young Wireless Operator—Afloat, unabridged, divided into 68 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 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 338 sentences, grouped into 68 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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