Chapter 20 of The Young Wireless Operator—Afloat is here in full — 113 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 20 of The Young Wireless Operator—Afloat is here in full — 113 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Poor Roy! He had come back expecting a warm welcome from the captain and had been greeted with a reprimand. He backed out of the captain’s room, and hot tears welled to his eyes despite his effort to suppress them. He believed that he had come to understand his captain. He believed that his roughness was but a mask for a great heart.
Chapter 20 of The Young Wireless Operator—Afloat is here in full — 113 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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having a back or backing, usually of a specified type
From this reading “He backed out of the captain’s room, and hot tears welled to his eyes despite his effort to suppress them.”
possessive form of “captain” — an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
although something is true; in spite of
From this reading “He backed out of the captain’s room, and hot tears welled to his eyes despite his effort to suppress them.”
-ing form of “expect” — regard something as probable or likely
From this reading “He had come back expecting a warm welcome from the captain and had been greeted with a reprimand.”
hide under a false appearance
From this reading “He believed that his roughness was but a mask for a great heart.”
rebuke formally
From this reading “He had come back expecting a warm welcome from the captain and had been greeted with a reprimand.”
a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
From this reading “He believed that his roughness was but a mask for a great heart.”
bring under control by force or authority
From this reading “He backed out of the captain’s room, and hot tears welled to his eyes despite his effort to suppress them.”
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In this reading “He backed out of the captain’s room, and hot tears welled to his eyes despite his effort to suppress them.”
be restored
In this reading “He had come back expecting a warm welcome from the captain and had been greeted with a reprimand.”
In this reading “He had come back expecting a warm welcome from the captain and had been greeted with a reprimand.”
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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 He had come back expecting a warm welcome from the captain and had been greeted with a reprimand.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had come back expecting a warm welcome from the captain and had been greeted with a reprimand.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading He had come back expecting a warm welcome from the captain and had been greeted with a reprimand.
having a back or backing, usually of a specified type
From this reading He backed out of the captain’s room, and hot tears welled to his eyes despite his effort to suppress them.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had come back expecting a warm welcome from the captain and had been greeted with a reprimand.
past form of “believe” — accept as true; take to be true
From this reading He believed that he had come to understand his captain.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He believed that his roughness was but a mask for a great heart.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading He had come back expecting a warm welcome from the captain and had been greeted with a reprimand.
possessive form of “captain” — an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading He backed out of the captain’s room, and hot tears welled to his eyes despite his effort to suppress them.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading He had come back expecting a warm welcome from the captain and had been greeted with a reprimand.
although something is true; in spite of
From this reading He backed out of the captain’s room, and hot tears welled to his eyes despite his effort to suppress them.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading He backed out of the captain’s room, and hot tears welled to his eyes despite his effort to suppress them.
-ing form of “expect” — regard something as probable or likely
From this reading He had come back expecting a warm welcome from the captain and had been greeted with a reprimand.
opinion or judgment
From this reading He backed out of the captain’s room, and hot tears welled to his eyes despite his effort to suppress them.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He believed that his roughness was but a mask for a great heart.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He had come back expecting a warm welcome from the captain and had been greeted with a reprimand.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading He believed that his roughness was but a mask for a great heart.
past form of “greet” — express greetings upon meeting someone
From this reading He had come back expecting a warm welcome from the captain and had been greeted with a reprimand.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had come back expecting a warm welcome from the captain and had been greeted with a reprimand.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had come back expecting a warm welcome from the captain and had been greeted with a reprimand.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading He believed that his roughness was but a mask for a great heart.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He backed out of the captain’s room, and hot tears welled to his eyes despite his effort to suppress them.
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 He backed out of the captain’s room, and hot tears welled to his eyes despite his effort to suppress them.
hide under a false appearance
From this reading He believed that his roughness was but a mask for a great heart.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He backed out of the captain’s room, and hot tears welled to his eyes despite his effort to suppress them.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading He backed out of the captain’s room, and hot tears welled to his eyes despite his effort to suppress them.
deserving or inciting pity
From this reading Poor Roy!
rebuke formally
From this reading He had come back expecting a warm welcome from the captain and had been greeted with a reprimand.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading He backed out of the captain’s room, and hot tears welled to his eyes despite his effort to suppress them.
a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
From this reading He believed that his roughness was but a mask for a great heart.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Poor Roy!
bring under control by force or authority
From this reading He backed out of the captain’s room, and hot tears welled to his eyes despite his effort to suppress them.
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
From this reading He backed out of the captain’s room, and hot tears welled to his eyes despite his effort to suppress them.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He believed that he had come to understand his captain.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He had come back expecting a warm welcome from the captain and had been greeted with a reprimand.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He backed out of the captain’s room, and hot tears welled to his eyes despite his effort to suppress them.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He backed out of the captain’s room, and hot tears welled to his eyes despite his effort to suppress them.
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
From this reading He believed that he had come to understand his captain.
having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat
From this reading He had come back expecting a warm welcome from the captain and had been greeted with a reprimand.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He believed that his roughness was but a mask for a great heart.
accept gladly
From this reading He had come back expecting a warm welcome from the captain and had been greeted with a reprimand.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He backed out of the captain’s room, and hot tears welled to his eyes despite his effort to suppress them.
in the company of; together with
From this reading He had come back expecting a warm welcome from the captain and had been greeted with a reprimand.
Chapter 20 of The Young Wireless Operator—Afloat by Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) Theiss holds 113 sentences, grouped into 23 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 20 holds 113 sentences of The Young Wireless Operator—Afloat, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
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