Chapter 9 of The Young Wireless Operator—With the Oyster Fleet is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of The Young Wireless Operator—With the Oyster Fleet is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
UNDER A CLOUD For a moment the captain stared blankly into his bunk. Then, "The little rip!" he cried. "I never would have believed it of him. Seemed such a nice, clean kid, too." Energetic in all things, the captain began to fire up.
Chapter 9 of The Young Wireless Operator—With the Oyster Fleet is here in full — 157 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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in a blank and uncomprehending manner
From this reading “UNDER A CLOUD For a moment the captain stared blankly into his bunk.”
a long trough for feeding cattle
From this reading “UNDER A CLOUD For a moment the captain stared blankly into his bunk.”
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
From this reading “Seemed such a nice, clean kid, too."”
make overcast or cloudy
From this reading “UNDER A CLOUD For a moment the captain stared blankly into his bunk.”
possessing or exerting or displaying energy
From this reading “Energetic in all things, the captain began to fire up.”
tell false information to for fun
From this reading “Seemed such a nice, clean kid, too."”
tear or be torn violently
From this reading “Then, "The little rip!" he cried.”
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “UNDER A CLOUD For a moment the captain stared blankly into his bunk.”
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 “UNDER A CLOUD For a moment the captain stared blankly into his bunk.”
temporarily
In this reading “UNDER A CLOUD For a moment the captain stared blankly into his bunk.”
In this reading “Energetic in all things, the captain began to fire up.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 UNDER A CLOUD For a moment the captain stared blankly into his bunk.
(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 Energetic in all things, the captain began to fire up.
inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
From this reading Energetic in all things, the captain began to fire up.
past form of “believe” — accept as true; take to be true
From this reading "I never would have believed it of him.
in a blank and uncomprehending manner
From this reading UNDER A CLOUD For a moment the captain stared blankly into his bunk.
a long trough for feeding cattle
From this reading UNDER A CLOUD For a moment the captain stared blankly into his bunk.
an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant
From this reading UNDER A CLOUD For a moment the captain stared blankly into his bunk.
free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits
From this reading Seemed such a nice, clean kid, too."
make overcast or cloudy
From this reading UNDER A CLOUD For a moment the captain stared blankly into his bunk.
inflected form of “cry” — utter a sudden loud cry
From this reading Then, "The little rip!" he cried.
possessing or exerting or displaying energy
From this reading Energetic in all things, the captain began to fire up.
start firing a weapon
From this reading Energetic in all things, the captain began to fire up.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading UNDER A CLOUD For a moment the captain stared blankly into his bunk.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I never would have believed it of him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then, "The little rip!" he cried.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I never would have believed it of him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading UNDER A CLOUD For a moment the captain stared blankly into his bunk.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I never would have believed it of him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Energetic in all things, the captain began to fire up.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading UNDER A CLOUD For a moment the captain stared blankly into his bunk.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I never would have believed it of him.
tell false information to for fun
From this reading Seemed such a nice, clean kid, too."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Then, "The little rip!" he cried.
a particular point in time
From this reading UNDER A CLOUD For a moment the captain stared blankly into his bunk.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "I never would have believed it of him.
pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance
From this reading Seemed such a nice, clean kid, too."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "I never would have believed it of him.
tear or be torn violently
From this reading Then, "The little rip!" he cried.
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Seemed such a nice, clean kid, too."
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading UNDER A CLOUD For a moment the captain stared blankly into his bunk.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Seemed such a nice, clean kid, too."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading UNDER A CLOUD For a moment the captain stared blankly into his bunk.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading Then, "The little rip!" he cried.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading Energetic in all things, the captain began to fire up.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Energetic in all things, the captain began to fire up.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading Seemed such a nice, clean kid, too."
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading UNDER A CLOUD For a moment the captain stared blankly into his bunk.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Energetic in all things, the captain began to fire up.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "I never would have believed it of him.
Chapter 9 of The Young Wireless Operator—With the Oyster Fleet by Lewis E. (Lewis Edwin) Theiss holds 157 sentences, grouped into 32 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 9 holds 157 sentences of The Young Wireless Operator—With the Oyster Fleet, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
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