Word: intermittente
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Under the new system, the preliminary warning will be announced by a continuous blast of the siren for two minutes. When the raiders are nearly overhead, an intermittent sounding of the siren will be given. Finally, the all clear signal will be broadcast by telephone or by whatever method the...
The Navy was gradually getting the better of U-boats in the Atlantic. At the same time the first chill of autumn, bringing intermittent fogs, marked the opening of better weather for submarines. But possibly neither of these things was so important last week as the launching of a vessel...
At week's end the weather opened up enough for larger flights to operate. From the southern English coast Britons watched them wheeling over, then heard from the coast of France the intermittent crash of their bombs. It was one of the heaviest raids the invasion coast had ever...
From the north came the intermittent pop-popping of small-arms fire as patrols bumped and broke off again, but except for an occasional door-slamming bang from the guns the artillery was silent. In the woods the pilots climbed into their seats, fastened their helmets and parachute straps. The...
Toward the high-keyed intermittent squeak of broken carriage-springs, made by