Chapter 2 of Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 2 of Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"It is, is it? And I s'pose _this_ is one of them cases. Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me. Mebbe I'll be feelin' awful good-natured, and be a-laughin' and talkin'. Of a suddent, up them words'll pop, and the way he said 'em, and all.
Chapter 2 of Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher is here in full — 414 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading “Mebbe I'll be feelin' awful good-natured, and be a-laughin' and talkin'.”
plural of “case” — an occurrence of something
From this reading “And I s'pose _this_ is one of them cases.”
(Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros
From this reading “Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.”
a person who fells trees
From this reading “Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.”
either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading “Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.”
a form of address for a man
From this reading “Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.”
bulge outward
From this reading “Of a suddent, up them words'll pop, and the way he said 'em, and all.”
plural of “stick” — an implement consisting of a length of wood
From this reading “Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.”
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.
be restored
In this reading “Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.”
In this reading “Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.”
insert casually
In this reading “Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.”
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 Of a suddent, up them words'll pop, and the way he said 'em, and all.
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From this reading Mebbe I'll be feelin' awful good-natured, and be a-laughin' and talkin'.
(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 Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.
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From this reading Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And I s'pose _this_ is one of them cases.
exceptionally bad or displeasing
From this reading Mebbe I'll be feelin' awful good-natured, and be a-laughin' and talkin'.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Mebbe I'll be feelin' awful good-natured, and be a-laughin' and talkin'.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.
plural of “case” — an occurrence of something
From this reading And I s'pose _this_ is one of them cases.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.
(Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros
From this reading Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.
a quad with a square body
From this reading Of a suddent, up them words'll pop, and the way he said 'em, and all.
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From this reading Mebbe I'll be feelin' awful good-natured, and be a-laughin' and talkin'.
a person who fells trees
From this reading Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.
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From this reading Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.
having an easygoing and cheerful disposition
From this reading Mebbe I'll be feelin' awful good-natured, and be a-laughin' and talkin'.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Of a suddent, up them words'll pop, and the way he said 'em, and all.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.
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From this reading Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And I s'pose _this_ is one of them cases.
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From this reading Mebbe I'll be feelin' awful good-natured, and be a-laughin' and talkin'.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "It is, is it?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It is, is it?
either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mebbe I'll be feelin' awful good-natured, and be a-laughin' and talkin'.
a form of address for a man
From this reading Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And I s'pose _this_ is one of them cases.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading And I s'pose _this_ is one of them cases.
bulge outward
From this reading Of a suddent, up them words'll pop, and the way he said 'em, and all.
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From this reading And I s'pose _this_ is one of them cases.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Of a suddent, up them words'll pop, and the way he said 'em, and all.
express in words
From this reading Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.
on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always
From this reading Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.
plural of “stick” — an implement consisting of a length of wood
From this reading Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Of a suddent, up them words'll pop, and the way he said 'em, and all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mebbe I'll be feelin' awful good-natured, and be a-laughin' and talkin'.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading And I s'pose _this_ is one of them cases.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And I s'pose _this_ is one of them cases.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.
a source of difficulty
From this reading Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Of a suddent, up them words'll pop, and the way he said 'em, and all.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Of a suddent, up them words'll pop, and the way he said 'em, and all.
the words that are spoken
From this reading Wal, Mister Cupid, all I can say is this: The feller that sticks in his lip _allus gits into trouble._" Sometimes, them words of hisn come back to me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Of a suddent, up them words'll pop, and the way he said 'em, and all.
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