Chapter 9 of Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 9 of Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Why don't you grub over to the eatin'-house oncet in a while?" I ast him. "They got all _kinds_ of tony things--tomatoes and cucumbers and as-paragrass, and them little toadstool things." "And out here in the desert!" says Boston. "I s'pose they bring 'em from other places."
Chapter 9 of Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher is here in full — 394 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading “"And out here in the desert!" says Boston.”
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “"I s'pose they bring 'em from other places."”
plural of “cucumber” — a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
From this reading “"They got all _kinds_ of tony things--tomatoes and cucumbers and as-paragrass, and them little toadstool things."”
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
From this reading “"And out here in the desert!" says Boston.”
informal terms for a meal
From this reading “"Why don't you grub over to the eatin'-house oncet in a while?"”
plural of “kind” — a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading “"I s'pose they bring 'em from other places."”
plural of “tomato” — mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable
From this reading “"They got all _kinds_ of tony things--tomatoes and cucumbers and as-paragrass, and them little toadstool things."”
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In this reading “"I s'pose they bring 'em from other places."”
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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 "Why don't you grub over to the eatin'-house oncet in a while?"
(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 "They got all _kinds_ of tony things--tomatoes and cucumbers and as-paragrass, and them little toadstool things."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "They got all _kinds_ of tony things--tomatoes and cucumbers and as-paragrass, and them little toadstool things."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "They got all _kinds_ of tony things--tomatoes and cucumbers and as-paragrass, and them little toadstool things."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I ast him.
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading "And out here in the desert!" says Boston.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading "I s'pose they bring 'em from other places."
plural of “cucumber” — a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
From this reading "They got all _kinds_ of tony things--tomatoes and cucumbers and as-paragrass, and them little toadstool things."
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
From this reading "And out here in the desert!" says Boston.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why don't you grub over to the eatin'-house oncet in a while?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why don't you grub over to the eatin'-house oncet in a while?"
a quad with a square body
From this reading "I s'pose they bring 'em from other places."
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "I s'pose they bring 'em from other places."
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "They got all _kinds_ of tony things--tomatoes and cucumbers and as-paragrass, and them little toadstool things."
informal terms for a meal
From this reading "Why don't you grub over to the eatin'-house oncet in a while?"
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading "And out here in the desert!" says Boston.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I ast him.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading "Why don't you grub over to the eatin'-house oncet in a while?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I ast him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Why don't you grub over to the eatin'-house oncet in a while?"
plural of “kind” — a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading "They got all _kinds_ of tony things--tomatoes and cucumbers and as-paragrass, and them little toadstool things."
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading "They got all _kinds_ of tony things--tomatoes and cucumbers and as-paragrass, and them little toadstool things."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "They got all _kinds_ of tony things--tomatoes and cucumbers and as-paragrass, and them little toadstool things."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why don't you grub over to the eatin'-house oncet in a while?"
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading "I s'pose they bring 'em from other places."
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "And out here in the desert!" says Boston.
above and across; more than
From this reading "Why don't you grub over to the eatin'-house oncet in a while?"
plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading "I s'pose they bring 'em from other places."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I s'pose they bring 'em from other places."
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading "And out here in the desert!" says Boston.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Why don't you grub over to the eatin'-house oncet in a while?"
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "They got all _kinds_ of tony things--tomatoes and cucumbers and as-paragrass, and them little toadstool things."
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "They got all _kinds_ of tony things--tomatoes and cucumbers and as-paragrass, and them little toadstool things."
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
From this reading "They got all _kinds_ of tony things--tomatoes and cucumbers and as-paragrass, and them little toadstool things."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Why don't you grub over to the eatin'-house oncet in a while?"
common name for an inedible or poisonous agaric (contrasting with the edible mushroom)
From this reading "They got all _kinds_ of tony things--tomatoes and cucumbers and as-paragrass, and them little toadstool things."
plural of “tomato” — mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable
From this reading "They got all _kinds_ of tony things--tomatoes and cucumbers and as-paragrass, and them little toadstool things."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "They got all _kinds_ of tony things--tomatoes and cucumbers and as-paragrass, and them little toadstool things."
during the time that
From this reading "Why don't you grub over to the eatin'-house oncet in a while?"
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading "Why don't you grub over to the eatin'-house oncet in a while?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Why don't you grub over to the eatin'-house oncet in a while?"
Chapter 9 of Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher by Eleanor Gates holds 394 sentences, grouped into 79 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 394 sentences of Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
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