Chapter 5 of Bluffer's luck is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 5 of Bluffer's luck is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Nossir! Not now nor never! Why, listen, Len--aw, that’s onreasonable. No danged female could run a cow ranch. I tell yuh, I won’t stand for it.
Chapter 5 of Bluffer's luck is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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female of domestic cattle: "“moo-cow” is a child's term"
From this reading “No danged female could run a cow ranch.”
being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop
From this reading “No danged female could run a cow ranch.”
hear with intention
From this reading “Why, listen, Len--aw, that’s onreasonable.”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading “Not now nor never!”
farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
From this reading “No danged female could run a cow ranch.”
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “No danged female could run a cow ranch.”
be standing; be upright
From this reading “I tell yuh, I won’t stand for it.”
express in words
From this reading “I tell yuh, I won’t stand for it.”
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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 No danged female could run a cow ranch.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why, listen, Len--aw, that’s onreasonable.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading No danged female could run a cow ranch.
female of domestic cattle: "“moo-cow” is a child's term"
From this reading No danged female could run a cow ranch.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No danged female could run a cow ranch.
being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop
From this reading No danged female could run a cow ranch.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I tell yuh, I won’t stand for it.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I tell yuh, I won’t stand for it.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I tell yuh, I won’t stand for it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why, listen, Len--aw, that’s onreasonable.
hear with intention
From this reading Why, listen, Len--aw, that’s onreasonable.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Not now nor never!
not any; not one
From this reading No danged female could run a cow ranch.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Not now nor never!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Nossir!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not now nor never!
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Not now nor never!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why, listen, Len--aw, that’s onreasonable.
farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
From this reading No danged female could run a cow ranch.
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading No danged female could run a cow ranch.
be standing; be upright
From this reading I tell yuh, I won’t stand for it.
express in words
From this reading I tell yuh, I won’t stand for it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why, listen, Len--aw, that’s onreasonable.
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why, listen, Len--aw, that’s onreasonable.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I tell yuh, I won’t stand for it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I tell yuh, I won’t stand for it.
Chapter 5 of Bluffer's luck by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle holds 172 sentences, grouped into 35 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 5 holds 172 sentences of Bluffer's luck, unabridged, divided into 35 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 5 of Bluffer's luck by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 172 sentences, grouped into 35 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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