Chapter 25 of Bluffer's luck is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of Bluffer's luck is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“That’s a sweet job to give anybody! Whatsa matter with yuh, Ben? Them two old jiggers wouldn’t hurt anybody. I suppose old Baggs asked yuh to detail me to dry-nurse ’em, eh?” Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
Chapter 25 of Bluffer's luck is here in full — 121 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/24 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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fresh and animated
From this reading “Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.”
a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
From this reading “Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.”
an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
From this reading “I suppose old Baggs asked yuh to detail me to dry-nurse ’em, eh?””
the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something
From this reading “Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.”
the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
From this reading “Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.”
past form of “rasp” — scrape with a rasp
From this reading “Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.”
inflected form of “spur” — incite or stimulate
From this reading “Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.”
a hole for the escape of gas or air
From this reading “Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.”
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.
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In this reading “Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.”
In this reading “Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.”
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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 “That’s a sweet job to give anybody!
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
any person at all
From this reading “That’s a sweet job to give anybody!
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading I suppose old Baggs asked yuh to detail me to dry-nurse ’em, eh?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I suppose old Baggs asked yuh to detail me to dry-nurse ’em, eh?”
a mountain or tall hill
From this reading Whatsa matter with yuh, Ben?
fresh and animated
From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
From this reading I suppose old Baggs asked yuh to detail me to dry-nurse ’em, eh?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
the feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something
From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
take care of an infant without breastfeeding it
From this reading I suppose old Baggs asked yuh to detail me to dry-nurse ’em, eh?”
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From this reading I suppose old Baggs asked yuh to detail me to dry-nurse ’em, eh?”
a quad with a square body
From this reading I suppose old Baggs asked yuh to detail me to dry-nurse ’em, eh?”
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading “That’s a sweet job to give anybody!
the act of giving
From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation
From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
be the source of pain
From this reading Them two old jiggers wouldn’t hurt anybody.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I suppose old Baggs asked yuh to detail me to dry-nurse ’em, eh?”
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From this reading Them two old jiggers wouldn’t hurt anybody.
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
From this reading “That’s a sweet job to give anybody!
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading Whatsa matter with yuh, Ben?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I suppose old Baggs asked yuh to detail me to dry-nurse ’em, eh?”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Them two old jiggers wouldn’t hurt anybody.
past form of “rasp” — scrape with a rasp
From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
inflected form of “spur” — incite or stimulate
From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
express a supposition
From this reading I suppose old Baggs asked yuh to detail me to dry-nurse ’em, eh?”
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading “That’s a sweet job to give anybody!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “That’s a sweet job to give anybody!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Them two old jiggers wouldn’t hurt anybody.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “That’s a sweet job to give anybody!
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Them two old jiggers wouldn’t hurt anybody.
a hole for the escape of gas or air
From this reading Breezy Hill rasped his spurred heel along the side of Ben Dillon’s desk, giving vent to his displeasure.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Whatsa matter with yuh, Ben?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Whatsa matter with yuh, Ben?
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From this reading Them two old jiggers wouldn’t hurt anybody.
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From this reading Whatsa matter with yuh, Ben?
Chapter 25 of Bluffer's luck by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle holds 121 sentences, grouped into 25 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 25 holds 121 sentences of Bluffer's luck, unabridged, divided into 25 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 25 of Bluffer's luck by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 121 sentences, grouped into 25 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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