Chapter 8 of Cow-Country is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Cow-Country is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Well, no, not for money. I've run him once or twice for fun, just trying to beat some of the boys to camp, maybe.” “Sho! That's no way to do! No way at all!”
Chapter 8 of Cow-Country is here in full — 196 sentences across 40 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/39 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
From this reading “I've run him once or twice for fun, just trying to beat some of the boys to camp, maybe.””
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading “I've run him once or twice for fun, just trying to beat some of the boys to camp, maybe.””
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading “I've run him once or twice for fun, just trying to beat some of the boys to camp, maybe.””
activities that are enjoyable or amusing
From this reading “I've run him once or twice for fun, just trying to beat some of the boys to camp, maybe.””
by chance
From this reading “I've run him once or twice for fun, just trying to beat some of the boys to camp, maybe.””
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading “I've run him once or twice for fun, just trying to beat some of the boys to camp, maybe.””
hard to endure
From this reading “I've run him once or twice for fun, just trying to beat some of the boys to camp, maybe.””
two times
From this reading “I've run him once or twice for fun, just trying to beat some of the boys to camp, maybe.””
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(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 No way at all!”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading No way at all!”
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
From this reading I've run him once or twice for fun, just trying to beat some of the boys to camp, maybe.”
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading I've run him once or twice for fun, just trying to beat some of the boys to camp, maybe.”
temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
From this reading I've run him once or twice for fun, just trying to beat some of the boys to camp, maybe.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading That's no way to do!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Well, no, not for money.
activities that are enjoyable or amusing
From this reading I've run him once or twice for fun, just trying to beat some of the boys to camp, maybe.”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I've run him once or twice for fun, just trying to beat some of the boys to camp, maybe.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I've run him once or twice for fun, just trying to beat some of the boys to camp, maybe.”
and nothing more
From this reading I've run him once or twice for fun, just trying to beat some of the boys to camp, maybe.”
by chance
From this reading I've run him once or twice for fun, just trying to beat some of the boys to camp, maybe.”
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading “Well, no, not for money.
not any; not one
From this reading “Well, no, not for money.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Well, no, not for money.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I've run him once or twice for fun, just trying to beat some of the boys to camp, maybe.”
on one occasion
From this reading I've run him once or twice for fun, just trying to beat some of the boys to camp, maybe.”
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I've run him once or twice for fun, just trying to beat some of the boys to camp, maybe.”
move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time
From this reading I've run him once or twice for fun, just trying to beat some of the boys to camp, maybe.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Sho!
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading I've run him once or twice for fun, just trying to beat some of the boys to camp, maybe.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That's no way to do!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I've run him once or twice for fun, just trying to beat some of the boys to camp, maybe.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I've run him once or twice for fun, just trying to beat some of the boys to camp, maybe.”
hard to endure
From this reading I've run him once or twice for fun, just trying to beat some of the boys to camp, maybe.”
two times
From this reading I've run him once or twice for fun, just trying to beat some of the boys to camp, maybe.”
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading That's no way to do!
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading “Well, no, not for money.
Chapter 8 of Cow-Country by B. M. Bower holds 196 sentences, grouped into 40 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 8 holds 196 sentences of Cow-Country, unabridged, divided into 40 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 of Cow-Country by B. M. Bower exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 196 sentences, grouped into 40 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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