Chapter 1 of Rodeo is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of Rodeo is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“First steer ri-i-ider, Joe Camnetti! Joe--nossir, he’s one of the local Jewish boys. Ho-o-old fast! Whap! No, he don’t qualify, except as a high-diver.
Chapter 1 of Rodeo is here in full — 111 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading “Joe--nossir, he’s one of the local Jewish boys.”
apart from; not including
From this reading “No, he don’t qualify, except as a high-diver.”
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading “Ho-o-old fast!”
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading ““First steer ri-i-ider, Joe Camnetti!”
of or relating to Jews or their culture or religion
From this reading “Joe--nossir, he’s one of the local Jewish boys.”
relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area
From this reading “Joe--nossir, he’s one of the local Jewish boys.”
prove capable or fit; meet requirements
From this reading “No, he don’t qualify, except as a high-diver.”
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
From this reading ““First steer ri-i-ider, Joe Camnetti!”
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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, he don’t qualify, except as a high-diver.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading No, he don’t qualify, except as a high-diver.
plural of “boy” — a youthful male person
From this reading Joe--nossir, he’s one of the local Jewish boys.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “First steer ri-i-ider, Joe Camnetti!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No, he don’t qualify, except as a high-diver.
apart from; not including
From this reading No, he don’t qualify, except as a high-diver.
quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)
From this reading Ho-o-old fast!
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading “First steer ri-i-ider, Joe Camnetti!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading No, he don’t qualify, except as a high-diver.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Joe--nossir, he’s one of the local Jewish boys.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading No, he don’t qualify, except as a high-diver.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Ho-o-old fast!
of or relating to Jews or their culture or religion
From this reading Joe--nossir, he’s one of the local Jewish boys.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “First steer ri-i-ider, Joe Camnetti!
relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area
From this reading Joe--nossir, he’s one of the local Jewish boys.
not any; not one
From this reading No, he don’t qualify, except as a high-diver.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Joe--nossir, he’s one of the local Jewish boys.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Joe--nossir, he’s one of the local Jewish boys.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Joe--nossir, he’s one of the local Jewish boys.
prove capable or fit; meet requirements
From this reading No, he don’t qualify, except as a high-diver.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “First steer ri-i-ider, Joe Camnetti!
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
From this reading “First steer ri-i-ider, Joe Camnetti!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Joe--nossir, he’s one of the local Jewish boys.
hit hard
From this reading Whap!
Chapter 1 of Rodeo by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle holds 111 sentences, grouped into 23 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 1 holds 111 sentences of Rodeo, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 1 of Rodeo by W. C. (Wilbur C.) Tuttle exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 111 sentences, grouped into 23 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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About 9 minutes of reading across 23 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Rodeo section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Rodeo, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
