Chapter 12 of An Ambitious Woman: A Novel is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 12 of An Ambitious Woman: A Novel is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Here Mrs. Diggs dropped Claire's hand, and burst into a loud, hilarious laugh. Her mirth quite convulsed her for several seconds. "Cornelia Van Horn!" she presently shouted in a riotously gleeful way. "Myself and Cornelia Van Horn! That is what you mean.
Chapter 12 of An Ambitious Woman: A Novel is here in full — 420 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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full of high-spirited delight
From this reading “"Cornelia Van Horn!" she presently shouted in a riotously gleeful way.”
marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter
From this reading “Here Mrs. Diggs dropped Claire's hand, and burst into a loud, hilarious laugh.”
a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
From this reading “"Cornelia Van Horn!" she presently shouted in a riotously gleeful way.”
characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
From this reading “Here Mrs. Diggs dropped Claire's hand, and burst into a loud, hilarious laugh.”
great merriment
From this reading “Her mirth quite convulsed her for several seconds.”
plural of “second” — 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading “Her mirth quite convulsed her for several seconds.”
in a vehement outcry
From this reading “"Cornelia Van Horn!" she presently shouted in a riotously gleeful way.”
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
From this reading “"Cornelia Van Horn!" she presently shouted in a riotously gleeful way.”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “Here Mrs. Diggs dropped Claire's hand, and burst into a loud, hilarious laugh.”
In this reading “Her mirth quite convulsed her for several seconds.”
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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 Here Mrs. Diggs dropped Claire's hand, and burst into a loud, hilarious laugh.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Here Mrs. Diggs dropped Claire's hand, and burst into a loud, hilarious laugh.
come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
From this reading Here Mrs. Diggs dropped Claire's hand, and burst into a loud, hilarious laugh.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Here Mrs. Diggs dropped Claire's hand, and burst into a loud, hilarious laugh.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Her mirth quite convulsed her for several seconds.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Cornelia Van Horn!" she presently shouted in a riotously gleeful way.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Here Mrs. Diggs dropped Claire's hand, and burst into a loud, hilarious laugh.
inflected form of “drop” — let fall to the ground
From this reading Here Mrs. Diggs dropped Claire's hand, and burst into a loud, hilarious laugh.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Her mirth quite convulsed her for several seconds.
full of high-spirited delight
From this reading "Cornelia Van Horn!" she presently shouted in a riotously gleeful way.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Here Mrs. Diggs dropped Claire's hand, and burst into a loud, hilarious laugh.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her mirth quite convulsed her for several seconds.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Here Mrs. Diggs dropped Claire's hand, and burst into a loud, hilarious laugh.
marked by or causing boisterous merriment or convulsive laughter
From this reading Here Mrs. Diggs dropped Claire's hand, and burst into a loud, hilarious laugh.
a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it
From this reading "Cornelia Van Horn!" she presently shouted in a riotously gleeful way.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Cornelia Van Horn!" she presently shouted in a riotously gleeful way.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Here Mrs. Diggs dropped Claire's hand, and burst into a loud, hilarious laugh.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That is what you mean.
the sound of laughing
From this reading Here Mrs. Diggs dropped Claire's hand, and burst into a loud, hilarious laugh.
characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
From this reading Here Mrs. Diggs dropped Claire's hand, and burst into a loud, hilarious laugh.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading That is what you mean.
great merriment
From this reading Her mirth quite convulsed her for several seconds.
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading Here Mrs. Diggs dropped Claire's hand, and burst into a loud, hilarious laugh.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading "Myself and Cornelia Van Horn!
in the near future
From this reading "Cornelia Van Horn!" she presently shouted in a riotously gleeful way.
to a degree (not used with a negative)
From this reading Her mirth quite convulsed her for several seconds.
in a tumultuous and riotous manner
From this reading "Cornelia Van Horn!" she presently shouted in a riotously gleeful way.
plural of “second” — 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Her mirth quite convulsed her for several seconds.
(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many
From this reading Her mirth quite convulsed her for several seconds.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Cornelia Van Horn!" she presently shouted in a riotously gleeful way.
in a vehement outcry
From this reading "Cornelia Van Horn!" she presently shouted in a riotously gleeful way.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That is what you mean.
any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)
From this reading "Cornelia Van Horn!" she presently shouted in a riotously gleeful way.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading "Cornelia Van Horn!" she presently shouted in a riotously gleeful way.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading That is what you mean.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading That is what you mean.
Chapter 12 of An Ambitious Woman: A Novel by Edgar Fawcett holds 420 sentences, grouped into 84 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 12 holds 420 sentences of An Ambitious Woman: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
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