Chapter 12 of Anne of Avonlea is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Anne of Avonlea is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
She was a little lady with snow-white hair beautifully wavy and thick, and carefully arranged in becoming puffs and coils. Beneath it was an almost girlish face, pink cheeked and sweet lipped, with big soft brown eyes and dimples . . actually dimples. She wore a very dainty gown of cream muslin with pale-hued roses on it .
Chapter 12 of Anne of Avonlea is here in full — 418 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “cheek” — speak impudently to
From this reading “Beneath it was an almost girlish face, pink cheeked and sweet lipped, with big soft brown eyes and dimples .”
plural of “coil” — a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
From this reading “She was a little lady with snow-white hair beautifully wavy and thick, and carefully arranged in becoming puffs and coils.”
plural of “dimple” — a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached
From this reading “Beneath it was an almost girlish face, pink cheeked and sweet lipped, with big soft brown eyes and dimples .”
befitting or characteristic of a young girl
From this reading “Beneath it was an almost girlish face, pink cheeked and sweet lipped, with big soft brown eyes and dimples .”
having a lip or lips
From this reading “Beneath it was an almost girlish face, pink cheeked and sweet lipped, with big soft brown eyes and dimples .”
plain-woven cotton fabric
From this reading “She wore a very dainty gown of cream muslin with pale-hued roses on it .”
plural of “puff” — a short light gust of air
From this reading “She was a little lady with snow-white hair beautifully wavy and thick, and carefully arranged in becoming puffs and coils.”
(of hair) having waves
From this reading “She was a little lady with snow-white hair beautifully wavy and thick, and carefully arranged in becoming puffs and coils.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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 She was a little lady with snow-white hair beautifully wavy and thick, and carefully arranged in becoming puffs and coils.
in actual fact
From this reading . actually dimples.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Beneath it was an almost girlish face, pink cheeked and sweet lipped, with big soft brown eyes and dimples .
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Beneath it was an almost girlish face, pink cheeked and sweet lipped, with big soft brown eyes and dimples .
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was a little lady with snow-white hair beautifully wavy and thick, and carefully arranged in becoming puffs and coils.
disposed or placed in a particular kind of order
From this reading She was a little lady with snow-white hair beautifully wavy and thick, and carefully arranged in becoming puffs and coils.
in a beautiful manner
From this reading She was a little lady with snow-white hair beautifully wavy and thick, and carefully arranged in becoming puffs and coils.
according with custom or propriety
From this reading She was a little lady with snow-white hair beautifully wavy and thick, and carefully arranged in becoming puffs and coils.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Beneath it was an almost girlish face, pink cheeked and sweet lipped, with big soft brown eyes and dimples .
above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Beneath it was an almost girlish face, pink cheeked and sweet lipped, with big soft brown eyes and dimples .
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading Beneath it was an almost girlish face, pink cheeked and sweet lipped, with big soft brown eyes and dimples .
taking care or paying attention
From this reading She was a little lady with snow-white hair beautifully wavy and thick, and carefully arranged in becoming puffs and coils.
past form of “cheek” — speak impudently to
From this reading Beneath it was an almost girlish face, pink cheeked and sweet lipped, with big soft brown eyes and dimples .
plural of “coil” — a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops
From this reading She was a little lady with snow-white hair beautifully wavy and thick, and carefully arranged in becoming puffs and coils.
the best people or things in a group
From this reading She wore a very dainty gown of cream muslin with pale-hued roses on it .
delicately beautiful
From this reading She wore a very dainty gown of cream muslin with pale-hued roses on it .
plural of “dimple” — a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached
From this reading Beneath it was an almost girlish face, pink cheeked and sweet lipped, with big soft brown eyes and dimples .
opinion or judgment
From this reading Beneath it was an almost girlish face, pink cheeked and sweet lipped, with big soft brown eyes and dimples .
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Beneath it was an almost girlish face, pink cheeked and sweet lipped, with big soft brown eyes and dimples .
befitting or characteristic of a young girl
From this reading Beneath it was an almost girlish face, pink cheeked and sweet lipped, with big soft brown eyes and dimples .
a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions
From this reading She wore a very dainty gown of cream muslin with pale-hued roses on it .
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
From this reading She was a little lady with snow-white hair beautifully wavy and thick, and carefully arranged in becoming puffs and coils.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was a little lady with snow-white hair beautifully wavy and thick, and carefully arranged in becoming puffs and coils.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Beneath it was an almost girlish face, pink cheeked and sweet lipped, with big soft brown eyes and dimples .
a polite name for any woman
From this reading She was a little lady with snow-white hair beautifully wavy and thick, and carefully arranged in becoming puffs and coils.
having a lip or lips
From this reading Beneath it was an almost girlish face, pink cheeked and sweet lipped, with big soft brown eyes and dimples .
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading She was a little lady with snow-white hair beautifully wavy and thick, and carefully arranged in becoming puffs and coils.
plain-woven cotton fabric
From this reading She wore a very dainty gown of cream muslin with pale-hued roses on it .
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She wore a very dainty gown of cream muslin with pale-hued roses on it .
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She wore a very dainty gown of cream muslin with pale-hued roses on it .
having a pale color
From this reading She wore a very dainty gown of cream muslin with pale-hued roses on it .
a light shade of red
From this reading Beneath it was an almost girlish face, pink cheeked and sweet lipped, with big soft brown eyes and dimples .
plural of “puff” — a short light gust of air
From this reading She was a little lady with snow-white hair beautifully wavy and thick, and carefully arranged in becoming puffs and coils.
plural of “rose” — any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
From this reading She wore a very dainty gown of cream muslin with pale-hued roses on it .
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was a little lady with snow-white hair beautifully wavy and thick, and carefully arranged in becoming puffs and coils.
of the white color of snow
From this reading She was a little lady with snow-white hair beautifully wavy and thick, and carefully arranged in becoming puffs and coils.
yielding readily to pressure or weight
From this reading Beneath it was an almost girlish face, pink cheeked and sweet lipped, with big soft brown eyes and dimples .
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading Beneath it was an almost girlish face, pink cheeked and sweet lipped, with big soft brown eyes and dimples .
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
From this reading She was a little lady with snow-white hair beautifully wavy and thick, and carefully arranged in becoming puffs and coils.
precisely as stated
From this reading She wore a very dainty gown of cream muslin with pale-hued roses on it .
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was a little lady with snow-white hair beautifully wavy and thick, and carefully arranged in becoming puffs and coils.
(of hair) having waves
From this reading She was a little lady with snow-white hair beautifully wavy and thick, and carefully arranged in becoming puffs and coils.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was a little lady with snow-white hair beautifully wavy and thick, and carefully arranged in becoming puffs and coils.
inflected form of “wear” — be dressed in
From this reading She wore a very dainty gown of cream muslin with pale-hued roses on it .
Chapter 12 of Anne of Avonlea by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery holds 418 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 418 sentences of Anne of Avonlea, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Anne of Avonlea by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 418 sentences, grouped into 84 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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