Chapter 12 of Faith Gartney's Girlhood is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Faith Gartney's Girlhood is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
DEVELOPMENT. "Sits the wind in that corner?" MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. "For courage mounteth with occasion." KING JOHN.
Chapter 12 of Faith Gartney's Girlhood is here in full — 107 sentences across 22 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.
a rapid active commotion
From this reading “MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.”
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading “"Sits the wind in that corner?"”
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
From this reading “"For courage mounteth with occasion."”
act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
From this reading “DEVELOPMENT.”
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading “KING JOHN.”
an event that occurs at a critical time
From this reading “"For courage mounteth with occasion."”
third-person singular of “sit” — be seated
From this reading “"Sits the wind in that corner?"”
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading “"Sits the wind in that corner?"”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
a rapid active commotion
From this reading MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
a place off to the side of an area
From this reading "Sits the wind in that corner?"
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
From this reading "For courage mounteth with occasion."
act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
From this reading DEVELOPMENT.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "For courage mounteth with occasion."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Sits the wind in that corner?"
a room or building equipped with one or more toilets
From this reading KING JOHN.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading KING JOHN.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "For courage mounteth with occasion."
to a great degree or extent
From this reading MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.
an event that occurs at a critical time
From this reading "For courage mounteth with occasion."
third-person singular of “sit” — be seated
From this reading "Sits the wind in that corner?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Sits the wind in that corner?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Sits the wind in that corner?"
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading "Sits the wind in that corner?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading "For courage mounteth with occasion."
Chapter 12 of Faith Gartney's Girlhood by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney holds 107 sentences, grouped into 22 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 107 sentences of Faith Gartney's Girlhood, unabridged, divided into 22 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Faith Gartney's Girlhood by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 107 sentences, grouped into 22 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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