Chapter 1 of Hilda's Home: A Story of Woman's Emancipation is here in full — 37 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of Hilda's Home: A Story of Woman's Emancipation is here in full — 37 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
HILDA’S HOME A Story of Woman’s Emancipation In the order of nature the ideal precedes the actual. In back-woods phrase, “The wind-work must precede the ground-work.” “The ascent of life is the ascent of ideals.” Ascent means action, change, involving effort, struggle, aspiration. Aspiration implies or pre-supposes DISCONTENT.
Chapter 1 of Hilda's Home: A Story of Woman's Emancipation is here in full — 37 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a will to succeed
From this reading “Ascent means action, change, involving effort, struggle, aspiration.”
a longing for something better than the present situation
From this reading “Aspiration implies or pre-supposes DISCONTENT.”
freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child
From this reading “HILDA’S HOME A Story of Woman’s Emancipation In the order of nature the ideal precedes the actual.”
plural of “ideal” — the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain
From this reading ““The ascent of life is the ascent of ideals.””
third-person singular of “imply” — express or state indirectly
From this reading “Aspiration implies or pre-supposes DISCONTENT.”
-ing form of “involve” — connect closely and often incriminatingly
From this reading “Ascent means action, change, involving effort, struggle, aspiration.”
be earlier in time; go back further
From this reading “In back-woods phrase, “The wind-work must precede the ground-work.””
third-person singular of “precede” — be earlier in time; go back further
From this reading “HILDA’S HOME A Story of Woman’s Emancipation In the order of nature the ideal precedes the actual.”
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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 HILDA’S HOME A Story of Woman’s Emancipation In the order of nature the ideal precedes the actual.
something done (usually as opposed to something said)
From this reading Ascent means action, change, involving effort, struggle, aspiration.
presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
From this reading HILDA’S HOME A Story of Woman’s Emancipation In the order of nature the ideal precedes the actual.
an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
From this reading “The ascent of life is the ascent of ideals.”
a will to succeed
From this reading Ascent means action, change, involving effort, struggle, aspiration.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In back-woods phrase, “The wind-work must precede the ground-work.”
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading Ascent means action, change, involving effort, struggle, aspiration.
a longing for something better than the present situation
From this reading Aspiration implies or pre-supposes DISCONTENT.
earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something
From this reading Ascent means action, change, involving effort, struggle, aspiration.
freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child
From this reading HILDA’S HOME A Story of Woman’s Emancipation In the order of nature the ideal precedes the actual.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In back-woods phrase, “The wind-work must precede the ground-work.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HILDA’S HOME A Story of Woman’s Emancipation In the order of nature the ideal precedes the actual.
where you live at a particular time
From this reading HILDA’S HOME A Story of Woman’s Emancipation In the order of nature the ideal precedes the actual.
conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal
From this reading HILDA’S HOME A Story of Woman’s Emancipation In the order of nature the ideal precedes the actual.
plural of “ideal” — the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain
From this reading “The ascent of life is the ascent of ideals.”
third-person singular of “imply” — express or state indirectly
From this reading Aspiration implies or pre-supposes DISCONTENT.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading HILDA’S HOME A Story of Woman’s Emancipation In the order of nature the ideal precedes the actual.
-ing form of “involve” — connect closely and often incriminatingly
From this reading Ascent means action, change, involving effort, struggle, aspiration.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “The ascent of life is the ascent of ideals.”
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading “The ascent of life is the ascent of ideals.”
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading Ascent means action, change, involving effort, struggle, aspiration.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading In back-woods phrase, “The wind-work must precede the ground-work.”
the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized
From this reading HILDA’S HOME A Story of Woman’s Emancipation In the order of nature the ideal precedes the actual.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HILDA’S HOME A Story of Woman’s Emancipation In the order of nature the ideal precedes the actual.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Aspiration implies or pre-supposes DISCONTENT.
(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed
From this reading HILDA’S HOME A Story of Woman’s Emancipation In the order of nature the ideal precedes the actual.
an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
From this reading In back-woods phrase, “The wind-work must precede the ground-work.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Aspiration implies or pre-supposes DISCONTENT.
be earlier in time; go back further
From this reading In back-woods phrase, “The wind-work must precede the ground-work.”
third-person singular of “precede” — be earlier in time; go back further
From this reading HILDA’S HOME A Story of Woman’s Emancipation In the order of nature the ideal precedes the actual.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading HILDA’S HOME A Story of Woman’s Emancipation In the order of nature the ideal precedes the actual.
make a strenuous or labored effort
From this reading Ascent means action, change, involving effort, struggle, aspiration.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HILDA’S HOME A Story of Woman’s Emancipation In the order of nature the ideal precedes the actual.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In back-woods phrase, “The wind-work must precede the ground-work.”
possessive form of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading HILDA’S HOME A Story of Woman’s Emancipation In the order of nature the ideal precedes the actual.
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