Chapter 12 of Mildred and Elsie is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Mildred and Elsie is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Awake in me a truer life, A soul to labor and aspire! Touch thou my mortal lips, O God! With thine own truth's immortal fire." Sara J. Clarke. Yes, it was joy and gladness just to be alive this sweet spring morning.
Chapter 12 of Mildred and Elsie is here in full — 153 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/30 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
possessing life
From this reading “Yes, it was joy and gladness just to be alive this sweet spring morning.”
have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
From this reading “"Awake in me a truer life, A soul to labor and aspire!”
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading “"Awake in me a truer life, A soul to labor and aspire!”
Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)
From this reading “With thine own truth's immortal fire."”
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
From this reading “"Awake in me a truer life, A soul to labor and aspire!”
subject to death
From this reading “Touch thou my mortal lips, O God!”
an old word for “yours”
From this reading “With thine own truth's immortal fire."”
comparative of “true” — consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading “"Awake in me a truer life, A soul to labor and aspire!”
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.
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Awake in me a truer life, A soul to labor and aspire!
possessing life
From this reading Yes, it was joy and gladness just to be alive this sweet spring morning.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Awake in me a truer life, A soul to labor and aspire!
have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal
From this reading "Awake in me a truer life, A soul to labor and aspire!
not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
From this reading "Awake in me a truer life, A soul to labor and aspire!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Yes, it was joy and gladness just to be alive this sweet spring morning.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sara J. Clarke.
start firing a weapon
From this reading With thine own truth's immortal fire."
experiencing joy and pleasure
From this reading Yes, it was joy and gladness just to be alive this sweet spring morning.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading Touch thou my mortal lips, O God!
Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)
From this reading With thine own truth's immortal fire."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Awake in me a truer life, A soul to labor and aspire!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Yes, it was joy and gladness just to be alive this sweet spring morning.
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
From this reading Sara J. Clarke.
the emotion of great happiness
From this reading Yes, it was joy and gladness just to be alive this sweet spring morning.
and nothing more
From this reading Yes, it was joy and gladness just to be alive this sweet spring morning.
a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
From this reading "Awake in me a truer life, A soul to labor and aspire!
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading "Awake in me a truer life, A soul to labor and aspire!
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading Touch thou my mortal lips, O God!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Awake in me a truer life, A soul to labor and aspire!
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading Yes, it was joy and gladness just to be alive this sweet spring morning.
subject to death
From this reading Touch thou my mortal lips, O God!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Touch thou my mortal lips, O God!
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading Touch thou my mortal lips, O God!
have ownership or possession of
From this reading With thine own truth's immortal fire."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Sara J. Clarke.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading "Awake in me a truer life, A soul to labor and aspire!
the season of growth
From this reading Yes, it was joy and gladness just to be alive this sweet spring morning.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading Yes, it was joy and gladness just to be alive this sweet spring morning.
an old word for “yours”
From this reading With thine own truth's immortal fire."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Yes, it was joy and gladness just to be alive this sweet spring morning.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Touch thou my mortal lips, O God!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Awake in me a truer life, A soul to labor and aspire!
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading Touch thou my mortal lips, O God!
comparative of “true” — consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading "Awake in me a truer life, A soul to labor and aspire!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With thine own truth's immortal fire."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yes, it was joy and gladness just to be alive this sweet spring morning.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With thine own truth's immortal fire."
an affirmative
From this reading Yes, it was joy and gladness just to be alive this sweet spring morning.
Chapter 12 of Mildred and Elsie by Martha Finley holds 153 sentences, grouped into 31 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 153 sentences of Mildred and Elsie, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Mildred and Elsie by Martha Finley exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 153 sentences, grouped into 31 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.
Work through the 31 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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