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A Little Princess Being the whole story of

Chapter II · Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of A Little Princess Being the whole story of is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Frances Hodgson Burnett • Curated US English Learning Edition

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Being the whole story of

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Miss Amelia was fat and dumpy, and stood very much in awe of her sister.

She was really the better-natured person of the two, but she never disobeyed Miss Minchin.

She went downstairs again, looking almost alarmed.

"I never saw such a funny, old-fashioned child, sister," she said.

"She has locked herself in, and she is not making the least particle of noise."

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Chapter II Reading 1/40

A Little Princess Being the whole story of

Chapter II · Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of A Little Princess Being the whole story of is here in full — 204 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/40 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

Miss Amelia was fat and dumpy, and stood very much in awe of her sister.

Line 2

She was really the better-natured person of the two, but she never disobeyed Miss Minchin.

Line 3

She went downstairs again, looking almost alarmed.

Line 4

"I never saw such a funny, old-fashioned child, sister," she said.

Line 5

"She has locked herself in, and she is not making the least particle of noise."

Learner Dictionary

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Stood verb US /stʊd/

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading “Miss Amelia was fat and dumpy, and stood very much in awe of her sister.”

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a

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again

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alarmed

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almost

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Amelia

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and

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awe

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From this reading Miss Amelia was fat and dumpy, and stood very much in awe of her sister.

better-natured

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From this reading She was really the better-natured person of the two, but she never disobeyed Miss Minchin.

but

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From this reading She was really the better-natured person of the two, but she never disobeyed Miss Minchin.

child

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disobeyed

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downstairs

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dumpy

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fat

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From this reading Miss Amelia was fat and dumpy, and stood very much in awe of her sister.

funny

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has

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her

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From this reading Miss Amelia was fat and dumpy, and stood very much in awe of her sister.

herself

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I

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in

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From this reading Miss Amelia was fat and dumpy, and stood very much in awe of her sister.

is

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least

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locked

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looking

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From this reading She went downstairs again, looking almost alarmed.

making

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Minchin

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Miss

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much

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From this reading Miss Amelia was fat and dumpy, and stood very much in awe of her sister.

never

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From this reading She was really the better-natured person of the two, but she never disobeyed Miss Minchin.

noise

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not

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of

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From this reading Miss Amelia was fat and dumpy, and stood very much in awe of her sister.

old-fashioned

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particle

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person

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From this reading She was really the better-natured person of the two, but she never disobeyed Miss Minchin.

really

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From this reading She was really the better-natured person of the two, but she never disobeyed Miss Minchin.

said

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saw

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She

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From this reading She was really the better-natured person of the two, but she never disobeyed Miss Minchin.

sister

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From this reading Miss Amelia was fat and dumpy, and stood very much in awe of her sister.

stoodverbUS /stʊd/

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading Miss Amelia was fat and dumpy, and stood very much in awe of her sister.

such

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the

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From this reading She was really the better-natured person of the two, but she never disobeyed Miss Minchin.

two

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very

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was

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went

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From this reading She went downstairs again, looking almost alarmed.

Chapter 2 of A Little Princess Being the whole story of by Frances Hodgson Burnett holds 204 sentences, grouped into 41 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

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Chapter 2 holds 204 sentences of A Little Princess Being the whole story of, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 2 of A Little Princess Being the whole story of by Frances Hodgson Burnett exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 204 sentences, grouped into 41 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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Each of the 41 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 can be played aloud in United States English.

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