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A Little Princess
Being the whole story of
A Little Princess Being the whole story of

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of A Little Princess Being the whole story of is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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"Why," she said, "we are just the same--I am only a little girl like you.
It's just an accident that I am not you, and you are not me!"
Becky did not understand in the least.
Her mind could not grasp such amazing thoughts, and "an accident" meant to her a calamity in which some one was run over or fell off a ladder and was carried to "the 'orspital."
"A' accident, miss," she fluttered respectfully.
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A Little Princess Being the whole story of

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of A Little Princess Being the whole story of is here in full — 212 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/42 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"Why," she said, "we are just the same--I am only a little girl like you.
Line 2
It's just an accident that I am not you, and you are not me!"
Line 3
Becky did not understand in the least.
Line 4
Her mind could not grasp such amazing thoughts, and "an accident" meant to her a calamity in which some one was run over or fell off a ladder and was carried to "the 'orspital."
Line 5
"A' accident, miss," she fluttered respectfully.

Learner Dictionary

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.

Mind noun US /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading “Her mind could not grasp such amazing thoughts, and "an accident" meant to her a calamity in which some one was run over or fell off a ladder and was carried to "the 'orspital."”

Same adjective US /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading “"Why," she said, "we are just the same--I am only a little girl like you.”

All words in this reading · 53

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

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a

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From this reading "Why," she said, "we are just the same--I am only a little girl like you.

accident

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From this reading It's just an accident that I am not you, and you are not me!"

am

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From this reading "Why," she said, "we are just the same--I am only a little girl like you.

amazing

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From this reading Her mind could not grasp such amazing thoughts, and "an accident" meant to her a calamity in which some one was run over or fell off a ladder and was carried to "the 'orspital."

an

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From this reading It's just an accident that I am not you, and you are not me!"

and

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From this reading It's just an accident that I am not you, and you are not me!"

are

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From this reading "Why," she said, "we are just the same--I am only a little girl like you.

Becky

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From this reading Becky did not understand in the least.

calamity

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From this reading Her mind could not grasp such amazing thoughts, and "an accident" meant to her a calamity in which some one was run over or fell off a ladder and was carried to "the 'orspital."

carried

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From this reading Her mind could not grasp such amazing thoughts, and "an accident" meant to her a calamity in which some one was run over or fell off a ladder and was carried to "the 'orspital."

could

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From this reading Her mind could not grasp such amazing thoughts, and "an accident" meant to her a calamity in which some one was run over or fell off a ladder and was carried to "the 'orspital."

did

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From this reading Becky did not understand in the least.

fell

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From this reading Her mind could not grasp such amazing thoughts, and "an accident" meant to her a calamity in which some one was run over or fell off a ladder and was carried to "the 'orspital."

fluttered

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From this reading "A' accident, miss," she fluttered respectfully.

girl

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From this reading "Why," she said, "we are just the same--I am only a little girl like you.

grasp

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From this reading Her mind could not grasp such amazing thoughts, and "an accident" meant to her a calamity in which some one was run over or fell off a ladder and was carried to "the 'orspital."

Her

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From this reading Her mind could not grasp such amazing thoughts, and "an accident" meant to her a calamity in which some one was run over or fell off a ladder and was carried to "the 'orspital."

I

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From this reading "Why," she said, "we are just the same--I am only a little girl like you.

in

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From this reading Becky did not understand in the least.

It's

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From this reading It's just an accident that I am not you, and you are not me!"

just

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From this reading "Why," she said, "we are just the same--I am only a little girl like you.

ladder

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From this reading Her mind could not grasp such amazing thoughts, and "an accident" meant to her a calamity in which some one was run over or fell off a ladder and was carried to "the 'orspital."

least

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From this reading Becky did not understand in the least.

like

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From this reading "Why," she said, "we are just the same--I am only a little girl like you.

little

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From this reading "Why," she said, "we are just the same--I am only a little girl like you.

me

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From this reading It's just an accident that I am not you, and you are not me!"

meant

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From this reading Her mind could not grasp such amazing thoughts, and "an accident" meant to her a calamity in which some one was run over or fell off a ladder and was carried to "the 'orspital."

mindnounUS /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading Her mind could not grasp such amazing thoughts, and "an accident" meant to her a calamity in which some one was run over or fell off a ladder and was carried to "the 'orspital."

miss

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From this reading "A' accident, miss," she fluttered respectfully.

not

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From this reading It's just an accident that I am not you, and you are not me!"

off

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From this reading Her mind could not grasp such amazing thoughts, and "an accident" meant to her a calamity in which some one was run over or fell off a ladder and was carried to "the 'orspital."

one

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From this reading Her mind could not grasp such amazing thoughts, and "an accident" meant to her a calamity in which some one was run over or fell off a ladder and was carried to "the 'orspital."

only

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From this reading "Why," she said, "we are just the same--I am only a little girl like you.

or

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From this reading Her mind could not grasp such amazing thoughts, and "an accident" meant to her a calamity in which some one was run over or fell off a ladder and was carried to "the 'orspital."

orspital

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From this reading Her mind could not grasp such amazing thoughts, and "an accident" meant to her a calamity in which some one was run over or fell off a ladder and was carried to "the 'orspital."

over

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From this reading Her mind could not grasp such amazing thoughts, and "an accident" meant to her a calamity in which some one was run over or fell off a ladder and was carried to "the 'orspital."

respectfully

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From this reading "A' accident, miss," she fluttered respectfully.

run

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From this reading Her mind could not grasp such amazing thoughts, and "an accident" meant to her a calamity in which some one was run over or fell off a ladder and was carried to "the 'orspital."

said

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "Why," she said, "we are just the same--I am only a little girl like you.

sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading "Why," she said, "we are just the same--I am only a little girl like you.

she

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "Why," she said, "we are just the same--I am only a little girl like you.

some

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Her mind could not grasp such amazing thoughts, and "an accident" meant to her a calamity in which some one was run over or fell off a ladder and was carried to "the 'orspital."

such

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Her mind could not grasp such amazing thoughts, and "an accident" meant to her a calamity in which some one was run over or fell off a ladder and was carried to "the 'orspital."

that

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading It's just an accident that I am not you, and you are not me!"

the

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "Why," she said, "we are just the same--I am only a little girl like you.

thoughts

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Her mind could not grasp such amazing thoughts, and "an accident" meant to her a calamity in which some one was run over or fell off a ladder and was carried to "the 'orspital."

to

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Her mind could not grasp such amazing thoughts, and "an accident" meant to her a calamity in which some one was run over or fell off a ladder and was carried to "the 'orspital."

understand

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Becky did not understand in the least.

was

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From this reading Her mind could not grasp such amazing thoughts, and "an accident" meant to her a calamity in which some one was run over or fell off a ladder and was carried to "the 'orspital."

we

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "Why," she said, "we are just the same--I am only a little girl like you.

which

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From this reading Her mind could not grasp such amazing thoughts, and "an accident" meant to her a calamity in which some one was run over or fell off a ladder and was carried to "the 'orspital."

Why

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "Why," she said, "we are just the same--I am only a little girl like you.

you

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From this reading "Why," she said, "we are just the same--I am only a little girl like you.

Chapter 5 of A Little Princess Being the whole story of by Frances Hodgson Burnett holds 212 sentences, grouped into 43 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 5 holds 212 sentences of A Little Princess Being the whole story of, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 5 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 212 sentences, grouped into 43 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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Work through the 43 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 5 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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About 375 minutes of reading across 902 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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