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A Young Girl's Diary
A Young Girl's Diary

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of A Young Girl's Diary is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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November 28th.
Mother came to school to-day and saw him too.
I took her to him and he was heavenly.
He said: I am very pleased with your daughter; she’s very keen and clever.
Then he turned over the pages of his notebook as if to look at his notes.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

A Young Girl's Diary

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of A Young Girl's Diary is here in full — 186 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/37 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
November 28th.
Line 2
Mother came to school to-day and saw him too.
Line 3
I took her to him and he was heavenly.
Line 4
He said: I am very pleased with your daughter; she’s very keen and clever.
Line 5
Then he turned over the pages of his notebook as if to look at his notes.

All words in this reading · 40

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28th

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From this reading November 28th.

am

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and

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From this reading Mother came to school to-day and saw him too.

as

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From this reading Then he turned over the pages of his notebook as if to look at his notes.

at

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From this reading Then he turned over the pages of his notebook as if to look at his notes.

came

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From this reading Mother came to school to-day and saw him too.

clever

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daughter

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he

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From this reading I took her to him and he was heavenly.

heavenly

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From this reading I took her to him and he was heavenly.

her

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From this reading I took her to him and he was heavenly.

him

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From this reading Mother came to school to-day and saw him too.

his

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From this reading Then he turned over the pages of his notebook as if to look at his notes.

I

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if

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keen

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From this reading He said: I am very pleased with your daughter; she’s very keen and clever.

look

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Mother

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From this reading Mother came to school to-day and saw him too.

notebook

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notes

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November

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From this reading November 28th.

of

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over

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pages

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pleased

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From this reading He said: I am very pleased with your daughter; she’s very keen and clever.

said

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saw

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From this reading Mother came to school to-day and saw him too.

school

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From this reading Mother came to school to-day and saw him too.

she's

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the

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From this reading Then he turned over the pages of his notebook as if to look at his notes.

Then

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to

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From this reading Mother came to school to-day and saw him too.

to-day

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From this reading Mother came to school to-day and saw him too.

too

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From this reading Mother came to school to-day and saw him too.

took

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From this reading I took her to him and he was heavenly.

turned

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very

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was

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From this reading I took her to him and he was heavenly.

with

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your

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Chapter 10 of A Young Girl's Diary by Sigmund [Author of introduction, etc.] Freud holds 186 sentences, grouped into 38 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.

What does chapter 10 of A Young Girl's Diary contain?

Chapter 10 holds 186 sentences of A Young Girl's Diary, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 10 of A Young Girl's Diary by Sigmund [Author of introduction, etc.] Freud exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 186 sentences, grouped into 38 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.

How do I study chapter 10 of A Young Girl's Diary?

Work through the 38 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 38 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.

Can chapter 10 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 10 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.

Questions about reading A Young Girl's Diary

Common questions about reading A Young Girl's Diary by Sigmund [Author of introduction, etc.] Freud on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of A Young Girl's Diary?

Yes. All 5441 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #752 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of A Young Girl's Diary is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #752, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does A Young Girl's Diary take to read?

About 453 minutes of reading across 1089 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read A Young Girl's Diary section by section

How to work through A Young Girl's Diary section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

    Choose one of the 29 chapters of A Young Girl's Diary to begin.

  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

Vocabulary met early in A Young Girl's Diary

Words and structures a reader meets early in A Young Girl's Diary, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Prefaced
A word that appears in the opening chapter of A Young Girl's Diary; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Letter
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Sigmund
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Freud
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