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A Young Girl's Diary

Chapter XIX · Chapter 19

Chapter 19 of A Young Girl's Diary is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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October 12th.
Continuation; the head is laid up with a chill, so Frl.
Scholl gave the note to Frau Doktor M.; that was both good and bad.
Good because Borovsky will perhaps be able to stay after all, and bad because Frau Doktor M. was frightfully angry.
She gave us a fine lecture about True Good Manners, simply splendid.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

A Young Girl's Diary

Chapter XIX · Chapter 19

Chapter 19 of A Young Girl's Diary is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/38 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
October 12th.
Line 2
Continuation; the head is laid up with a chill, so Frl.
Line 3
Scholl gave the note to Frau Doktor M.; that was both good and bad.
Line 4
Good because Borovsky will perhaps be able to stay after all, and bad because Frau Doktor M. was frightfully angry.
Line 5
She gave us a fine lecture about True Good Manners, simply splendid.

All words in this reading · 46

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12th

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From this reading October 12th.

a

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From this reading Continuation; the head is laid up with a chill, so Frl.

able

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From this reading Good because Borovsky will perhaps be able to stay after all, and bad because Frau Doktor M. was frightfully angry.

about

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From this reading She gave us a fine lecture about True Good Manners, simply splendid.

after

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From this reading Good because Borovsky will perhaps be able to stay after all, and bad because Frau Doktor M. was frightfully angry.

all

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From this reading Good because Borovsky will perhaps be able to stay after all, and bad because Frau Doktor M. was frightfully angry.

and

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From this reading Scholl gave the note to Frau Doktor M.; that was both good and bad.

angry

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From this reading Good because Borovsky will perhaps be able to stay after all, and bad because Frau Doktor M. was frightfully angry.

bad

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From this reading Scholl gave the note to Frau Doktor M.; that was both good and bad.

be

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From this reading Good because Borovsky will perhaps be able to stay after all, and bad because Frau Doktor M. was frightfully angry.

because

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From this reading Good because Borovsky will perhaps be able to stay after all, and bad because Frau Doktor M. was frightfully angry.

Borovsky

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From this reading Good because Borovsky will perhaps be able to stay after all, and bad because Frau Doktor M. was frightfully angry.

both

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From this reading Scholl gave the note to Frau Doktor M.; that was both good and bad.

chill

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From this reading Continuation; the head is laid up with a chill, so Frl.

Continuation

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From this reading Continuation; the head is laid up with a chill, so Frl.

Doktor

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From this reading Scholl gave the note to Frau Doktor M.; that was both good and bad.

fine

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From this reading She gave us a fine lecture about True Good Manners, simply splendid.

Frau

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From this reading Scholl gave the note to Frau Doktor M.; that was both good and bad.

frightfully

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From this reading Good because Borovsky will perhaps be able to stay after all, and bad because Frau Doktor M. was frightfully angry.

Frl

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From this reading Continuation; the head is laid up with a chill, so Frl.

gave

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From this reading Scholl gave the note to Frau Doktor M.; that was both good and bad.

good

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From this reading Scholl gave the note to Frau Doktor M.; that was both good and bad.

head

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From this reading Continuation; the head is laid up with a chill, so Frl.

is

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From this reading Continuation; the head is laid up with a chill, so Frl.

laid

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From this reading Continuation; the head is laid up with a chill, so Frl.

lecture

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From this reading She gave us a fine lecture about True Good Manners, simply splendid.

M

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From this reading Scholl gave the note to Frau Doktor M.; that was both good and bad.

Manners

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From this reading She gave us a fine lecture about True Good Manners, simply splendid.

note

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From this reading Scholl gave the note to Frau Doktor M.; that was both good and bad.

October

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From this reading October 12th.

perhaps

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From this reading Good because Borovsky will perhaps be able to stay after all, and bad because Frau Doktor M. was frightfully angry.

Scholl

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From this reading Scholl gave the note to Frau Doktor M.; that was both good and bad.

She

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From this reading She gave us a fine lecture about True Good Manners, simply splendid.

simply

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From this reading She gave us a fine lecture about True Good Manners, simply splendid.

so

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From this reading Continuation; the head is laid up with a chill, so Frl.

splendid

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From this reading She gave us a fine lecture about True Good Manners, simply splendid.

stay

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From this reading Good because Borovsky will perhaps be able to stay after all, and bad because Frau Doktor M. was frightfully angry.

that

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From this reading Scholl gave the note to Frau Doktor M.; that was both good and bad.

the

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From this reading Continuation; the head is laid up with a chill, so Frl.

to

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From this reading Scholl gave the note to Frau Doktor M.; that was both good and bad.

True

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From this reading She gave us a fine lecture about True Good Manners, simply splendid.

up

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From this reading Continuation; the head is laid up with a chill, so Frl.

us

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From this reading She gave us a fine lecture about True Good Manners, simply splendid.

was

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From this reading Scholl gave the note to Frau Doktor M.; that was both good and bad.

will

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From this reading Good because Borovsky will perhaps be able to stay after all, and bad because Frau Doktor M. was frightfully angry.

with

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From this reading Continuation; the head is laid up with a chill, so Frl.

Chapter 19 of A Young Girl's Diary by Sigmund [Author of introduction, etc.] Freud holds 193 sentences, grouped into 39 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 19 of A Young Girl's Diary contain?

Chapter 19 holds 193 sentences of A Young Girl's Diary, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 19 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 193 sentences, grouped into 39 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 19 of A Young Girl's Diary?

Work through the 39 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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Can chapter 19 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 19 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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Project Gutenberg eBook #752, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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

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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
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Letter
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Sigmund
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Freud
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