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A Young Girl's Diary

Chapter XX · Chapter 20

Chapter 20 of A Young Girl's Diary is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Sigmund [Author of introduction, etc.] Freud • Curated US English Learning Edition

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29th.

Hella came to dinner to-day, she was wearing a new dress, a light strawberry colour, and it suited her admirably.

In the evening Oswald said: “two or three years more, and Hella will look ripping.”

It does annoy me so this continual _will_.

Hella’s father simply said of me that I _was_ charming,, and not that idiotic: I _was going to become_ charming.

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Chapter XX Reading 1/37

A Young Girl's Diary

Chapter XX · Chapter 20

Chapter 20 of A Young Girl's Diary is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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

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29th.

Line 2

Hella came to dinner to-day, she was wearing a new dress, a light strawberry colour, and it suited her admirably.

Line 3

In the evening Oswald said: “two or three years more, and Hella will look ripping.”

Line 4

It does annoy me so this continual _will_.

Line 5

Hella’s father simply said of me that I _was_ charming,, and not that idiotic: I _was going to become_ charming.

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29th

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a

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admirably

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and

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annoy

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become

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came

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charming

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colour

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continual

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dinner

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does

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dress

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evening

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father

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going

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Hella

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Hella's

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her

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I

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idiotic

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In

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it

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light

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look

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me

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more

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new

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not

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of

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or

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Oswald

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ripping

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said

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she

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simply

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so

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strawberry

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suited

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that

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the

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this

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three

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to

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to-day

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two

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was

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From this reading Hella came to dinner to-day, she was wearing a new dress, a light strawberry colour, and it suited her admirably.

wearing

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will

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From this reading In the evening Oswald said: “two or three years more, and Hella will look ripping.”

years

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Chapter 20 of A Young Girl's Diary by Sigmund [Author of introduction, etc.] Freud holds 188 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.

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