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Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of Little Lord Fauntleroy is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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I always like to know about things like those,” he said, because you never know what you are coming to.”
When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.
He's a rare un,” they used to say.
An' a noice little outspoken chap, too.
Not much o' th' bad stock in him.”
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Little Lord Fauntleroy

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of Little Lord Fauntleroy 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
I always like to know about things like those,” he said, “because you never know what you are coming to.”
Line 2
When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.
Line 3
He's a rare un,” they used to say.
Line 4
An' a noice little outspoken chap, too.
Line 5
Not much o' th' bad stock in him.”

All words in this reading · 72

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a

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From this reading “He's a rare un,” they used to say.

about

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From this reading “I always like to know about things like those,” he said, “because you never know what you are coming to.”

always

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From this reading “I always like to know about things like those,” he said, “because you never know what you are coming to.”

among

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

An

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From this reading “An' a noice little outspoken chap, too.

and

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

are

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From this reading “I always like to know about things like those,” he said, “because you never know what you are coming to.”

at

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

away

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

back

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

bad

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From this reading Not much o' th' bad stock in him.”

because

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From this reading “I always like to know about things like those,” he said, “because you never know what you are coming to.”

but

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

chap

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From this reading “An' a noice little outspoken chap, too.

coming

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From this reading “I always like to know about things like those,” he said, “because you never know what you are coming to.”

curls

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

eagerness

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

face

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

full

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

hands

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

hat

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

he

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From this reading “I always like to know about things like those,” he said, “because you never know what you are coming to.”

He's

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From this reading “He's a rare un,” they used to say.

him

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

his

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

I

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From this reading “I always like to know about things like those,” he said, “because you never know what you are coming to.”

in

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

innocent

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

know

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From this reading “I always like to know about things like those,” he said, “because you never know what you are coming to.”

laugh

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

left

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

like

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From this reading “I always like to know about things like those,” he said, “because you never know what you are coming to.”

liked

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

little

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From this reading “An' a noice little outspoken chap, too.

much

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From this reading Not much o' th' bad stock in him.”

never

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From this reading “I always like to know about things like those,” he said, “because you never know what you are coming to.”

noice

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From this reading “An' a noice little outspoken chap, too.

Not

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From this reading Not much o' th' bad stock in him.”

o

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From this reading Not much o' th' bad stock in him.”

odd

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

of

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

on

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

outspoken

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From this reading “An' a noice little outspoken chap, too.

over

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

pockets

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

pushed

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

rare

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From this reading “He's a rare un,” they used to say.

said

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From this reading “I always like to know about things like those,” he said, “because you never know what you are coming to.”

say

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From this reading “He's a rare un,” they used to say.

see

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

small

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

speeches

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

stand

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

stock

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From this reading Not much o' th' bad stock in him.”

talk

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

talking

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

th

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From this reading Not much o' th' bad stock in him.”

the

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

them

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

themselves

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

they

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

things

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From this reading “I always like to know about things like those,” he said, “because you never know what you are coming to.”

those

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From this reading “I always like to know about things like those,” he said, “because you never know what you are coming to.”

to

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From this reading “I always like to know about things like those,” he said, “because you never know what you are coming to.”

too

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From this reading “An' a noice little outspoken chap, too.

un

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From this reading “He's a rare un,” they used to say.

used

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

what

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From this reading “I always like to know about things like those,” he said, “because you never know what you are coming to.”

When

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

with

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

workmen

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From this reading When he left them, the workmen used to talk him over among themselves, and laugh at his odd, innocent speeches; but they liked him, and liked to see him stand among them, talking away, with his hands in his pockets, his hat pushed back on his curls, and his small face full of eagerness.

you

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From this reading “I always like to know about things like those,” he said, “because you never know what you are coming to.”

Chapter 13 of Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett 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 13 of Little Lord Fauntleroy contain?

Chapter 13 holds 193 sentences of Little Lord Fauntleroy, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.

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Vocabulary met early in Little Lord Fauntleroy

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Cedric
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Himself
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Nothing
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Whatever
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