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The Story of the Treasure Seekers
Being the
The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the

Chapter II · Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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I am afraid the last chapter was rather dull.
It is always dull in books when people talk and talk, and don’t do anything, but I was obliged to put it in, or else you wouldn’t have understood all the rest.
The best part of books is when things are happening.
That is the best part of real things too.
This is why I shall not tell you in this story about all the days when nothing happened.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the

Chapter II · Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the is here in full — 136 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/27 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
I am afraid the last chapter was rather dull.
Line 2
It is always dull in books when people talk and talk, and don’t do anything, but I was obliged to put it in, or else you wouldn’t have understood all the rest.
Line 3
The best part of books is when things are happening.
Line 4
That is the best part of real things too.
Line 5
This is why I shall not tell you in this story about all the days when nothing happened.

Learner Dictionary

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Books noun US /bʊks/

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading “It is always dull in books when people talk and talk, and don’t do anything, but I was obliged to put it in, or else you wouldn’t have understood all the rest.”

All words in this reading · 52

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about

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From this reading This is why I shall not tell you in this story about all the days when nothing happened.

afraid

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From this reading I am afraid the last chapter was rather dull.

all

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From this reading It is always dull in books when people talk and talk, and don’t do anything, but I was obliged to put it in, or else you wouldn’t have understood all the rest.

always

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From this reading It is always dull in books when people talk and talk, and don’t do anything, but I was obliged to put it in, or else you wouldn’t have understood all the rest.

am

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From this reading I am afraid the last chapter was rather dull.

and

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From this reading It is always dull in books when people talk and talk, and don’t do anything, but I was obliged to put it in, or else you wouldn’t have understood all the rest.

anything

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From this reading It is always dull in books when people talk and talk, and don’t do anything, but I was obliged to put it in, or else you wouldn’t have understood all the rest.

are

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From this reading The best part of books is when things are happening.

best

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From this reading The best part of books is when things are happening.

booksnounUS /bʊks/

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading It is always dull in books when people talk and talk, and don’t do anything, but I was obliged to put it in, or else you wouldn’t have understood all the rest.

but

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From this reading It is always dull in books when people talk and talk, and don’t do anything, but I was obliged to put it in, or else you wouldn’t have understood all the rest.

chapter

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From this reading I am afraid the last chapter was rather dull.

days

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From this reading This is why I shall not tell you in this story about all the days when nothing happened.

do

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From this reading It is always dull in books when people talk and talk, and don’t do anything, but I was obliged to put it in, or else you wouldn’t have understood all the rest.

don't

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From this reading It is always dull in books when people talk and talk, and don’t do anything, but I was obliged to put it in, or else you wouldn’t have understood all the rest.

dull

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From this reading I am afraid the last chapter was rather dull.

else

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From this reading It is always dull in books when people talk and talk, and don’t do anything, but I was obliged to put it in, or else you wouldn’t have understood all the rest.

happened

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From this reading This is why I shall not tell you in this story about all the days when nothing happened.

happening

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From this reading The best part of books is when things are happening.

have

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From this reading It is always dull in books when people talk and talk, and don’t do anything, but I was obliged to put it in, or else you wouldn’t have understood all the rest.

I

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From this reading I am afraid the last chapter was rather dull.

in

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From this reading It is always dull in books when people talk and talk, and don’t do anything, but I was obliged to put it in, or else you wouldn’t have understood all the rest.

is

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From this reading It is always dull in books when people talk and talk, and don’t do anything, but I was obliged to put it in, or else you wouldn’t have understood all the rest.

It

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From this reading It is always dull in books when people talk and talk, and don’t do anything, but I was obliged to put it in, or else you wouldn’t have understood all the rest.

last

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From this reading I am afraid the last chapter was rather dull.

not

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From this reading This is why I shall not tell you in this story about all the days when nothing happened.

nothing

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From this reading This is why I shall not tell you in this story about all the days when nothing happened.

obliged

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From this reading It is always dull in books when people talk and talk, and don’t do anything, but I was obliged to put it in, or else you wouldn’t have understood all the rest.

of

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From this reading The best part of books is when things are happening.

or

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From this reading It is always dull in books when people talk and talk, and don’t do anything, but I was obliged to put it in, or else you wouldn’t have understood all the rest.

part

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From this reading The best part of books is when things are happening.

people

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From this reading It is always dull in books when people talk and talk, and don’t do anything, but I was obliged to put it in, or else you wouldn’t have understood all the rest.

put

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From this reading It is always dull in books when people talk and talk, and don’t do anything, but I was obliged to put it in, or else you wouldn’t have understood all the rest.

rather

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From this reading I am afraid the last chapter was rather dull.

real

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From this reading That is the best part of real things too.

rest

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From this reading It is always dull in books when people talk and talk, and don’t do anything, but I was obliged to put it in, or else you wouldn’t have understood all the rest.

shall

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From this reading This is why I shall not tell you in this story about all the days when nothing happened.

story

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From this reading This is why I shall not tell you in this story about all the days when nothing happened.

talk

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From this reading It is always dull in books when people talk and talk, and don’t do anything, but I was obliged to put it in, or else you wouldn’t have understood all the rest.

tell

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From this reading This is why I shall not tell you in this story about all the days when nothing happened.

That

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From this reading That is the best part of real things too.

the

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From this reading I am afraid the last chapter was rather dull.

things

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From this reading The best part of books is when things are happening.

This

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From this reading This is why I shall not tell you in this story about all the days when nothing happened.

to

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From this reading It is always dull in books when people talk and talk, and don’t do anything, but I was obliged to put it in, or else you wouldn’t have understood all the rest.

too

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From this reading That is the best part of real things too.

understood

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From this reading It is always dull in books when people talk and talk, and don’t do anything, but I was obliged to put it in, or else you wouldn’t have understood all the rest.

was

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From this reading I am afraid the last chapter was rather dull.

when

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From this reading It is always dull in books when people talk and talk, and don’t do anything, but I was obliged to put it in, or else you wouldn’t have understood all the rest.

why

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From this reading This is why I shall not tell you in this story about all the days when nothing happened.

wouldn't

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From this reading It is always dull in books when people talk and talk, and don’t do anything, but I was obliged to put it in, or else you wouldn’t have understood all the rest.

you

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From this reading It is always dull in books when people talk and talk, and don’t do anything, but I was obliged to put it in, or else you wouldn’t have understood all the rest.

Chapter 2 of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the by E. (Edith) Nesbit holds 136 sentences, grouped into 28 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 2 of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the contain?

Chapter 2 holds 136 sentences of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 2 of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the by E. (Edith) Nesbit exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 136 sentences, grouped into 28 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 2 of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the?

Work through the 28 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 28 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 2 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 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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Common questions about reading The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the by E. (Edith) Nesbit on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the?

Yes. All 2984 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #770 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #770, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 248 minutes of reading across 597 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Story
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Different
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Looked
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Treasure
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.