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Anna Christie
Anna Christie

Chapter II

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MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?
ANNA--Yes.
Oh, not what you mean.
It's my Old Man I got to meet.
Honest!
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Anna Christie

Chapter II

Reading 1/91 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?
Line 2
ANNA--Yes.
Line 3
Oh, not what you mean.
Line 4
It's my Old Man I got to meet.
Line 5
Honest!
/ˈɑnɪst/

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

After preposition US /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?”

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?”

Honest adjective US /ˈɑnɪst/

truthful and trustworthy

From this reading “Honest!”

Someone pronoun US /ˈsʌmwʌn/

a person, without saying who

From this reading “MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?”

All words in this reading · 26

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?

AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?

ANNA

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From this reading ANNA--Yes.

Didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?

got

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From this reading MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?

herenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?

HonestadjectiveUS /ˈɑnɪst/

truthful and trustworthy

From this reading Honest!

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading It's my Old Man I got to meet.

It's

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From this reading It's my Old Man I got to meet.

Man

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From this reading It's my Old Man I got to meet.

MARTHY

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From this reading MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?

mean

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From this reading Oh, not what you mean.

meet

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From this reading MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading It's my Old Man I got to meet.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Oh, not what you mean.

Oh

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From this reading Oh, not what you mean.

Old

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From this reading It's my Old Man I got to meet.

pause

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From this reading MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?

say

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From this reading MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?

slight

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From this reading MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?

someonepronounUS /ˈsʌmwʌn/

a person, without saying who

From this reading MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Oh, not what you mean.

Yes

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From this reading ANNA--Yes.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Oh, not what you mean.

yuh

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From this reading MARTHY--[After a slight pause.] Did yuh say yuh got to meet someone here?