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Plays : Fifth Series
Plays : Fifth Series

Chapter XXIII

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MRS MARCH.
No, no, Cook!
Where's Mr Bly?
COOK.
He's done his windows; he's just waiting for his money.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Plays : Fifth Series

Chapter XXIII

Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
MRS MARCH.
Line 2
No, no, Cook!
Line 3
Where's Mr Bly?
Line 4
COOK.
Line 5
He's done his windows; he's just waiting for his money.

Learner Dictionary

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

Done noun US /done/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “He's done his windows; he's just waiting for his money.”

Waiting noun US /ˈwaiting/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “He's done his windows; he's just waiting for his money.”

All words in this reading · 15

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Bly

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From this reading Where's Mr Bly?

Cook

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From this reading No, no, Cook!

donenounUS /done/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He's done his windows; he's just waiting for his money.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading He's done his windows; he's just waiting for his money.

He's

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From this reading He's done his windows; he's just waiting for his money.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading He's done his windows; he's just waiting for his money.

just

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From this reading He's done his windows; he's just waiting for his money.

MARCH

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From this reading MRS MARCH.

money

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From this reading He's done his windows; he's just waiting for his money.

Mr

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From this reading Where's Mr Bly?

MRS

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From this reading MRS MARCH.

NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading No, no, Cook!

waiting

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From this reading He's done his windows; he's just waiting for his money.

Where's

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From this reading Where's Mr Bly?

windows

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From this reading He's done his windows; he's just waiting for his money.