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Plays : First Series

Chapter XIII

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MRS.
GWYN.
[With a faint smile.] But you'll be glad to get the money won't you?
LEVER.
By George! if you're going to take it like this, Molly MRS.
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Plays : First Series

Chapter XIII

Reading 1/78 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
MRS.
Line 2
GWYN.
Line 3
[With a faint smile.] But you'll be glad to get the money won't you?
Line 4
LEVER.
Line 5
By George! if you're going to take it like this, Molly MRS.

Learner Dictionary

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

Take noun US /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “By George! if you're going to take it like this, Molly MRS.”

All words in this reading · 27

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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 [With a faint smile.] But you'll be glad to get the money won't you?

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading [With a faint smile.] But you'll be glad to get the money won't you?

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading [With a faint smile.] But you'll be glad to get the money won't you?

ByprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading By George! if you're going to take it like this, Molly MRS.

faint

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From this reading [With a faint smile.] But you'll be glad to get the money won't you?

George

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From this reading By George! if you're going to take it like this, Molly MRS.

get

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From this reading [With a faint smile.] But you'll be glad to get the money won't you?

glad

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From this reading [With a faint smile.] But you'll be glad to get the money won't you?

going

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From this reading By George! if you're going to take it like this, Molly MRS.

GWYN

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From this reading GWYN.

ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading By George! if you're going to take it like this, Molly MRS.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading By George! if you're going to take it like this, Molly MRS.

LEVER

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From this reading LEVER.

like

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From this reading By George! if you're going to take it like this, Molly MRS.

Molly

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From this reading By George! if you're going to take it like this, Molly MRS.

money

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From this reading [With a faint smile.] But you'll be glad to get the money won't you?

MRS

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From this reading MRS.

smile

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From this reading [With a faint smile.] But you'll be glad to get the money won't you?

takenounUS /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading By George! if you're going to take it like this, Molly MRS.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading [With a faint smile.] But you'll be glad to get the money won't you?

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading By George! if you're going to take it like this, Molly MRS.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading [With a faint smile.] But you'll be glad to get the money won't you?

WithprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading [With a faint smile.] But you'll be glad to get the money won't you?

won't

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From this reading [With a faint smile.] But you'll be glad to get the money won't you?

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading [With a faint smile.] But you'll be glad to get the money won't you?

you'll

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From this reading [With a faint smile.] But you'll be glad to get the money won't you?

you're

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From this reading By George! if you're going to take it like this, Molly MRS.