Chapter III
BARTHWICK. And what do you pay a week? MRS. JONES. We pay six shillings a week, sir, for a furnished room.
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Chapter III
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BARTHWICK.
And
what
do
you
pay
a
week?
MRS.
JONES.
We
pay
six
shillings
a
week,
sir,
for
a
furnished
room.
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BARTHWICK.
Line 2
And
what
do
you
pay
a
week?
Line 3
MRS.
Line 4
JONES.
Line 5
We
pay
six
shillings
a
week,
sir,
for
a
furnished
room.
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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 And what do you pay a week?
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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BARTHWICK
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doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
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furnished
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JONES
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MRS
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pay
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room
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shillings
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sir
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six
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WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
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week
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whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
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youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
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