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The Sleeping-Car: A Farce
The Sleeping-Car: A Farce

Chapter II

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[The passengers emerge from their berths in various deshabille and bewilderment.]
THE CONDUCTOR (to MR.
ROBERTS).
Have you been making all this row, waking up my passengers?
THE CALIFORNIAN.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Sleeping-Car: A Farce

Chapter II

Reading 1/112 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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[The passengers emerge from their berths in various deshabille and bewilderment.]
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THE CONDUCTOR (to MR.
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ROBERTS).
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Have you been making all this row, waking up my passengers?
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THE CALIFORNIAN.

Learner Dictionary

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

Been auxiliary verb US /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “Have you been making all this row, waking up my passengers?”

Berths plural noun US /bɜrθs/

sleeping places on a ship

From this reading “[The passengers emerge from their berths in various deshabille and bewilderment.]”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “Have you been making all this row, waking up my passengers?”

Waking adjective US /ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/

Risen from sleep; conscious.

From this reading “Have you been making all this row, waking up my passengers?”

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all

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From this reading Have you been making all this row, waking up my passengers?

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading [The passengers emerge from their berths in various deshabille and bewilderment.]

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Have you been making all this row, waking up my passengers?

berthsplural nounUS /bɜrθs/

sleeping places on a ship

From this reading [The passengers emerge from their berths in various deshabille and bewilderment.]

bewilderment

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From this reading [The passengers emerge from their berths in various deshabille and bewilderment.]

CALIFORNIAN

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From this reading THE CALIFORNIAN.

CONDUCTOR

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From this reading THE CONDUCTOR (to MR.

deshabille

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From this reading [The passengers emerge from their berths in various deshabille and bewilderment.]

emerge

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From this reading [The passengers emerge from their berths in various deshabille and bewilderment.]

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading [The passengers emerge from their berths in various deshabille and bewilderment.]

Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Have you been making all this row, waking up my passengers?

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading [The passengers emerge from their berths in various deshabille and bewilderment.]

making

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From this reading Have you been making all this row, waking up my passengers?

MR

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From this reading THE CONDUCTOR (to MR.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Have you been making all this row, waking up my passengers?

passengers

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From this reading [The passengers emerge from their berths in various deshabille and bewilderment.]

ROBERTS

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From this reading ROBERTS).

row

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From this reading Have you been making all this row, waking up my passengers?

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading [The passengers emerge from their berths in various deshabille and bewilderment.]

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading [The passengers emerge from their berths in various deshabille and bewilderment.]

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading Have you been making all this row, waking up my passengers?

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading THE CONDUCTOR (to MR.

up

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From this reading Have you been making all this row, waking up my passengers?

various

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From this reading [The passengers emerge from their berths in various deshabille and bewilderment.]

wakingadjectiveUS /ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/

Risen from sleep; conscious.

From this reading Have you been making all this row, waking up my passengers?

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Have you been making all this row, waking up my passengers?