Chapter XIII
'YES, sir, yes sir; I've got your order,' cried Victoria to a middle aged man, whose face reddened with every minute of waiting. 'Steak, sir? Yes, sir, that'll be eight minutes. And sautees, yes sir. Gladys, send Dicky up to four.
A Bed of Roses
Chapter XIII
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'YES,
sir,
yes
sir;
I've
got
your
order,'
cried
Victoria
to
a
middle
aged
man,
whose
face
reddened
with
every
minute
of
waiting.
'Steak,
sir?
Yes,
sir,
that'll
be
eight
minutes.
And
sautees,
yes
sir.
Gladys,
send
Dicky
up
to
four.
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Line 1
'YES,
sir,
yes
sir;
I've
got
your
order,'
cried
Victoria
to
a
middle
aged
man,
whose
face
reddened
with
every
minute
of
waiting.
Line 2
'Steak,
sir?
Line 3
Yes,
sir,
that'll
be
eight
minutes.
Line 4
And
sautees,
yes
sir.
Line 5
Gladys,
send
Dicky
up
to
four.
Learner Dictionary
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Cried
noun
US /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'YES, sir, yes sir; I've got your order,' cried Victoria to a middle aged man, whose face reddened with every minute of waiting.”
Every
determiner
US /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “'YES, sir, yes sir; I've got your order,' cried Victoria to a middle aged man, whose face reddened with every minute of waiting.”
Order
noun
US /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “'YES, sir, yes sir; I've got your order,' cried Victoria to a middle aged man, whose face reddened with every minute of waiting.”
Waiting
noun
US /ˈwaiting/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “'YES, sir, yes sir; I've got your order,' cried Victoria to a middle aged man, whose face reddened with every minute of waiting.”
Whose
determiner
US /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading “'YES, sir, yes sir; I've got your order,' cried Victoria to a middle aged man, whose face reddened with every minute of waiting.”
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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 'YES, sir, yes sir; I've got your order,' cried Victoria to a middle aged man, whose face reddened with every minute of waiting.
aged
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From this reading 'YES, sir, yes sir; I've got your order,' cried Victoria to a middle aged man, whose face reddened with every minute of waiting.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And sautees, yes sir.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Yes, sir, that'll be eight minutes.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'YES, sir, yes sir; I've got your order,' cried Victoria to a middle aged man, whose face reddened with every minute of waiting.
Dicky
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From this reading Gladys, send Dicky up to four.
eight
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From this reading Yes, sir, that'll be eight minutes.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading 'YES, sir, yes sir; I've got your order,' cried Victoria to a middle aged man, whose face reddened with every minute of waiting.
face
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From this reading 'YES, sir, yes sir; I've got your order,' cried Victoria to a middle aged man, whose face reddened with every minute of waiting.
four
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From this reading Gladys, send Dicky up to four.
Gladys
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From this reading Gladys, send Dicky up to four.
got
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From this reading 'YES, sir, yes sir; I've got your order,' cried Victoria to a middle aged man, whose face reddened with every minute of waiting.
I've
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From this reading 'YES, sir, yes sir; I've got your order,' cried Victoria to a middle aged man, whose face reddened with every minute of waiting.
man
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From this reading 'YES, sir, yes sir; I've got your order,' cried Victoria to a middle aged man, whose face reddened with every minute of waiting.
middle
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From this reading 'YES, sir, yes sir; I've got your order,' cried Victoria to a middle aged man, whose face reddened with every minute of waiting.
minute
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From this reading 'YES, sir, yes sir; I've got your order,' cried Victoria to a middle aged man, whose face reddened with every minute of waiting.
minutes
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From this reading Yes, sir, that'll be eight minutes.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 'YES, sir, yes sir; I've got your order,' cried Victoria to a middle aged man, whose face reddened with every minute of waiting.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'YES, sir, yes sir; I've got your order,' cried Victoria to a middle aged man, whose face reddened with every minute of waiting.
reddened
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From this reading 'YES, sir, yes sir; I've got your order,' cried Victoria to a middle aged man, whose face reddened with every minute of waiting.
sautees
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From this reading And sautees, yes sir.
send
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From this reading Gladys, send Dicky up to four.
sir
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From this reading 'YES, sir, yes sir; I've got your order,' cried Victoria to a middle aged man, whose face reddened with every minute of waiting.
Steak
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From this reading 'Steak, sir?
that'll
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From this reading Yes, sir, that'll be eight minutes.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'YES, sir, yes sir; I've got your order,' cried Victoria to a middle aged man, whose face reddened with every minute of waiting.
up
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From this reading Gladys, send Dicky up to four.
Victoria
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From this reading 'YES, sir, yes sir; I've got your order,' cried Victoria to a middle aged man, whose face reddened with every minute of waiting.
waiting
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From this reading 'YES, sir, yes sir; I've got your order,' cried Victoria to a middle aged man, whose face reddened with every minute of waiting.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading 'YES, sir, yes sir; I've got your order,' cried Victoria to a middle aged man, whose face reddened with every minute of waiting.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading 'YES, sir, yes sir; I've got your order,' cried Victoria to a middle aged man, whose face reddened with every minute of waiting.
YES
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From this reading 'YES, sir, yes sir; I've got your order,' cried Victoria to a middle aged man, whose face reddened with every minute of waiting.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'YES, sir, yes sir; I've got your order,' cried Victoria to a middle aged man, whose face reddened with every minute of waiting.