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Babylon, Volume 1

Chapter XIV · Minna Gives Notice

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|Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
I've give notice.'
'Given notice, Minna!
What for, on earth?
Why, you seemed to me so happy and comfortable there.
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Babylon, Volume 1

Chapter XIV · Minna Gives Notice

Reading 1/17 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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|Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?
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I've give notice.'
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'Given notice, Minna!
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What for, on earth?
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Why, you seemed to me so happy and comfortable there.

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 “|Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?”

Know noun US /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “|Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “|Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?”

Seemed noun US /seemed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Why, you seemed to me so happy and comfortable there.”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

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

From this reading “|Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?”

Towards preposition US /təˈwɔːrdz/

in the direction of

From this reading “|Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?”

All words in this reading · 44

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actually

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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

Colin

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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

comfortable

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From this reading Why, you seemed to me so happy and comfortable there.

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

donenounUS /done/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

earth

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From this reading What for, on earth?

evening

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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading What for, on earth?

give

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From this reading I've give notice.'

Given

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From this reading 'Given notice, Minna!

gone

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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

happy

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From this reading Why, you seemed to me so happy and comfortable there.

I've

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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

knownounUS /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

London

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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Why, you seemed to me so happy and comfortable there.

Minna

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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

notice

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From this reading I've give notice.'

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading What for, on earth?

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

Park

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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

Regent's

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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

said

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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

seemednounUS /seemed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Why, you seemed to me so happy and comfortable there.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Why, you seemed to me so happy and comfortable there.

streets

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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

there

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From this reading Why, you seemed to me so happy and comfortable there.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

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

From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

to-day

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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

together

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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/

in the direction of

From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

walked

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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

Why

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From this reading Why, you seemed to me so happy and comfortable there.

workman

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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

Wroe

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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?

young

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From this reading |Colin,' Minna Wroe said to the young workman one evening, as they walked together through the streets of London towards the Regent's Park: 'do you know what I've actually gone and done to-day?