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Babylon, Volume 3
Babylon, Volume 3

Chapter VIII · Cecca Shows Her Hand

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|Have you brought me the medicine, Beppo?'
'The what, Signora Cecca?
Oh, the medicine?
I don't call it medicine: I call it --------' Cecca clapped her hand angrily upon his lips.
'Fool,' she said, 'what are you babbling about?
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Babylon, Volume 3

Chapter VIII · Cecca Shows Her Hand

Reading 1/21 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
|Have you brought me the medicine, Beppo?'
Line 2
'The what, Signora Cecca?
Line 3
Oh, the medicine?
Line 4
I don't call it medicine: I call it --------' Cecca clapped her hand angrily upon his lips.
Line 5
'Fool,' she said, 'what are you babbling about?

Learner Dictionary

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

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “'Fool,' she said, 'what are you babbling about?”

Brought noun US /ˈbrought/

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

From this reading “|Have you brought me the medicine, Beppo?'”

Fool noun US /fool/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “'Fool,' she said, 'what are you babbling about?”

Hand noun US /hand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I don't call it medicine: I call it --------' Cecca clapped her hand angrily upon his lips.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “|Have you brought me the medicine, Beppo?'”

Upon preposition US /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “I don't call it medicine: I call it --------' Cecca clapped her hand angrily upon his lips.”

All words in this reading · 28

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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading 'Fool,' she said, 'what are you babbling about?

angrily

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From this reading I don't call it medicine: I call it --------' Cecca clapped her hand angrily upon his lips.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading 'Fool,' she said, 'what are you babbling about?

babbling

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From this reading 'Fool,' she said, 'what are you babbling about?

Beppo

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From this reading |Have you brought me the medicine, Beppo?'

broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/

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

From this reading |Have you brought me the medicine, Beppo?'

call

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From this reading I don't call it medicine: I call it --------' Cecca clapped her hand angrily upon his lips.

Cecca

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From this reading 'The what, Signora Cecca?

clapped

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From this reading I don't call it medicine: I call it --------' Cecca clapped her hand angrily upon his lips.

don't

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From this reading I don't call it medicine: I call it --------' Cecca clapped her hand angrily upon his lips.

FoolnounUS /fool/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading 'Fool,' she said, 'what are you babbling about?

hand

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From this reading I don't call it medicine: I call it --------' Cecca clapped her hand angrily upon his lips.

Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading |Have you brought me the medicine, Beppo?'

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading I don't call it medicine: I call it --------' Cecca clapped her hand angrily upon his lips.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading I don't call it medicine: I call it --------' Cecca clapped her hand angrily upon his lips.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I don't call it medicine: I call it --------' Cecca clapped her hand angrily upon his lips.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading I don't call it medicine: I call it --------' Cecca clapped her hand angrily upon his lips.

lips

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From this reading I don't call it medicine: I call it --------' Cecca clapped her hand angrily upon his lips.

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading |Have you brought me the medicine, Beppo?'

medicine

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From this reading |Have you brought me the medicine, Beppo?'

Oh

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From this reading Oh, the medicine?

said

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From this reading 'Fool,' she said, 'what are you babbling about?

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading 'Fool,' she said, 'what are you babbling about?

Signora

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From this reading 'The what, Signora Cecca?

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading |Have you brought me the medicine, Beppo?'

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading I don't call it medicine: I call it --------' Cecca clapped her hand angrily upon his lips.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading 'The what, Signora Cecca?

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading |Have you brought me the medicine, Beppo?'