The protagonist, Philip moved in with his uncle Mr. Carey, the Vicar of Blackstable after his mother's death. He goes to the medical school St. Luke's in London. He fell for the waitress Mildred. He went out with her, but she didn't like him, and she got married to g German. After she was dumped, she came to Philip's apartment.
............................................ "What made you go away with him?" Philip asked, in a low voice which he struggled to make firm. "I don't know. I didn't know he was a married man at first, and when he told me I gave him a piece of my mind. And then I didn't see him for months, and when he came to the shop again and asked me I don't know what came over me. I felt as if I couldn't help it. I had to go with him." "Were you in love with him?" "I don't know. I couldn't hardly help laughing at the things he said. And there was something about him?he said I'd never regret it, he promised to give me seven pounds a week?he said he was earning fifteen, and it was all a lie, he wasn't. And then I was sick of going to the shop every morning, and I wasn't getting on very well with my aunt; she wanted to treat me as a servant instead of a relation, said I ought to do my own room, and if I didn't do it nobody was going to do it for me. Oh, I wish I hadn't. But when he came to the shop and asked me I felt I couldn't help it." [Of Human Bondage by Somerset Maugham] I'd like to know if "do" means "clean" here. Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
Yes, it means to tidy it up and clean it.
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Yes, it means to tidy it up and clean it.
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