A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
What stupid letters I write! Doesn’t it frighten you when you read them and think that is the person with whom I have to spend my life. Yet you never seem alarmed about it. I think it is so _brave_ of you. That reminds me that I never finished what I wanted to say at the beginning of this letter.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Yet you never seem alarmed about it.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “That reminds me that I never finished what I wanted to say at the beginning of this letter.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Doesn’t it frighten you when you read them and think that is the person with whom I have to spend my life.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Doesn’t it frighten you when you read them and think that is the person with whom I have to spend my life.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Yet you never seem alarmed about it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Doesn’t it frighten you when you read them and think that is the person with whom I have to spend my life.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “Yet you never seem alarmed about it.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Yet you never seem alarmed about it.
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From this reading Yet you never seem alarmed about it.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Doesn’t it frighten you when you read them and think that is the person with whom I have to spend my life.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading That reminds me that I never finished what I wanted to say at the beginning of this letter.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading That reminds me that I never finished what I wanted to say at the beginning of this letter.
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From this reading I think it is so _brave_ of you.
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From this reading Doesn’t it frighten you when you read them and think that is the person with whom I have to spend my life.
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From this reading That reminds me that I never finished what I wanted to say at the beginning of this letter.
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From this reading Doesn’t it frighten you when you read them and think that is the person with whom I have to spend my life.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Doesn’t it frighten you when you read them and think that is the person with whom I have to spend my life.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading What stupid letters I write!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Doesn’t it frighten you when you read them and think that is the person with whom I have to spend my life.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Doesn’t it frighten you when you read them and think that is the person with whom I have to spend my life.
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From this reading That reminds me that I never finished what I wanted to say at the beginning of this letter.
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From this reading What stupid letters I write!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Doesn’t it frighten you when you read them and think that is the person with whom I have to spend my life.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading That reminds me that I never finished what I wanted to say at the beginning of this letter.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Doesn’t it frighten you when you read them and think that is the person with whom I have to spend my life.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet you never seem alarmed about it.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I think it is so _brave_ of you.
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From this reading Doesn’t it frighten you when you read them and think that is the person with whom I have to spend my life.
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From this reading Doesn’t it frighten you when you read them and think that is the person with whom I have to spend my life.
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From this reading That reminds me that I never finished what I wanted to say at the beginning of this letter.
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From this reading That reminds me that I never finished what I wanted to say at the beginning of this letter.
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From this reading Yet you never seem alarmed about it.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I think it is so _brave_ of you.
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From this reading Doesn’t it frighten you when you read them and think that is the person with whom I have to spend my life.
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From this reading What stupid letters I write!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Doesn’t it frighten you when you read them and think that is the person with whom I have to spend my life.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Doesn’t it frighten you when you read them and think that is the person with whom I have to spend my life.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Doesn’t it frighten you when you read them and think that is the person with whom I have to spend my life.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Doesn’t it frighten you when you read them and think that is the person with whom I have to spend my life.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading That reminds me that I never finished what I wanted to say at the beginning of this letter.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Doesn’t it frighten you when you read them and think that is the person with whom I have to spend my life.
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From this reading That reminds me that I never finished what I wanted to say at the beginning of this letter.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What stupid letters I write!
at the time that
From this reading Doesn’t it frighten you when you read them and think that is the person with whom I have to spend my life.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Doesn’t it frighten you when you read them and think that is the person with whom I have to spend my life.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Doesn’t it frighten you when you read them and think that is the person with whom I have to spend my life.
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From this reading What stupid letters I write!
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet you never seem alarmed about it.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Doesn’t it frighten you when you read them and think that is the person with whom I have to spend my life.
