A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
My little love affair with Margot had put me in a state of exaltation. Other things conspired to make me especially susceptible to religious suggestion. Oliver was back from his second year in the seminary. My dislike for him was forgotten. He seemed very eloquent to me in the young people’s meetings, which he conducted.
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Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading “My dislike for him was forgotten.”
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From this reading “My little love affair with Margot had put me in a state of exaltation.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Other things conspired to make me especially susceptible to religious suggestion.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Oliver was back from his second year in the seminary.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He seemed very eloquent to me in the young people’s meetings, which he conducted.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading My little love affair with Margot had put me in a state of exaltation.
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From this reading My little love affair with Margot had put me in a state of exaltation.
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From this reading Oliver was back from his second year in the seminary.
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From this reading My dislike for him was forgotten.
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From this reading My little love affair with Margot had put me in a state of exaltation.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading My dislike for him was forgotten.
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading My dislike for him was forgotten.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Oliver was back from his second year in the seminary.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading My little love affair with Margot had put me in a state of exaltation.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He seemed very eloquent to me in the young people’s meetings, which he conducted.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading My dislike for him was forgotten.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Oliver was back from his second year in the seminary.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading My little love affair with Margot had put me in a state of exaltation.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My little love affair with Margot had put me in a state of exaltation.
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From this reading My little love affair with Margot had put me in a state of exaltation.
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From this reading Other things conspired to make me especially susceptible to religious suggestion.
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From this reading My little love affair with Margot had put me in a state of exaltation.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading My little love affair with Margot had put me in a state of exaltation.
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From this reading He seemed very eloquent to me in the young people’s meetings, which he conducted.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My little love affair with Margot had put me in a state of exaltation.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading My little love affair with Margot had put me in a state of exaltation.
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From this reading Oliver was back from his second year in the seminary.
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From this reading Other things conspired to make me especially susceptible to religious suggestion.
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From this reading He seemed very eloquent to me in the young people’s meetings, which he conducted.
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From this reading My little love affair with Margot had put me in a state of exaltation.
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From this reading Other things conspired to make me especially susceptible to religious suggestion.
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From this reading Oliver was back from his second year in the seminary.
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From this reading He seemed very eloquent to me in the young people’s meetings, which he conducted.
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From this reading Oliver was back from his second year in the seminary.
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From this reading My little love affair with Margot had put me in a state of exaltation.
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From this reading Other things conspired to make me especially susceptible to religious suggestion.
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From this reading Other things conspired to make me especially susceptible to religious suggestion.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Oliver was back from his second year in the seminary.
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From this reading Other things conspired to make me especially susceptible to religious suggestion.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Other things conspired to make me especially susceptible to religious suggestion.
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From this reading He seemed very eloquent to me in the young people’s meetings, which he conducted.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Oliver was back from his second year in the seminary.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He seemed very eloquent to me in the young people’s meetings, which he conducted.
in the company of; together with
From this reading My little love affair with Margot had put me in a state of exaltation.
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From this reading Oliver was back from his second year in the seminary.
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From this reading He seemed very eloquent to me in the young people’s meetings, which he conducted.
