A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Some glimmering of the botanist's feelings strikes through to my slow sympathies. Of course--a strange man! I put out a restraining hand towards his arm. "I told you," I say, "that very probably, most probably, she would have met some other. I tried to prepare you."
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Of course--a strange man!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I put out a restraining hand towards his arm.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"I told you," I say, "that very probably, most probably, she would have met some other.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Some glimmering of the botanist's feelings strikes through to my slow sympathies.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I told you," I say, "that very probably, most probably, she would have met some other.”
in the direction of
From this reading “I put out a restraining hand towards his arm.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “"I told you," I say, "that very probably, most probably, she would have met some other.”
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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 Of course--a strange man!
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From this reading I put out a restraining hand towards his arm.
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From this reading Some glimmering of the botanist's feelings strikes through to my slow sympathies.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of course--a strange man!
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From this reading Some glimmering of the botanist's feelings strikes through to my slow sympathies.
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From this reading Some glimmering of the botanist's feelings strikes through to my slow sympathies.
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From this reading I put out a restraining hand towards his arm.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I told you," I say, "that very probably, most probably, she would have met some other.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I put out a restraining hand towards his arm.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I put out a restraining hand towards his arm.
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From this reading Of course--a strange man!
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From this reading "I told you," I say, "that very probably, most probably, she would have met some other.
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From this reading "I told you," I say, "that very probably, most probably, she would have met some other.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Some glimmering of the botanist's feelings strikes through to my slow sympathies.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Some glimmering of the botanist's feelings strikes through to my slow sympathies.
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From this reading "I told you," I say, "that very probably, most probably, she would have met some other.
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From this reading I put out a restraining hand towards his arm.
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From this reading I tried to prepare you."
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From this reading "I told you," I say, "that very probably, most probably, she would have met some other.
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From this reading I put out a restraining hand towards his arm.
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From this reading I put out a restraining hand towards his arm.
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From this reading "I told you," I say, "that very probably, most probably, she would have met some other.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I told you," I say, "that very probably, most probably, she would have met some other.
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From this reading Some glimmering of the botanist's feelings strikes through to my slow sympathies.
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From this reading Some glimmering of the botanist's feelings strikes through to my slow sympathies.
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From this reading Of course--a strange man!
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From this reading Some glimmering of the botanist's feelings strikes through to my slow sympathies.
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From this reading Some glimmering of the botanist's feelings strikes through to my slow sympathies.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I told you," I say, "that very probably, most probably, she would have met some other.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Some glimmering of the botanist's feelings strikes through to my slow sympathies.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Some glimmering of the botanist's feelings strikes through to my slow sympathies.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Some glimmering of the botanist's feelings strikes through to my slow sympathies.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I told you," I say, "that very probably, most probably, she would have met some other.
in the direction of
From this reading I put out a restraining hand towards his arm.
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From this reading I tried to prepare you."
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From this reading "I told you," I say, "that very probably, most probably, she would have met some other.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "I told you," I say, "that very probably, most probably, she would have met some other.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I told you," I say, "that very probably, most probably, she would have met some other.
