A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
That evening I had a talk with Fanny over the area gate. She came out when she saw me approach, with her eyes staring and her whole form in a flutter. “O,” she cried, “such things as I have heard this day!” “Well,” said I, “what? let me hear too.” She put her hand on her heart.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““O,” she cried, “such things as I have heard this day!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She put her hand on her heart.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““O,” she cried, “such things as I have heard this day!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Well,” said I, “what? let me hear too.””
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading ““Well,” said I, “what? let me hear too.””
above and across; more than
From this reading “That evening I had a talk with Fanny over the area gate.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Well,” said I, “what? let me hear too.””
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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 That evening I had a talk with Fanny over the area gate.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She came out when she saw me approach, with her eyes staring and her whole form in a flutter.
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From this reading She came out when she saw me approach, with her eyes staring and her whole form in a flutter.
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From this reading That evening I had a talk with Fanny over the area gate.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “O,” she cried, “such things as I have heard this day!”
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From this reading She came out when she saw me approach, with her eyes staring and her whole form in a flutter.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “O,” she cried, “such things as I have heard this day!”
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From this reading “O,” she cried, “such things as I have heard this day!”
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From this reading That evening I had a talk with Fanny over the area gate.
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From this reading She came out when she saw me approach, with her eyes staring and her whole form in a flutter.
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From this reading That evening I had a talk with Fanny over the area gate.
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From this reading She came out when she saw me approach, with her eyes staring and her whole form in a flutter.
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From this reading She came out when she saw me approach, with her eyes staring and her whole form in a flutter.
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From this reading That evening I had a talk with Fanny over the area gate.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That evening I had a talk with Fanny over the area gate.
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From this reading She put her hand on her heart.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “O,” she cried, “such things as I have heard this day!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well,” said I, “what? let me hear too.”
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From this reading “O,” she cried, “such things as I have heard this day!”
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From this reading She put her hand on her heart.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She came out when she saw me approach, with her eyes staring and her whole form in a flutter.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading That evening I had a talk with Fanny over the area gate.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She came out when she saw me approach, with her eyes staring and her whole form in a flutter.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Well,” said I, “what? let me hear too.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She came out when she saw me approach, with her eyes staring and her whole form in a flutter.
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From this reading “O,” she cried, “such things as I have heard this day!”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She put her hand on her heart.
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From this reading She came out when she saw me approach, with her eyes staring and her whole form in a flutter.
above and across; more than
From this reading That evening I had a talk with Fanny over the area gate.
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From this reading She put her hand on her heart.
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From this reading “Well,” said I, “what? let me hear too.”
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From this reading She came out when she saw me approach, with her eyes staring and her whole form in a flutter.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She came out when she saw me approach, with her eyes staring and her whole form in a flutter.
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From this reading She came out when she saw me approach, with her eyes staring and her whole form in a flutter.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading “O,” she cried, “such things as I have heard this day!”
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From this reading That evening I had a talk with Fanny over the area gate.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That evening I had a talk with Fanny over the area gate.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That evening I had a talk with Fanny over the area gate.
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From this reading “O,” she cried, “such things as I have heard this day!”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “O,” she cried, “such things as I have heard this day!”
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From this reading “Well,” said I, “what? let me hear too.”
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From this reading “Well,” said I, “what? let me hear too.”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Well,” said I, “what? let me hear too.”
at the time that
From this reading She came out when she saw me approach, with her eyes staring and her whole form in a flutter.
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From this reading She came out when she saw me approach, with her eyes staring and her whole form in a flutter.
in the company of; together with
From this reading That evening I had a talk with Fanny over the area gate.
