A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVII
For a while I toyed with the idea of just chalking it up as a miracle. Then I decided it would be a nice problem in probabilities. It had been seven months since we had parted company on the pink terrace at Okk-Hamiloth. Where would I have gone if I had been a cat? And how could I have found me--my old pal from earth?
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “It had been seven months since we had parted company on the pink terrace at Okk-Hamiloth.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “And how could I have found me--my old pal from earth?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And how could I have found me--my old pal from earth?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Where would I have gone if I had been a cat?”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “It had been seven months since we had parted company on the pink terrace at Okk-Hamiloth.”
during the time that
From this reading “For a while I toyed with the idea of just chalking it up as a miracle.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Then I decided it would be a nice problem in probabilities.”
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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 For a while I toyed with the idea of just chalking it up as a miracle.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And how could I have found me--my old pal from earth?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading For a while I toyed with the idea of just chalking it up as a miracle.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It had been seven months since we had parted company on the pink terrace at Okk-Hamiloth.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Then I decided it would be a nice problem in probabilities.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It had been seven months since we had parted company on the pink terrace at Okk-Hamiloth.
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From this reading Where would I have gone if I had been a cat?
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From this reading For a while I toyed with the idea of just chalking it up as a miracle.
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From this reading It had been seven months since we had parted company on the pink terrace at Okk-Hamiloth.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading And how could I have found me--my old pal from earth?
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From this reading Then I decided it would be a nice problem in probabilities.
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From this reading And how could I have found me--my old pal from earth?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a while I toyed with the idea of just chalking it up as a miracle.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And how could I have found me--my old pal from earth?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And how could I have found me--my old pal from earth?
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From this reading Where would I have gone if I had been a cat?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It had been seven months since we had parted company on the pink terrace at Okk-Hamiloth.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Where would I have gone if I had been a cat?
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From this reading And how could I have found me--my old pal from earth?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading For a while I toyed with the idea of just chalking it up as a miracle.
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From this reading For a while I toyed with the idea of just chalking it up as a miracle.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Where would I have gone if I had been a cat?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then I decided it would be a nice problem in probabilities.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading For a while I toyed with the idea of just chalking it up as a miracle.
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From this reading For a while I toyed with the idea of just chalking it up as a miracle.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And how could I have found me--my old pal from earth?
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From this reading For a while I toyed with the idea of just chalking it up as a miracle.
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From this reading It had been seven months since we had parted company on the pink terrace at Okk-Hamiloth.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And how could I have found me--my old pal from earth?
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From this reading Then I decided it would be a nice problem in probabilities.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For a while I toyed with the idea of just chalking it up as a miracle.
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From this reading It had been seven months since we had parted company on the pink terrace at Okk-Hamiloth.
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From this reading And how could I have found me--my old pal from earth?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It had been seven months since we had parted company on the pink terrace at Okk-Hamiloth.
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From this reading And how could I have found me--my old pal from earth?
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From this reading It had been seven months since we had parted company on the pink terrace at Okk-Hamiloth.
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From this reading It had been seven months since we had parted company on the pink terrace at Okk-Hamiloth.
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From this reading Then I decided it would be a nice problem in probabilities.
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From this reading Then I decided it would be a nice problem in probabilities.
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From this reading It had been seven months since we had parted company on the pink terrace at Okk-Hamiloth.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading It had been seven months since we had parted company on the pink terrace at Okk-Hamiloth.
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From this reading It had been seven months since we had parted company on the pink terrace at Okk-Hamiloth.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For a while I toyed with the idea of just chalking it up as a miracle.
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From this reading Then I decided it would be a nice problem in probabilities.
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From this reading For a while I toyed with the idea of just chalking it up as a miracle.
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From this reading For a while I toyed with the idea of just chalking it up as a miracle.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading It had been seven months since we had parted company on the pink terrace at Okk-Hamiloth.
in or at the place that
From this reading Where would I have gone if I had been a cat?
during the time that
From this reading For a while I toyed with the idea of just chalking it up as a miracle.
in the company of; together with
From this reading For a while I toyed with the idea of just chalking it up as a miracle.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Then I decided it would be a nice problem in probabilities.
