A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
FROM PISO TO FAUSTA. Marcus and Lucilia are inconsolable. Their grief, I fear, will be lasting as it is violent. They have no resource but to plunge into affairs and drive away memory by some active and engrossing occupation. Yet they cannot always live abroad; they must at times return to themselves and join the company of their own thoughts.
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “They have no resource but to plunge into affairs and drive away memory by some active and engrossing occupation.”
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading “They have no resource but to plunge into affairs and drive away memory by some active and engrossing occupation.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Yet they cannot always live abroad; they must at times return to themselves and join the company of their own thoughts.”
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading “Yet they cannot always live abroad; they must at times return to themselves and join the company of their own thoughts.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Their grief, I fear, will be lasting as it is violent.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “Yet they cannot always live abroad; they must at times return to themselves and join the company of their own thoughts.”
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From this reading Yet they cannot always live abroad; they must at times return to themselves and join the company of their own thoughts.
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From this reading They have no resource but to plunge into affairs and drive away memory by some active and engrossing occupation.
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From this reading They have no resource but to plunge into affairs and drive away memory by some active and engrossing occupation.
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From this reading Yet they cannot always live abroad; they must at times return to themselves and join the company of their own thoughts.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Marcus and Lucilia are inconsolable.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Marcus and Lucilia are inconsolable.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Their grief, I fear, will be lasting as it is violent.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Yet they cannot always live abroad; they must at times return to themselves and join the company of their own thoughts.
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From this reading They have no resource but to plunge into affairs and drive away memory by some active and engrossing occupation.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Their grief, I fear, will be lasting as it is violent.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading They have no resource but to plunge into affairs and drive away memory by some active and engrossing occupation.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They have no resource but to plunge into affairs and drive away memory by some active and engrossing occupation.
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From this reading Yet they cannot always live abroad; they must at times return to themselves and join the company of their own thoughts.
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From this reading Yet they cannot always live abroad; they must at times return to themselves and join the company of their own thoughts.
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From this reading They have no resource but to plunge into affairs and drive away memory by some active and engrossing occupation.
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From this reading They have no resource but to plunge into affairs and drive away memory by some active and engrossing occupation.
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From this reading FROM PISO TO FAUSTA.
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From this reading Their grief, I fear, will be lasting as it is violent.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading FROM PISO TO FAUSTA.
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From this reading Their grief, I fear, will be lasting as it is violent.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They have no resource but to plunge into affairs and drive away memory by some active and engrossing occupation.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Their grief, I fear, will be lasting as it is violent.
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From this reading Marcus and Lucilia are inconsolable.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading They have no resource but to plunge into affairs and drive away memory by some active and engrossing occupation.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Their grief, I fear, will be lasting as it is violent.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Their grief, I fear, will be lasting as it is violent.
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From this reading Yet they cannot always live abroad; they must at times return to themselves and join the company of their own thoughts.
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From this reading Their grief, I fear, will be lasting as it is violent.
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From this reading Yet they cannot always live abroad; they must at times return to themselves and join the company of their own thoughts.
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From this reading Marcus and Lucilia are inconsolable.
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From this reading Marcus and Lucilia are inconsolable.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading They have no resource but to plunge into affairs and drive away memory by some active and engrossing occupation.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Yet they cannot always live abroad; they must at times return to themselves and join the company of their own thoughts.
not any; not one
From this reading They have no resource but to plunge into affairs and drive away memory by some active and engrossing occupation.
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From this reading They have no resource but to plunge into affairs and drive away memory by some active and engrossing occupation.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Yet they cannot always live abroad; they must at times return to themselves and join the company of their own thoughts.
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From this reading Yet they cannot always live abroad; they must at times return to themselves and join the company of their own thoughts.
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From this reading FROM PISO TO FAUSTA.
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From this reading They have no resource but to plunge into affairs and drive away memory by some active and engrossing occupation.
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From this reading They have no resource but to plunge into affairs and drive away memory by some active and engrossing occupation.
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From this reading Yet they cannot always live abroad; they must at times return to themselves and join the company of their own thoughts.
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From this reading They have no resource but to plunge into affairs and drive away memory by some active and engrossing occupation.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Yet they cannot always live abroad; they must at times return to themselves and join the company of their own thoughts.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their grief, I fear, will be lasting as it is violent.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Yet they cannot always live abroad; they must at times return to themselves and join the company of their own thoughts.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They have no resource but to plunge into affairs and drive away memory by some active and engrossing occupation.
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From this reading Yet they cannot always live abroad; they must at times return to themselves and join the company of their own thoughts.
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From this reading Yet they cannot always live abroad; they must at times return to themselves and join the company of their own thoughts.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading FROM PISO TO FAUSTA.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Their grief, I fear, will be lasting as it is violent.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Their grief, I fear, will be lasting as it is violent.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet they cannot always live abroad; they must at times return to themselves and join the company of their own thoughts.
