A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter X
“THE WATERS OF QUIET” Mallowbanks, January 21st. _My own Carin_: I no longer have a grandmother. She has gone. She is dead; but we are trying not to grieve. We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She is dead; but we are trying not to grieve.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “She has gone.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “_My own Carin_: I no longer have a grandmother.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.”
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From this reading “THE WATERS OF QUIET” Mallowbanks, January 21st.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _My own Carin_: I no longer have a grandmother.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She is dead; but we are trying not to grieve.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.
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From this reading We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.
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From this reading We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She is dead; but we are trying not to grieve.
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From this reading _My own Carin_: I no longer have a grandmother.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She is dead; but we are trying not to grieve.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She has gone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _My own Carin_: I no longer have a grandmother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She is dead; but we are trying not to grieve.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She has gone.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _My own Carin_: I no longer have a grandmother.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.
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From this reading We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _My own Carin_: I no longer have a grandmother.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She is dead; but we are trying not to grieve.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “THE WATERS OF QUIET” Mallowbanks, January 21st.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _My own Carin_: I no longer have a grandmother.
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From this reading “THE WATERS OF QUIET” Mallowbanks, January 21st.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _My own Carin_: I no longer have a grandmother.
not any; not one
From this reading _My own Carin_: I no longer have a grandmother.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She is dead; but we are trying not to grieve.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “THE WATERS OF QUIET” Mallowbanks, January 21st.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _My own Carin_: I no longer have a grandmother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “THE WATERS OF QUIET” Mallowbanks, January 21st.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She has gone.
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From this reading We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “THE WATERS OF QUIET” Mallowbanks, January 21st.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She is dead; but we are trying not to grieve.
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From this reading She is dead; but we are trying not to grieve.
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From this reading “THE WATERS OF QUIET” Mallowbanks, January 21st.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading She is dead; but we are trying not to grieve.
in or at the place that
From this reading We are thinking of her as sailing on “the waters of quiet” to where her husband and her beloved son await her.
