A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IV
BE YE KIND-HEARTED. ‘I went first,’ said Mrs Leddam, ‘to the houses where I supposed rich people lived.’ ‘There’s handsome houses in that wide street,’ interrupted John. ‘I saw, through the windows, pictures hanging on the walls, and such beautiful curtains! Did you go to them?’
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘I went first,’ said Mrs Leddam, ‘to the houses where I supposed rich people lived.’”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “‘There’s handsome houses in that wide street,’ interrupted John.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “‘There’s handsome houses in that wide street,’ interrupted John.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘There’s handsome houses in that wide street,’ interrupted John.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “‘I saw, through the windows, pictures hanging on the walls, and such beautiful curtains!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘I went first,’ said Mrs Leddam, ‘to the houses where I supposed rich people lived.’”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ‘I saw, through the windows, pictures hanging on the walls, and such beautiful curtains!
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading BE YE KIND-HEARTED.
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From this reading ‘I saw, through the windows, pictures hanging on the walls, and such beautiful curtains!
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From this reading ‘I saw, through the windows, pictures hanging on the walls, and such beautiful curtains!
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did you go to them?’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘I went first,’ said Mrs Leddam, ‘to the houses where I supposed rich people lived.’
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From this reading Did you go to them?’
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ‘There’s handsome houses in that wide street,’ interrupted John.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I saw, through the windows, pictures hanging on the walls, and such beautiful curtains!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I went first,’ said Mrs Leddam, ‘to the houses where I supposed rich people lived.’
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I went first,’ said Mrs Leddam, ‘to the houses where I supposed rich people lived.’
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ‘There’s handsome houses in that wide street,’ interrupted John.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ‘There’s handsome houses in that wide street,’ interrupted John.
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From this reading ‘There’s handsome houses in that wide street,’ interrupted John.
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From this reading BE YE KIND-HEARTED.
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From this reading ‘I went first,’ said Mrs Leddam, ‘to the houses where I supposed rich people lived.’
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From this reading ‘I went first,’ said Mrs Leddam, ‘to the houses where I supposed rich people lived.’
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From this reading ‘I went first,’ said Mrs Leddam, ‘to the houses where I supposed rich people lived.’
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ‘I saw, through the windows, pictures hanging on the walls, and such beautiful curtains!
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From this reading ‘I went first,’ said Mrs Leddam, ‘to the houses where I supposed rich people lived.’
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From this reading ‘I saw, through the windows, pictures hanging on the walls, and such beautiful curtains!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I went first,’ said Mrs Leddam, ‘to the houses where I supposed rich people lived.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I went first,’ said Mrs Leddam, ‘to the houses where I supposed rich people lived.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I saw, through the windows, pictures hanging on the walls, and such beautiful curtains!
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From this reading ‘There’s handsome houses in that wide street,’ interrupted John.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading ‘I saw, through the windows, pictures hanging on the walls, and such beautiful curtains!
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From this reading ‘I went first,’ said Mrs Leddam, ‘to the houses where I supposed rich people lived.’
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘There’s handsome houses in that wide street,’ interrupted John.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ‘I went first,’ said Mrs Leddam, ‘to the houses where I supposed rich people lived.’
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Did you go to them?’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘There’s handsome houses in that wide street,’ interrupted John.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ‘I saw, through the windows, pictures hanging on the walls, and such beautiful curtains!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘I went first,’ said Mrs Leddam, ‘to the houses where I supposed rich people lived.’
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From this reading ‘I saw, through the windows, pictures hanging on the walls, and such beautiful curtains!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘I went first,’ said Mrs Leddam, ‘to the houses where I supposed rich people lived.’
in or at the place that
From this reading ‘I went first,’ said Mrs Leddam, ‘to the houses where I supposed rich people lived.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘There’s handsome houses in that wide street,’ interrupted John.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I saw, through the windows, pictures hanging on the walls, and such beautiful curtains!
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading BE YE KIND-HEARTED.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Did you go to them?’
