A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
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the past participle of “be”
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in the space, time, or range separating two things
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading Illustrations and maps are indicated as , and have been positioned to fall between paragraphs.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Illustrations and maps are indicated as , and have been positioned to fall between paragraphs.
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From this reading Illustrations and maps are indicated as , and have been positioned to fall between paragraphs.
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Illustrations and maps are indicated as , and have been positioned to fall between paragraphs.
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From this reading Illustrations and maps are indicated as , and have been positioned to fall between paragraphs.
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From this reading Illustrations and maps are indicated as , and have been positioned to fall between paragraphs.
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From this reading Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_.
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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From this reading Illustrations and maps are indicated as , and have been positioned to fall between paragraphs.
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From this reading Illustrations and maps are indicated as , and have been positioned to fall between paragraphs.
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
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used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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in the company of; together with
From this reading Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_.
