A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter V
Wemple lighted a cigarette and wiped his forehead. "You know Campos, José H. Campos," he volunteered. "The dirty cur's stuck Carson up for twenty thousand pesos. We had to pay, or he'd have compelled half our peons to enlist or set the wells on fire. And you know, Davies, what we've done for him in past years.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And you know, Davies, what we've done for him in past years.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We had to pay, or he'd have compelled half our peons to enlist or set the wells on fire.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “We had to pay, or he'd have compelled half our peons to enlist or set the wells on fire.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"You know Campos, José H. Campos," he volunteered.”
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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 Wemple lighted a cigarette and wiped his forehead.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Wemple lighted a cigarette and wiped his forehead.
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From this reading "You know Campos, José H. Campos," he volunteered.
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From this reading "The dirty cur's stuck Carson up for twenty thousand pesos.
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From this reading Wemple lighted a cigarette and wiped his forehead.
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From this reading We had to pay, or he'd have compelled half our peons to enlist or set the wells on fire.
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From this reading "The dirty cur's stuck Carson up for twenty thousand pesos.
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From this reading And you know, Davies, what we've done for him in past years.
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From this reading "The dirty cur's stuck Carson up for twenty thousand pesos.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And you know, Davies, what we've done for him in past years.
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From this reading We had to pay, or he'd have compelled half our peons to enlist or set the wells on fire.
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From this reading We had to pay, or he'd have compelled half our peons to enlist or set the wells on fire.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "The dirty cur's stuck Carson up for twenty thousand pesos.
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From this reading Wemple lighted a cigarette and wiped his forehead.
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From this reading "You know Campos, José H. Campos," he volunteered.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We had to pay, or he'd have compelled half our peons to enlist or set the wells on fire.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We had to pay, or he'd have compelled half our peons to enlist or set the wells on fire.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We had to pay, or he'd have compelled half our peons to enlist or set the wells on fire.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "You know Campos, José H. Campos," he volunteered.
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From this reading We had to pay, or he'd have compelled half our peons to enlist or set the wells on fire.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And you know, Davies, what we've done for him in past years.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Wemple lighted a cigarette and wiped his forehead.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And you know, Davies, what we've done for him in past years.
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From this reading "You know Campos, José H. Campos," he volunteered.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You know Campos, José H. Campos," he volunteered.
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From this reading Wemple lighted a cigarette and wiped his forehead.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We had to pay, or he'd have compelled half our peons to enlist or set the wells on fire.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading We had to pay, or he'd have compelled half our peons to enlist or set the wells on fire.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We had to pay, or he'd have compelled half our peons to enlist or set the wells on fire.
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From this reading And you know, Davies, what we've done for him in past years.
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From this reading We had to pay, or he'd have compelled half our peons to enlist or set the wells on fire.
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From this reading We had to pay, or he'd have compelled half our peons to enlist or set the wells on fire.
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From this reading "The dirty cur's stuck Carson up for twenty thousand pesos.
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From this reading We had to pay, or he'd have compelled half our peons to enlist or set the wells on fire.
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From this reading "The dirty cur's stuck Carson up for twenty thousand pesos.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The dirty cur's stuck Carson up for twenty thousand pesos.
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From this reading "The dirty cur's stuck Carson up for twenty thousand pesos.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We had to pay, or he'd have compelled half our peons to enlist or set the wells on fire.
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From this reading "The dirty cur's stuck Carson up for twenty thousand pesos.
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From this reading "The dirty cur's stuck Carson up for twenty thousand pesos.
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From this reading "You know Campos, José H. Campos," he volunteered.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We had to pay, or he'd have compelled half our peons to enlist or set the wells on fire.
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From this reading And you know, Davies, what we've done for him in past years.
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From this reading We had to pay, or he'd have compelled half our peons to enlist or set the wells on fire.
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From this reading Wemple lighted a cigarette and wiped his forehead.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And you know, Davies, what we've done for him in past years.
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From this reading Wemple lighted a cigarette and wiped his forehead.
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From this reading And you know, Davies, what we've done for him in past years.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You know Campos, José H. Campos," he volunteered.
