A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XV
"No, no, don't leave him there. There is a bed in the next room. We will take him up very gently with the mattress, and lay him with it on the bed." It was Maurice's room; it was the bed in which Maurice had died, and which Constance with maternal piety had kept unchanged, consecrating the room to her son's memory. But what could she say?
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “But what could she say?”
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading “It was Maurice's room; it was the bed in which Maurice had died, and which Constance with maternal piety had kept unchanged, consecrating the room to her son's memory.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There is a bed in the next room.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We will take him up very gently with the mattress, and lay him with it on the bed."”
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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 There is a bed in the next room.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We will take him up very gently with the mattress, and lay him with it on the bed."
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From this reading There is a bed in the next room.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But what could she say?
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From this reading It was Maurice's room; it was the bed in which Maurice had died, and which Constance with maternal piety had kept unchanged, consecrating the room to her son's memory.
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From this reading It was Maurice's room; it was the bed in which Maurice had died, and which Constance with maternal piety had kept unchanged, consecrating the room to her son's memory.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But what could she say?
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From this reading It was Maurice's room; it was the bed in which Maurice had died, and which Constance with maternal piety had kept unchanged, consecrating the room to her son's memory.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No, no, don't leave him there.
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From this reading We will take him up very gently with the mattress, and lay him with it on the bed."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was Maurice's room; it was the bed in which Maurice had died, and which Constance with maternal piety had kept unchanged, consecrating the room to her son's memory.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It was Maurice's room; it was the bed in which Maurice had died, and which Constance with maternal piety had kept unchanged, consecrating the room to her son's memory.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "No, no, don't leave him there.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There is a bed in the next room.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is a bed in the next room.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We will take him up very gently with the mattress, and lay him with it on the bed."
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From this reading It was Maurice's room; it was the bed in which Maurice had died, and which Constance with maternal piety had kept unchanged, consecrating the room to her son's memory.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We will take him up very gently with the mattress, and lay him with it on the bed."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No, no, don't leave him there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was Maurice's room; it was the bed in which Maurice had died, and which Constance with maternal piety had kept unchanged, consecrating the room to her son's memory.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We will take him up very gently with the mattress, and lay him with it on the bed."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was Maurice's room; it was the bed in which Maurice had died, and which Constance with maternal piety had kept unchanged, consecrating the room to her son's memory.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was Maurice's room; it was the bed in which Maurice had died, and which Constance with maternal piety had kept unchanged, consecrating the room to her son's memory.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading It was Maurice's room; it was the bed in which Maurice had died, and which Constance with maternal piety had kept unchanged, consecrating the room to her son's memory.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is a bed in the next room.
not any; not one
From this reading "No, no, don't leave him there.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We will take him up very gently with the mattress, and lay him with it on the bed."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was Maurice's room; it was the bed in which Maurice had died, and which Constance with maternal piety had kept unchanged, consecrating the room to her son's memory.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There is a bed in the next room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But what could she say?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But what could she say?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was Maurice's room; it was the bed in which Maurice had died, and which Constance with maternal piety had kept unchanged, consecrating the room to her son's memory.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We will take him up very gently with the mattress, and lay him with it on the bed."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There is a bed in the next room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No, no, don't leave him there.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was Maurice's room; it was the bed in which Maurice had died, and which Constance with maternal piety had kept unchanged, consecrating the room to her son's memory.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was Maurice's room; it was the bed in which Maurice had died, and which Constance with maternal piety had kept unchanged, consecrating the room to her son's memory.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We will take him up very gently with the mattress, and lay him with it on the bed."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We will take him up very gently with the mattress, and lay him with it on the bed."
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was Maurice's room; it was the bed in which Maurice had died, and which Constance with maternal piety had kept unchanged, consecrating the room to her son's memory.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We will take him up very gently with the mattress, and lay him with it on the bed."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But what could she say?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was Maurice's room; it was the bed in which Maurice had died, and which Constance with maternal piety had kept unchanged, consecrating the room to her son's memory.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading We will take him up very gently with the mattress, and lay him with it on the bed."
in the company of; together with
From this reading We will take him up very gently with the mattress, and lay him with it on the bed."
