A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXIX
About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street. Arrived on the first floor, he was confronted almost immediately by the sad-faced man-servant of Mademoiselle Idiale. “Mademoiselle is in?” Bellamy asked quickly. The man’s expression was one of sombre regret.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Bellamy asked quickly.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Arrived on the first floor, he was confronted almost immediately by the sad-faced man-servant of Mademoiselle Idiale.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “The man’s expression was one of sombre regret.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.”
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From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
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From this reading Arrived on the first floor, he was confronted almost immediately by the sad-faced man-servant of Mademoiselle Idiale.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Arrived on the first floor, he was confronted almost immediately by the sad-faced man-servant of Mademoiselle Idiale.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Bellamy asked quickly.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
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From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
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From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Arrived on the first floor, he was confronted almost immediately by the sad-faced man-servant of Mademoiselle Idiale.
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From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
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From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Arrived on the first floor, he was confronted almost immediately by the sad-faced man-servant of Mademoiselle Idiale.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The man’s expression was one of sombre regret.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Arrived on the first floor, he was confronted almost immediately by the sad-faced man-servant of Mademoiselle Idiale.
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From this reading Arrived on the first floor, he was confronted almost immediately by the sad-faced man-servant of Mademoiselle Idiale.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Arrived on the first floor, he was confronted almost immediately by the sad-faced man-servant of Mademoiselle Idiale.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Arrived on the first floor, he was confronted almost immediately by the sad-faced man-servant of Mademoiselle Idiale.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Arrived on the first floor, he was confronted almost immediately by the sad-faced man-servant of Mademoiselle Idiale.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Mademoiselle is in?”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Mademoiselle is in?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Arrived on the first floor, he was confronted almost immediately by the sad-faced man-servant of Mademoiselle Idiale.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The man’s expression was one of sombre regret.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Arrived on the first floor, he was confronted almost immediately by the sad-faced man-servant of Mademoiselle Idiale.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The man’s expression was one of sombre regret.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bellamy asked quickly.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The man’s expression was one of sombre regret.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Arrived on the first floor, he was confronted almost immediately by the sad-faced man-servant of Mademoiselle Idiale.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The man’s expression was one of sombre regret.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Arrived on the first floor, he was confronted almost immediately by the sad-faced man-servant of Mademoiselle Idiale.
in the company of; together with
From this reading About twenty minutes past six on the same evening, Bellamy, his clothes thick with dust, his face dark with anger, jumped lightly from a sixty horse-power car and rang the bell of the lift at number 15, Dover Street.
