A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XV
TRAPPED! _In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M. _Undershell_ (_to himself, as he emerges from a back staircase_). I suppose this _is_ the corridor? The boy said the name of the room was painted up over the door....
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on the subject of; concerning
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “_Undershell_ (_to himself, as he emerges from a back staircase_).”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The boy said the name of the room was painted up over the door....”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “_In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “The boy said the name of the room was painted up over the door....”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I suppose this _is_ the corridor?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.”
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From this reading _In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading _In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _Undershell_ (_to himself, as he emerges from a back staircase_).
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From this reading The boy said the name of the room was painted up over the door....
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From this reading _Undershell_ (_to himself, as he emerges from a back staircase_).
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _Undershell_ (_to himself, as he emerges from a back staircase_).
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From this reading _In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Undershell_ (_to himself, as he emerges from a back staircase_).
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading _Undershell_ (_to himself, as he emerges from a back staircase_).
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I suppose this _is_ the corridor?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I suppose this _is_ the corridor?
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From this reading _In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The boy said the name of the room was painted up over the door....
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The boy said the name of the room was painted up over the door....
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.
above and across; more than
From this reading The boy said the name of the room was painted up over the door....
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From this reading _In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.
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From this reading The boy said the name of the room was painted up over the door....
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From this reading The boy said the name of the room was painted up over the door....
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From this reading The boy said the name of the room was painted up over the door....
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From this reading _Undershell_ (_to himself, as he emerges from a back staircase_).
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I suppose this _is_ the corridor?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I suppose this _is_ the corridor?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Undershell_ (_to himself, as he emerges from a back staircase_).
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From this reading TRAPPED!
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From this reading _Undershell_ (_to himself, as he emerges from a back staircase_).
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From this reading The boy said the name of the room was painted up over the door....
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From this reading _In a Gallery outside the Verney Chamber._ TIME--_About_ 10.15 P.M.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The boy said the name of the room was painted up over the door....
