A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter V
“By Heaven! it is well-nigh gone!” said Aylmer to himself, in almost irrepressible ecstasy. “I can scarcely trace it now. Success! success! And now it is like the faintest rose color. The lightest flush of blood across her cheek would overcome it.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “The lightest flush of blood across her cheek would overcome it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The lightest flush of blood across her cheek would overcome it.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading ““By Heaven! it is well-nigh gone!” said Aylmer to himself, in almost irrepressible ecstasy.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “The lightest flush of blood across her cheek would overcome it.”
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading The lightest flush of blood across her cheek would overcome it.
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From this reading “By Heaven! it is well-nigh gone!” said Aylmer to himself, in almost irrepressible ecstasy.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And now it is like the faintest rose color.
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From this reading “By Heaven! it is well-nigh gone!” said Aylmer to himself, in almost irrepressible ecstasy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The lightest flush of blood across her cheek would overcome it.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “By Heaven! it is well-nigh gone!” said Aylmer to himself, in almost irrepressible ecstasy.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “I can scarcely trace it now.
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From this reading The lightest flush of blood across her cheek would overcome it.
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From this reading And now it is like the faintest rose color.
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From this reading “By Heaven! it is well-nigh gone!” said Aylmer to himself, in almost irrepressible ecstasy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And now it is like the faintest rose color.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The lightest flush of blood across her cheek would overcome it.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “By Heaven! it is well-nigh gone!” said Aylmer to himself, in almost irrepressible ecstasy.
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From this reading “By Heaven! it is well-nigh gone!” said Aylmer to himself, in almost irrepressible ecstasy.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The lightest flush of blood across her cheek would overcome it.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “By Heaven! it is well-nigh gone!” said Aylmer to himself, in almost irrepressible ecstasy.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I can scarcely trace it now.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “By Heaven! it is well-nigh gone!” said Aylmer to himself, in almost irrepressible ecstasy.
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From this reading “By Heaven! it is well-nigh gone!” said Aylmer to himself, in almost irrepressible ecstasy.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “By Heaven! it is well-nigh gone!” said Aylmer to himself, in almost irrepressible ecstasy.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “By Heaven! it is well-nigh gone!” said Aylmer to himself, in almost irrepressible ecstasy.
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From this reading The lightest flush of blood across her cheek would overcome it.
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From this reading And now it is like the faintest rose color.
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From this reading “I can scarcely trace it now.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The lightest flush of blood across her cheek would overcome it.
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From this reading The lightest flush of blood across her cheek would overcome it.
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From this reading And now it is like the faintest rose color.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “By Heaven! it is well-nigh gone!” said Aylmer to himself, in almost irrepressible ecstasy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I can scarcely trace it now.
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From this reading Success! success!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And now it is like the faintest rose color.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “By Heaven! it is well-nigh gone!” said Aylmer to himself, in almost irrepressible ecstasy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I can scarcely trace it now.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “By Heaven! it is well-nigh gone!” said Aylmer to himself, in almost irrepressible ecstasy.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The lightest flush of blood across her cheek would overcome it.
