A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVIII
That was just the uppercut for Reddy Burns' chin. The answer came back: "Why, Phil, dear, of course I will! I didn't know that you--that is, you never said--oh, come up to the house, please--I can't say what I want to over the 'phone. You are so importunate. But please come up to the house, won't you?"
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I didn't know that you--that is, you never said--oh, come up to the house, please--I can't say what I want to over the 'phone.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The answer came back: "Why, Phil, dear, of course I will!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I didn't know that you--that is, you never said--oh, come up to the house, please--I can't say what I want to over the 'phone.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I didn't know that you--that is, you never said--oh, come up to the house, please--I can't say what I want to over the 'phone.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “I didn't know that you--that is, you never said--oh, come up to the house, please--I can't say what I want to over the 'phone.”
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From this reading The answer came back: "Why, Phil, dear, of course I will!
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are so importunate.
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From this reading The answer came back: "Why, Phil, dear, of course I will!
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From this reading That was just the uppercut for Reddy Burns' chin.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But please come up to the house, won't you?"
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From this reading The answer came back: "Why, Phil, dear, of course I will!
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From this reading I didn't know that you--that is, you never said--oh, come up to the house, please--I can't say what I want to over the 'phone.
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From this reading That was just the uppercut for Reddy Burns' chin.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I didn't know that you--that is, you never said--oh, come up to the house, please--I can't say what I want to over the 'phone.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The answer came back: "Why, Phil, dear, of course I will!
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From this reading The answer came back: "Why, Phil, dear, of course I will!
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From this reading I didn't know that you--that is, you never said--oh, come up to the house, please--I can't say what I want to over the 'phone.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading That was just the uppercut for Reddy Burns' chin.
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From this reading I didn't know that you--that is, you never said--oh, come up to the house, please--I can't say what I want to over the 'phone.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The answer came back: "Why, Phil, dear, of course I will!
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From this reading You are so importunate.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I didn't know that you--that is, you never said--oh, come up to the house, please--I can't say what I want to over the 'phone.
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From this reading That was just the uppercut for Reddy Burns' chin.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I didn't know that you--that is, you never said--oh, come up to the house, please--I can't say what I want to over the 'phone.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I didn't know that you--that is, you never said--oh, come up to the house, please--I can't say what I want to over the 'phone.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The answer came back: "Why, Phil, dear, of course I will!
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From this reading I didn't know that you--that is, you never said--oh, come up to the house, please--I can't say what I want to over the 'phone.
above and across; more than
From this reading I didn't know that you--that is, you never said--oh, come up to the house, please--I can't say what I want to over the 'phone.
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From this reading The answer came back: "Why, Phil, dear, of course I will!
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From this reading I didn't know that you--that is, you never said--oh, come up to the house, please--I can't say what I want to over the 'phone.
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From this reading I didn't know that you--that is, you never said--oh, come up to the house, please--I can't say what I want to over the 'phone.
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From this reading That was just the uppercut for Reddy Burns' chin.
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From this reading I didn't know that you--that is, you never said--oh, come up to the house, please--I can't say what I want to over the 'phone.
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From this reading I didn't know that you--that is, you never said--oh, come up to the house, please--I can't say what I want to over the 'phone.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading You are so importunate.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was just the uppercut for Reddy Burns' chin.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That was just the uppercut for Reddy Burns' chin.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I didn't know that you--that is, you never said--oh, come up to the house, please--I can't say what I want to over the 'phone.
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From this reading I didn't know that you--that is, you never said--oh, come up to the house, please--I can't say what I want to over the 'phone.
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From this reading That was just the uppercut for Reddy Burns' chin.
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From this reading I didn't know that you--that is, you never said--oh, come up to the house, please--I can't say what I want to over the 'phone.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was just the uppercut for Reddy Burns' chin.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I didn't know that you--that is, you never said--oh, come up to the house, please--I can't say what I want to over the 'phone.
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From this reading The answer came back: "Why, Phil, dear, of course I will!
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The answer came back: "Why, Phil, dear, of course I will!
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From this reading But please come up to the house, won't you?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I didn't know that you--that is, you never said--oh, come up to the house, please--I can't say what I want to over the 'phone.
