A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IV
“Oh I don’t mean that so much; we had a beautiful voyage and there wasn’t any tempest. I mean when I was living in Utica. That’s a watery waste if you like, and a tempest there would have been a pleasant variety.” “Your parents seemed to me so peaceful!” her associate in the other memories sighed with a vague wish to say something sympathetic. “Oh you haven’t seen them ashore!
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “That’s a watery waste if you like, and a tempest there would have been a pleasant variety.””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “That’s a watery waste if you like, and a tempest there would have been a pleasant variety.””
Recollections of past events.
From this reading ““Your parents seemed to me so peaceful!” her associate in the other memories sighed with a vague wish to say something sympathetic.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “That’s a watery waste if you like, and a tempest there would have been a pleasant variety.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Your parents seemed to me so peaceful!” her associate in the other memories sighed with a vague wish to say something sympathetic.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading ““Your parents seemed to me so peaceful!” her associate in the other memories sighed with a vague wish to say something sympathetic.”
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading “That’s a watery waste if you like, and a tempest there would have been a pleasant variety.””
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “That’s a watery waste if you like, and a tempest there would have been a pleasant variety.””
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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 “Oh I don’t mean that so much; we had a beautiful voyage and there wasn’t any tempest.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Oh I don’t mean that so much; we had a beautiful voyage and there wasn’t any tempest.
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From this reading “Oh I don’t mean that so much; we had a beautiful voyage and there wasn’t any tempest.
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From this reading “Oh you haven’t seen them ashore!
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From this reading “Your parents seemed to me so peaceful!” her associate in the other memories sighed with a vague wish to say something sympathetic.
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From this reading “Oh I don’t mean that so much; we had a beautiful voyage and there wasn’t any tempest.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading That’s a watery waste if you like, and a tempest there would have been a pleasant variety.”
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From this reading “Oh I don’t mean that so much; we had a beautiful voyage and there wasn’t any tempest.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “Oh I don’t mean that so much; we had a beautiful voyage and there wasn’t any tempest.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading That’s a watery waste if you like, and a tempest there would have been a pleasant variety.”
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From this reading “Oh you haven’t seen them ashore!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Your parents seemed to me so peaceful!” her associate in the other memories sighed with a vague wish to say something sympathetic.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Oh I don’t mean that so much; we had a beautiful voyage and there wasn’t any tempest.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading That’s a watery waste if you like, and a tempest there would have been a pleasant variety.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I mean when I was living in Utica.
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From this reading That’s a watery waste if you like, and a tempest there would have been a pleasant variety.”
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From this reading I mean when I was living in Utica.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Your parents seemed to me so peaceful!” her associate in the other memories sighed with a vague wish to say something sympathetic.
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From this reading “Oh I don’t mean that so much; we had a beautiful voyage and there wasn’t any tempest.
Recollections of past events.
From this reading “Your parents seemed to me so peaceful!” her associate in the other memories sighed with a vague wish to say something sympathetic.
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From this reading “Oh I don’t mean that so much; we had a beautiful voyage and there wasn’t any tempest.
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From this reading “Oh I don’t mean that so much; we had a beautiful voyage and there wasn’t any tempest.
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From this reading “Your parents seemed to me so peaceful!” her associate in the other memories sighed with a vague wish to say something sympathetic.
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From this reading “Your parents seemed to me so peaceful!” her associate in the other memories sighed with a vague wish to say something sympathetic.
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From this reading “Your parents seemed to me so peaceful!” her associate in the other memories sighed with a vague wish to say something sympathetic.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That’s a watery waste if you like, and a tempest there would have been a pleasant variety.”
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From this reading “Your parents seemed to me so peaceful!” her associate in the other memories sighed with a vague wish to say something sympathetic.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Your parents seemed to me so peaceful!” her associate in the other memories sighed with a vague wish to say something sympathetic.
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From this reading “Oh you haven’t seen them ashore!
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From this reading “Your parents seemed to me so peaceful!” her associate in the other memories sighed with a vague wish to say something sympathetic.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Oh I don’t mean that so much; we had a beautiful voyage and there wasn’t any tempest.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Your parents seemed to me so peaceful!” her associate in the other memories sighed with a vague wish to say something sympathetic.
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From this reading “Your parents seemed to me so peaceful!” her associate in the other memories sighed with a vague wish to say something sympathetic.
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From this reading “Oh I don’t mean that so much; we had a beautiful voyage and there wasn’t any tempest.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Oh I don’t mean that so much; we had a beautiful voyage and there wasn’t any tempest.
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From this reading That’s a watery waste if you like, and a tempest there would have been a pleasant variety.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Your parents seemed to me so peaceful!” her associate in the other memories sighed with a vague wish to say something sympathetic.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “Oh you haven’t seen them ashore!
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From this reading “Oh I don’t mean that so much; we had a beautiful voyage and there wasn’t any tempest.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Your parents seemed to me so peaceful!” her associate in the other memories sighed with a vague wish to say something sympathetic.
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From this reading I mean when I was living in Utica.
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From this reading “Your parents seemed to me so peaceful!” her associate in the other memories sighed with a vague wish to say something sympathetic.
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From this reading That’s a watery waste if you like, and a tempest there would have been a pleasant variety.”
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From this reading “Oh I don’t mean that so much; we had a beautiful voyage and there wasn’t any tempest.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I mean when I was living in Utica.
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From this reading “Oh I don’t mean that so much; we had a beautiful voyage and there wasn’t any tempest.
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading That’s a watery waste if you like, and a tempest there would have been a pleasant variety.”
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From this reading That’s a watery waste if you like, and a tempest there would have been a pleasant variety.”
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Oh I don’t mean that so much; we had a beautiful voyage and there wasn’t any tempest.
at the time that
From this reading I mean when I was living in Utica.
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From this reading “Your parents seemed to me so peaceful!” her associate in the other memories sighed with a vague wish to say something sympathetic.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Your parents seemed to me so peaceful!” her associate in the other memories sighed with a vague wish to say something sympathetic.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading That’s a watery waste if you like, and a tempest there would have been a pleasant variety.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading That’s a watery waste if you like, and a tempest there would have been a pleasant variety.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Your parents seemed to me so peaceful!” her associate in the other memories sighed with a vague wish to say something sympathetic.
