A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIII
A GREAT GASH “Confound you--pay some attention to me, will you? Do you _get_ what I’m saying? Everything’s in train. I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off. For the love of heaven, what’s the matter with you, Max Buller?
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A GREAT GASH “Confound you--pay some attention to me, will you?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.”
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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 A GREAT GASH “Confound you--pay some attention to me, will you?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
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From this reading A GREAT GASH “Confound you--pay some attention to me, will you?
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From this reading For the love of heaven, what’s the matter with you, Max Buller?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
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From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
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From this reading A GREAT GASH “Confound you--pay some attention to me, will you?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you _get_ what I’m saying?
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From this reading Everything’s in train.
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From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the love of heaven, what’s the matter with you, Max Buller?
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From this reading A GREAT GASH “Confound you--pay some attention to me, will you?
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From this reading Do you _get_ what I’m saying?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A GREAT GASH “Confound you--pay some attention to me, will you?
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From this reading For the love of heaven, what’s the matter with you, Max Buller?
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From this reading Do you _get_ what I’m saying?
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From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Everything’s in train.
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From this reading For the love of heaven, what’s the matter with you, Max Buller?
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From this reading For the love of heaven, what’s the matter with you, Max Buller?
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From this reading For the love of heaven, what’s the matter with you, Max Buller?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A GREAT GASH “Confound you--pay some attention to me, will you?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For the love of heaven, what’s the matter with you, Max Buller?
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From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
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From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
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From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
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From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
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From this reading A GREAT GASH “Confound you--pay some attention to me, will you?
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From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
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From this reading Do you _get_ what I’m saying?
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From this reading A GREAT GASH “Confound you--pay some attention to me, will you?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A GREAT GASH “Confound you--pay some attention to me, will you?
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From this reading Everything’s in train.
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From this reading I’ve only to take my physical examination--papers came this morning, by the way--and get my passports, and I’m off.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Do you _get_ what I’m saying?
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From this reading For the love of heaven, what’s the matter with you, Max Buller?
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading A GREAT GASH “Confound you--pay some attention to me, will you?
in the company of; together with
From this reading For the love of heaven, what’s the matter with you, Max Buller?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A GREAT GASH “Confound you--pay some attention to me, will you?
