A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter X
“I think so. I kept on hoping that I should find someone.” “Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze. “Well, all that I could enter.” “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading ““Well, all that I could enter.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.”
a person, without saying who
From this reading “I kept on hoping that I should find someone.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I think so.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Well, all that I could enter.””
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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, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
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From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
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From this reading “Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.
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From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
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From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Well, all that I could enter.”
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.
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From this reading “Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.
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From this reading I kept on hoping that I should find someone.”
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From this reading “Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
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From this reading I kept on hoping that I should find someone.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I think so.
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From this reading “Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
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From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
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From this reading I kept on hoping that I should find someone.”
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From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
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From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
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From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
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From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I kept on hoping that I should find someone.”
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From this reading “Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.
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From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I kept on hoping that I should find someone.”
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From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “I think so.
a person, without saying who
From this reading I kept on hoping that I should find someone.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I kept on hoping that I should find someone.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I think so.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Well, all that I could enter.”
which person or people
From this reading “Oh, then you _did_ notice it!” said he, and he shrugged his shoulders with the air of a man who makes the best of a bad job.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Did you enter _all_ the rooms?” he asked, with the same intent gaze.
