A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
LOVE’S CURFEW. “Fayfield Junction! Change for Elveston!” What subtle memory could there be, linked to these commonplace words, that caused such a flood of happy thoughts to fill my brain? I dismounted from the carriage in a state of joyful excitement for which I could not at first account.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “What subtle memory could there be, linked to these commonplace words, that caused such a flood of happy thoughts to fill my brain?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I dismounted from the carriage in a state of joyful excitement for which I could not at first account.”
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading “What subtle memory could there be, linked to these commonplace words, that caused such a flood of happy thoughts to fill my brain?”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “What subtle memory could there be, linked to these commonplace words, that caused such a flood of happy thoughts to fill my brain?”
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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 What subtle memory could there be, linked to these commonplace words, that caused such a flood of happy thoughts to fill my brain?
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From this reading I dismounted from the carriage in a state of joyful excitement for which I could not at first account.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I dismounted from the carriage in a state of joyful excitement for which I could not at first account.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading What subtle memory could there be, linked to these commonplace words, that caused such a flood of happy thoughts to fill my brain?
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From this reading What subtle memory could there be, linked to these commonplace words, that caused such a flood of happy thoughts to fill my brain?
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From this reading I dismounted from the carriage in a state of joyful excitement for which I could not at first account.
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From this reading What subtle memory could there be, linked to these commonplace words, that caused such a flood of happy thoughts to fill my brain?
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From this reading Change for Elveston!”
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From this reading What subtle memory could there be, linked to these commonplace words, that caused such a flood of happy thoughts to fill my brain?
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading What subtle memory could there be, linked to these commonplace words, that caused such a flood of happy thoughts to fill my brain?
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From this reading LOVE’S CURFEW.
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From this reading I dismounted from the carriage in a state of joyful excitement for which I could not at first account.
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From this reading Change for Elveston!”
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From this reading I dismounted from the carriage in a state of joyful excitement for which I could not at first account.
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From this reading “Fayfield Junction!
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From this reading What subtle memory could there be, linked to these commonplace words, that caused such a flood of happy thoughts to fill my brain?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I dismounted from the carriage in a state of joyful excitement for which I could not at first account.
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From this reading What subtle memory could there be, linked to these commonplace words, that caused such a flood of happy thoughts to fill my brain?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Change for Elveston!”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I dismounted from the carriage in a state of joyful excitement for which I could not at first account.
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From this reading What subtle memory could there be, linked to these commonplace words, that caused such a flood of happy thoughts to fill my brain?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I dismounted from the carriage in a state of joyful excitement for which I could not at first account.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I dismounted from the carriage in a state of joyful excitement for which I could not at first account.
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From this reading I dismounted from the carriage in a state of joyful excitement for which I could not at first account.
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From this reading “Fayfield Junction!
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From this reading What subtle memory could there be, linked to these commonplace words, that caused such a flood of happy thoughts to fill my brain?
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From this reading LOVE’S CURFEW.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading What subtle memory could there be, linked to these commonplace words, that caused such a flood of happy thoughts to fill my brain?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading What subtle memory could there be, linked to these commonplace words, that caused such a flood of happy thoughts to fill my brain?
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I dismounted from the carriage in a state of joyful excitement for which I could not at first account.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What subtle memory could there be, linked to these commonplace words, that caused such a flood of happy thoughts to fill my brain?
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From this reading I dismounted from the carriage in a state of joyful excitement for which I could not at first account.
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From this reading What subtle memory could there be, linked to these commonplace words, that caused such a flood of happy thoughts to fill my brain?
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading What subtle memory could there be, linked to these commonplace words, that caused such a flood of happy thoughts to fill my brain?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading What subtle memory could there be, linked to these commonplace words, that caused such a flood of happy thoughts to fill my brain?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I dismounted from the carriage in a state of joyful excitement for which I could not at first account.
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From this reading What subtle memory could there be, linked to these commonplace words, that caused such a flood of happy thoughts to fill my brain?
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading What subtle memory could there be, linked to these commonplace words, that caused such a flood of happy thoughts to fill my brain?
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From this reading What subtle memory could there be, linked to these commonplace words, that caused such a flood of happy thoughts to fill my brain?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What subtle memory could there be, linked to these commonplace words, that caused such a flood of happy thoughts to fill my brain?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What subtle memory could there be, linked to these commonplace words, that caused such a flood of happy thoughts to fill my brain?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I dismounted from the carriage in a state of joyful excitement for which I could not at first account.
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From this reading What subtle memory could there be, linked to these commonplace words, that caused such a flood of happy thoughts to fill my brain?
