A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
"What's the use of what?" her husband asked. "The use, you mean, of our coming here? Why the place is charming in itself. And it's also interesting," he added to Gedge, "to know how you get on." Gedge looked at him a moment in silence, but answering the young woman first.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And it's also interesting," he added to Gedge, "to know how you get on."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"What's the use of what?" her husband asked.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Gedge looked at him a moment in silence, but answering the young woman first.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"The use, you mean, of our coming here?”
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Why the place is charming in itself.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And it's also interesting," he added to Gedge, "to know how you get on."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Gedge looked at him a moment in silence, but answering the young woman first.”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “Gedge looked at him a moment in silence, but answering the young woman first.”
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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 Gedge looked at him a moment in silence, but answering the young woman first.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And it's also interesting," he added to Gedge, "to know how you get on."
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From this reading And it's also interesting," he added to Gedge, "to know how you get on."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And it's also interesting," he added to Gedge, "to know how you get on."
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From this reading Gedge looked at him a moment in silence, but answering the young woman first.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "What's the use of what?" her husband asked.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Gedge looked at him a moment in silence, but answering the young woman first.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Gedge looked at him a moment in silence, but answering the young woman first.
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From this reading Why the place is charming in itself.
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From this reading "The use, you mean, of our coming here?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Gedge looked at him a moment in silence, but answering the young woman first.
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From this reading And it's also interesting," he added to Gedge, "to know how you get on."
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From this reading And it's also interesting," he added to Gedge, "to know how you get on."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And it's also interesting," he added to Gedge, "to know how you get on."
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "What's the use of what?" her husband asked.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The use, you mean, of our coming here?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Gedge looked at him a moment in silence, but answering the young woman first.
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inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Why the place is charming in itself.
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From this reading And it's also interesting," he added to Gedge, "to know how you get on."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Why the place is charming in itself.
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From this reading And it's also interesting," he added to Gedge, "to know how you get on."
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Why the place is charming in itself.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And it's also interesting," he added to Gedge, "to know how you get on."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Gedge looked at him a moment in silence, but answering the young woman first.
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From this reading "The use, you mean, of our coming here?
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From this reading Gedge looked at him a moment in silence, but answering the young woman first.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "What's the use of what?" her husband asked.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And it's also interesting," he added to Gedge, "to know how you get on."
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "The use, you mean, of our coming here?
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From this reading Why the place is charming in itself.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Gedge looked at him a moment in silence, but answering the young woman first.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "What's the use of what?" her husband asked.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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used to ask for information about something
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From this reading Why the place is charming in itself.
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From this reading Gedge looked at him a moment in silence, but answering the young woman first.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "The use, you mean, of our coming here?
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From this reading Gedge looked at him a moment in silence, but answering the young woman first.
