A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVIII
DEAR FELIX: The introductions furnished me have made me received everywhere. There is considerable wealth here and many fine houses. Consequently I find myself in a congenial society, of which she is the star. Did I say that he was, as of old, the chief man of the town? Yours truly, THOMAS.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There is considerable wealth here and many fine houses.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “DEAR FELIX: The introductions furnished me have made me received everywhere.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There is considerable wealth here and many fine houses.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “Consequently I find myself in a congenial society, of which she is the star.”
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading “Yours truly, THOMAS.”
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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 Consequently I find myself in a congenial society, of which she is the star.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There is considerable wealth here and many fine houses.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Did I say that he was, as of old, the chief man of the town?
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From this reading Did I say that he was, as of old, the chief man of the town?
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From this reading Consequently I find myself in a congenial society, of which she is the star.
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From this reading Consequently I find myself in a congenial society, of which she is the star.
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From this reading There is considerable wealth here and many fine houses.
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From this reading DEAR FELIX: The introductions furnished me have made me received everywhere.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did I say that he was, as of old, the chief man of the town?
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From this reading DEAR FELIX: The introductions furnished me have made me received everywhere.
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From this reading DEAR FELIX: The introductions furnished me have made me received everywhere.
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From this reading Consequently I find myself in a congenial society, of which she is the star.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is considerable wealth here and many fine houses.
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From this reading DEAR FELIX: The introductions furnished me have made me received everywhere.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading DEAR FELIX: The introductions furnished me have made me received everywhere.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Did I say that he was, as of old, the chief man of the town?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is considerable wealth here and many fine houses.
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From this reading There is considerable wealth here and many fine houses.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Consequently I find myself in a congenial society, of which she is the star.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Consequently I find myself in a congenial society, of which she is the star.
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From this reading DEAR FELIX: The introductions furnished me have made me received everywhere.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is considerable wealth here and many fine houses.
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From this reading DEAR FELIX: The introductions furnished me have made me received everywhere.
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From this reading Did I say that he was, as of old, the chief man of the town?
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From this reading There is considerable wealth here and many fine houses.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading DEAR FELIX: The introductions furnished me have made me received everywhere.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Consequently I find myself in a congenial society, of which she is the star.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Consequently I find myself in a congenial society, of which she is the star.
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From this reading Did I say that he was, as of old, the chief man of the town?
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From this reading DEAR FELIX: The introductions furnished me have made me received everywhere.
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From this reading Did I say that he was, as of old, the chief man of the town?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Consequently I find myself in a congenial society, of which she is the star.
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From this reading Consequently I find myself in a congenial society, of which she is the star.
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From this reading Consequently I find myself in a congenial society, of which she is the star.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Did I say that he was, as of old, the chief man of the town?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DEAR FELIX: The introductions furnished me have made me received everywhere.
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From this reading There is considerable wealth here and many fine houses.
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From this reading Yours truly, THOMAS.
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From this reading Did I say that he was, as of old, the chief man of the town?
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From this reading Yours truly, THOMAS.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Did I say that he was, as of old, the chief man of the town?
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From this reading There is considerable wealth here and many fine houses.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Consequently I find myself in a congenial society, of which she is the star.
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading Yours truly, THOMAS.
