A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXVII
DEAR FELIX: Congratulations: visits from my neighbors; all the eclat we could wish or a true lover hate. The ring you sent fits as if made for her. I am called in all directions by a thousand duties. I am on exhibition, and every one's curiosity must be satisfied. In haste, THOMAS.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “DEAR FELIX: Congratulations: visits from my neighbors; all the eclat we could wish or a true lover hate.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “I am on exhibition, and every one's curiosity must be satisfied.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “I am on exhibition, and every one's curiosity must be satisfied.”
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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 DEAR FELIX: Congratulations: visits from my neighbors; all the eclat we could wish or a true lover hate.
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From this reading DEAR FELIX: Congratulations: visits from my neighbors; all the eclat we could wish or a true lover hate.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am called in all directions by a thousand duties.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I am on exhibition, and every one's curiosity must be satisfied.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The ring you sent fits as if made for her.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I am on exhibition, and every one's curiosity must be satisfied.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I am called in all directions by a thousand duties.
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From this reading I am called in all directions by a thousand duties.
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From this reading DEAR FELIX: Congratulations: visits from my neighbors; all the eclat we could wish or a true lover hate.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading DEAR FELIX: Congratulations: visits from my neighbors; all the eclat we could wish or a true lover hate.
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From this reading I am on exhibition, and every one's curiosity must be satisfied.
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From this reading DEAR FELIX: Congratulations: visits from my neighbors; all the eclat we could wish or a true lover hate.
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From this reading I am called in all directions by a thousand duties.
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From this reading I am called in all directions by a thousand duties.
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From this reading DEAR FELIX: Congratulations: visits from my neighbors; all the eclat we could wish or a true lover hate.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading I am on exhibition, and every one's curiosity must be satisfied.
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From this reading I am on exhibition, and every one's curiosity must be satisfied.
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From this reading DEAR FELIX: Congratulations: visits from my neighbors; all the eclat we could wish or a true lover hate.
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From this reading The ring you sent fits as if made for her.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The ring you sent fits as if made for her.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading DEAR FELIX: Congratulations: visits from my neighbors; all the eclat we could wish or a true lover hate.
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From this reading In haste, THOMAS.
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From this reading DEAR FELIX: Congratulations: visits from my neighbors; all the eclat we could wish or a true lover hate.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The ring you sent fits as if made for her.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am called in all directions by a thousand duties.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The ring you sent fits as if made for her.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I am called in all directions by a thousand duties.
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From this reading DEAR FELIX: Congratulations: visits from my neighbors; all the eclat we could wish or a true lover hate.
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From this reading The ring you sent fits as if made for her.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I am on exhibition, and every one's curiosity must be satisfied.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading DEAR FELIX: Congratulations: visits from my neighbors; all the eclat we could wish or a true lover hate.
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From this reading DEAR FELIX: Congratulations: visits from my neighbors; all the eclat we could wish or a true lover hate.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I am on exhibition, and every one's curiosity must be satisfied.
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From this reading I am on exhibition, and every one's curiosity must be satisfied.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading DEAR FELIX: Congratulations: visits from my neighbors; all the eclat we could wish or a true lover hate.
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From this reading The ring you sent fits as if made for her.
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From this reading I am on exhibition, and every one's curiosity must be satisfied.
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From this reading The ring you sent fits as if made for her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DEAR FELIX: Congratulations: visits from my neighbors; all the eclat we could wish or a true lover hate.
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From this reading In haste, THOMAS.
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From this reading I am called in all directions by a thousand duties.
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From this reading DEAR FELIX: Congratulations: visits from my neighbors; all the eclat we could wish or a true lover hate.
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From this reading DEAR FELIX: Congratulations: visits from my neighbors; all the eclat we could wish or a true lover hate.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading DEAR FELIX: Congratulations: visits from my neighbors; all the eclat we could wish or a true lover hate.
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From this reading DEAR FELIX: Congratulations: visits from my neighbors; all the eclat we could wish or a true lover hate.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The ring you sent fits as if made for her.
