A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter V
“How do you do, Mr. Stapleton? I was introduced to you at the big fight at the Corinthian Club in Piccadilly.” “Ah! I dare say,” said the other, shaking hands. “Fact is, I’m introduced to so many that I can’t undertake to carry their names.
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members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “I dare say,” said the other, shaking hands.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I dare say,” said the other, shaking hands.”
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From this reading “Ah!
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I was introduced to you at the big fight at the Corinthian Club in Piccadilly.”
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From this reading I was introduced to you at the big fight at the Corinthian Club in Piccadilly.”
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From this reading “Fact is, I’m introduced to so many that I can’t undertake to carry their names.
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From this reading “Fact is, I’m introduced to so many that I can’t undertake to carry their names.
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From this reading I was introduced to you at the big fight at the Corinthian Club in Piccadilly.”
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From this reading I was introduced to you at the big fight at the Corinthian Club in Piccadilly.”
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From this reading I dare say,” said the other, shaking hands.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “How do you do, Mr. Stapleton?
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From this reading “Fact is, I’m introduced to so many that I can’t undertake to carry their names.
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From this reading I was introduced to you at the big fight at the Corinthian Club in Piccadilly.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading I dare say,” said the other, shaking hands.
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From this reading “How do you do, Mr. Stapleton?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was introduced to you at the big fight at the Corinthian Club in Piccadilly.”
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From this reading “Fact is, I’m introduced to so many that I can’t undertake to carry their names.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I was introduced to you at the big fight at the Corinthian Club in Piccadilly.”
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From this reading I was introduced to you at the big fight at the Corinthian Club in Piccadilly.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Fact is, I’m introduced to so many that I can’t undertake to carry their names.
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From this reading “Fact is, I’m introduced to so many that I can’t undertake to carry their names.
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From this reading “How do you do, Mr. Stapleton?
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From this reading “Fact is, I’m introduced to so many that I can’t undertake to carry their names.
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From this reading I dare say,” said the other, shaking hands.
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From this reading I was introduced to you at the big fight at the Corinthian Club in Piccadilly.”
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From this reading I dare say,” said the other, shaking hands.
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From this reading I dare say,” said the other, shaking hands.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I dare say,” said the other, shaking hands.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Fact is, I’m introduced to so many that I can’t undertake to carry their names.
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From this reading “How do you do, Mr. Stapleton?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Fact is, I’m introduced to so many that I can’t undertake to carry their names.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I was introduced to you at the big fight at the Corinthian Club in Piccadilly.”
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading “Fact is, I’m introduced to so many that I can’t undertake to carry their names.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I was introduced to you at the big fight at the Corinthian Club in Piccadilly.”
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From this reading “Fact is, I’m introduced to so many that I can’t undertake to carry their names.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was introduced to you at the big fight at the Corinthian Club in Piccadilly.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “How do you do, Mr. Stapleton?
