A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XI
Olive Moreton gave a little start as the long, grey, racing car came noiselessly to a standstill by the side of the kerbstone. Captain Granet raised his hat and leaned from the driving seat towards her. “Hope I didn’t frighten you, Miss Moreton?” “Not at all,” she replied. “What a perfectly lovely car!”
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Captain Granet raised his hat and leaned from the driving seat towards her.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Olive Moreton gave a little start as the long, grey, racing car came noiselessly to a standstill by the side of the kerbstone.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Olive Moreton gave a little start as the long, grey, racing car came noiselessly to a standstill by the side of the kerbstone.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Not at all,” she replied.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Olive Moreton gave a little start as the long, grey, racing car came noiselessly to a standstill by the side of the kerbstone.”
in the direction of
From this reading “Captain Granet raised his hat and leaned from the driving seat towards her.”
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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 Olive Moreton gave a little start as the long, grey, racing car came noiselessly to a standstill by the side of the kerbstone.
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From this reading “Not at all,” she replied.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Captain Granet raised his hat and leaned from the driving seat towards her.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Olive Moreton gave a little start as the long, grey, racing car came noiselessly to a standstill by the side of the kerbstone.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Not at all,” she replied.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Olive Moreton gave a little start as the long, grey, racing car came noiselessly to a standstill by the side of the kerbstone.
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From this reading Olive Moreton gave a little start as the long, grey, racing car came noiselessly to a standstill by the side of the kerbstone.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Captain Granet raised his hat and leaned from the driving seat towards her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Olive Moreton gave a little start as the long, grey, racing car came noiselessly to a standstill by the side of the kerbstone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hope I didn’t frighten you, Miss Moreton?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Captain Granet raised his hat and leaned from the driving seat towards her.
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From this reading “Hope I didn’t frighten you, Miss Moreton?”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Captain Granet raised his hat and leaned from the driving seat towards her.
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From this reading Olive Moreton gave a little start as the long, grey, racing car came noiselessly to a standstill by the side of the kerbstone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Captain Granet raised his hat and leaned from the driving seat towards her.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Olive Moreton gave a little start as the long, grey, racing car came noiselessly to a standstill by the side of the kerbstone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Captain Granet raised his hat and leaned from the driving seat towards her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Captain Granet raised his hat and leaned from the driving seat towards her.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Captain Granet raised his hat and leaned from the driving seat towards her.
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From this reading “Hope I didn’t frighten you, Miss Moreton?”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Hope I didn’t frighten you, Miss Moreton?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Olive Moreton gave a little start as the long, grey, racing car came noiselessly to a standstill by the side of the kerbstone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Captain Granet raised his hat and leaned from the driving seat towards her.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Olive Moreton gave a little start as the long, grey, racing car came noiselessly to a standstill by the side of the kerbstone.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Olive Moreton gave a little start as the long, grey, racing car came noiselessly to a standstill by the side of the kerbstone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What a perfectly lovely car!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Hope I didn’t frighten you, Miss Moreton?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Olive Moreton gave a little start as the long, grey, racing car came noiselessly to a standstill by the side of the kerbstone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Olive Moreton gave a little start as the long, grey, racing car came noiselessly to a standstill by the side of the kerbstone.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Not at all,” she replied.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Olive Moreton gave a little start as the long, grey, racing car came noiselessly to a standstill by the side of the kerbstone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Olive Moreton gave a little start as the long, grey, racing car came noiselessly to a standstill by the side of the kerbstone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “What a perfectly lovely car!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Olive Moreton gave a little start as the long, grey, racing car came noiselessly to a standstill by the side of the kerbstone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Captain Granet raised his hat and leaned from the driving seat towards her.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Not at all,” she replied.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Captain Granet raised his hat and leaned from the driving seat towards her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Not at all,” she replied.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Olive Moreton gave a little start as the long, grey, racing car came noiselessly to a standstill by the side of the kerbstone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Olive Moreton gave a little start as the long, grey, racing car came noiselessly to a standstill by the side of the kerbstone.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Olive Moreton gave a little start as the long, grey, racing car came noiselessly to a standstill by the side of the kerbstone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Olive Moreton gave a little start as the long, grey, racing car came noiselessly to a standstill by the side of the kerbstone.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Olive Moreton gave a little start as the long, grey, racing car came noiselessly to a standstill by the side of the kerbstone.
in the direction of
From this reading Captain Granet raised his hat and leaned from the driving seat towards her.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What a perfectly lovely car!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Hope I didn’t frighten you, Miss Moreton?”
