A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXII
Granet sauntered in to breakfast a few minutes late on the following morning. A little volley of questions and exclamations reached him as he stood by the sideboard. “Heard about the Zeppelin raid?” “They say there’s a bomb on the ninth green!” “Market Burnham Hall is burnt to the ground!”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading ““Heard about the Zeppelin raid?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A little volley of questions and exclamations reached him as he stood by the sideboard.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Granet sauntered in to breakfast a few minutes late on the following morning.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A little volley of questions and exclamations reached him as he stood by the sideboard.”
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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 Granet sauntered in to breakfast a few minutes late on the following morning.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Heard about the Zeppelin raid?”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A little volley of questions and exclamations reached him as he stood by the sideboard.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A little volley of questions and exclamations reached him as he stood by the sideboard.
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From this reading “They say there’s a bomb on the ninth green!”
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From this reading Granet sauntered in to breakfast a few minutes late on the following morning.
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From this reading “Market Burnham Hall is burnt to the ground!”
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showing who or what does the action
From this reading A little volley of questions and exclamations reached him as he stood by the sideboard.
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From this reading A little volley of questions and exclamations reached him as he stood by the sideboard.
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From this reading Granet sauntered in to breakfast a few minutes late on the following morning.
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From this reading Granet sauntered in to breakfast a few minutes late on the following morning.
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From this reading Granet sauntered in to breakfast a few minutes late on the following morning.
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From this reading “They say there’s a bomb on the ninth green!”
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From this reading “Market Burnham Hall is burnt to the ground!”
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From this reading “Market Burnham Hall is burnt to the ground!”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A little volley of questions and exclamations reached him as he stood by the sideboard.
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From this reading “Heard about the Zeppelin raid?”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A little volley of questions and exclamations reached him as he stood by the sideboard.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Granet sauntered in to breakfast a few minutes late on the following morning.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Market Burnham Hall is burnt to the ground!”
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From this reading Granet sauntered in to breakfast a few minutes late on the following morning.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A little volley of questions and exclamations reached him as he stood by the sideboard.
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From this reading “Market Burnham Hall is burnt to the ground!”
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From this reading Granet sauntered in to breakfast a few minutes late on the following morning.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Granet sauntered in to breakfast a few minutes late on the following morning.
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From this reading “They say there’s a bomb on the ninth green!”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A little volley of questions and exclamations reached him as he stood by the sideboard.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Granet sauntered in to breakfast a few minutes late on the following morning.
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From this reading A little volley of questions and exclamations reached him as he stood by the sideboard.
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From this reading “Heard about the Zeppelin raid?”
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From this reading A little volley of questions and exclamations reached him as he stood by the sideboard.
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From this reading Granet sauntered in to breakfast a few minutes late on the following morning.
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From this reading “They say there’s a bomb on the ninth green!”
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From this reading A little volley of questions and exclamations reached him as he stood by the sideboard.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A little volley of questions and exclamations reached him as he stood by the sideboard.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Granet sauntered in to breakfast a few minutes late on the following morning.
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From this reading “They say there’s a bomb on the ninth green!”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “They say there’s a bomb on the ninth green!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Granet sauntered in to breakfast a few minutes late on the following morning.
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From this reading A little volley of questions and exclamations reached him as he stood by the sideboard.
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From this reading “Heard about the Zeppelin raid?”
