A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
The mother's hand dropped at the end of the yarn she had drawn through the stocking heel, and she stared at Jeff. Then she resumed her work with the decision expressed in her tone. “Your father lived to be sixty years old, and Jackson a'n't forty! The doctor said there wa'n't any reason why he shouldn't live as long as his father did.” “I'm not saying he won't live to a hundred.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The doctor said there wa'n't any reason why he shouldn't live as long as his father did.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The mother's hand dropped at the end of the yarn she had drawn through the stocking heel, and she stared at Jeff.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The doctor said there wa'n't any reason why he shouldn't live as long as his father did.””
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Then she resumed her work with the decision expressed in her tone.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The mother's hand dropped at the end of the yarn she had drawn through the stocking heel, and she stared at Jeff.”
an informal story or conversation
From this reading “The mother's hand dropped at the end of the yarn she had drawn through the stocking heel, and she stared at Jeff.”
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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 “I'm not saying he won't live to a hundred.
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From this reading “Your father lived to be sixty years old, and Jackson a'n't forty!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The mother's hand dropped at the end of the yarn she had drawn through the stocking heel, and she stared at Jeff.
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From this reading The doctor said there wa'n't any reason why he shouldn't live as long as his father did.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The doctor said there wa'n't any reason why he shouldn't live as long as his father did.”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The mother's hand dropped at the end of the yarn she had drawn through the stocking heel, and she stared at Jeff.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Your father lived to be sixty years old, and Jackson a'n't forty!
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From this reading Then she resumed her work with the decision expressed in her tone.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The doctor said there wa'n't any reason why he shouldn't live as long as his father did.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The doctor said there wa'n't any reason why he shouldn't live as long as his father did.”
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From this reading The mother's hand dropped at the end of the yarn she had drawn through the stocking heel, and she stared at Jeff.
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From this reading The mother's hand dropped at the end of the yarn she had drawn through the stocking heel, and she stared at Jeff.
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From this reading The mother's hand dropped at the end of the yarn she had drawn through the stocking heel, and she stared at Jeff.
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From this reading Then she resumed her work with the decision expressed in her tone.
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From this reading “Your father lived to be sixty years old, and Jackson a'n't forty!
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From this reading “Your father lived to be sixty years old, and Jackson a'n't forty!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The mother's hand dropped at the end of the yarn she had drawn through the stocking heel, and she stared at Jeff.
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From this reading The mother's hand dropped at the end of the yarn she had drawn through the stocking heel, and she stared at Jeff.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The doctor said there wa'n't any reason why he shouldn't live as long as his father did.”
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From this reading The mother's hand dropped at the end of the yarn she had drawn through the stocking heel, and she stared at Jeff.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Then she resumed her work with the decision expressed in her tone.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The doctor said there wa'n't any reason why he shouldn't live as long as his father did.”
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From this reading “I'm not saying he won't live to a hundred.
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From this reading “I'm not saying he won't live to a hundred.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then she resumed her work with the decision expressed in her tone.
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From this reading “Your father lived to be sixty years old, and Jackson a'n't forty!
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From this reading The mother's hand dropped at the end of the yarn she had drawn through the stocking heel, and she stared at Jeff.
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From this reading The doctor said there wa'n't any reason why he shouldn't live as long as his father did.”
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From this reading “Your father lived to be sixty years old, and Jackson a'n't forty!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The doctor said there wa'n't any reason why he shouldn't live as long as his father did.”
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From this reading The mother's hand dropped at the end of the yarn she had drawn through the stocking heel, and she stared at Jeff.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “I'm not saying he won't live to a hundred.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The mother's hand dropped at the end of the yarn she had drawn through the stocking heel, and she stared at Jeff.
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From this reading “Your father lived to be sixty years old, and Jackson a'n't forty!
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From this reading The doctor said there wa'n't any reason why he shouldn't live as long as his father did.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then she resumed her work with the decision expressed in her tone.
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From this reading The doctor said there wa'n't any reason why he shouldn't live as long as his father did.”
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From this reading “I'm not saying he won't live to a hundred.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The mother's hand dropped at the end of the yarn she had drawn through the stocking heel, and she stared at Jeff.
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From this reading The doctor said there wa'n't any reason why he shouldn't live as long as his father did.”
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From this reading “Your father lived to be sixty years old, and Jackson a'n't forty!
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From this reading The mother's hand dropped at the end of the yarn she had drawn through the stocking heel, and she stared at Jeff.
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From this reading The mother's hand dropped at the end of the yarn she had drawn through the stocking heel, and she stared at Jeff.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The mother's hand dropped at the end of the yarn she had drawn through the stocking heel, and she stared at Jeff.
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From this reading Then she resumed her work with the decision expressed in her tone.
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From this reading The doctor said there wa'n't any reason why he shouldn't live as long as his father did.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The mother's hand dropped at the end of the yarn she had drawn through the stocking heel, and she stared at Jeff.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Your father lived to be sixty years old, and Jackson a'n't forty!
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From this reading Then she resumed her work with the decision expressed in her tone.
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From this reading The doctor said there wa'n't any reason why he shouldn't live as long as his father did.”
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From this reading The doctor said there wa'n't any reason why he shouldn't live as long as his father did.”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then she resumed her work with the decision expressed in her tone.
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From this reading “I'm not saying he won't live to a hundred.
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From this reading Then she resumed her work with the decision expressed in her tone.
an informal story or conversation
From this reading The mother's hand dropped at the end of the yarn she had drawn through the stocking heel, and she stared at Jeff.
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From this reading “Your father lived to be sixty years old, and Jackson a'n't forty!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Your father lived to be sixty years old, and Jackson a'n't forty!
