A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXV
STEPHENSON. Good-morning, Mrs. Blumenthal--keep your seat, keep your seat, please. I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know. (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me. I'm afraid I couldn't have the heart to say no.
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I'm afraid I couldn't have the heart to say no.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “(Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “(Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.”
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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 only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.
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From this reading I'm afraid I couldn't have the heart to say no.
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From this reading Good-morning, Mrs. Blumenthal--keep your seat, keep your seat, please.
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From this reading I'm afraid I couldn't have the heart to say no.
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From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.
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From this reading I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.
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From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
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From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
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From this reading Good-morning, Mrs. Blumenthal--keep your seat, keep your seat, please.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I'm afraid I couldn't have the heart to say no.
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From this reading I'm afraid I couldn't have the heart to say no.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
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From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I'm afraid I couldn't have the heart to say no.
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From this reading I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.
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From this reading Good-morning, Mrs. Blumenthal--keep your seat, keep your seat, please.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
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From this reading I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Good-morning, Mrs. Blumenthal--keep your seat, keep your seat, please.
not any; not one
From this reading I'm afraid I couldn't have the heart to say no.
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From this reading I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Good-morning, Mrs. Blumenthal--keep your seat, keep your seat, please.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm afraid I couldn't have the heart to say no.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Good-morning, Mrs. Blumenthal--keep your seat, keep your seat, please.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
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From this reading STEPHENSON.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
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From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
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From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.
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From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
in the company of; together with
From this reading (Seating himself.) Don't want to see the girls--poor things, they'd want to go home with me.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I'm only here for a moment--merely to get your report, you know.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Good-morning, Mrs. Blumenthal--keep your seat, keep your seat, please.
