A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XI
Whichelo laughed. It was obviously a forced laugh. "By Jove! you have a vivid imagination, Ashton," he said, "only I fear you won't find many, if any, to agree with your theory. Why should the mummy have been hidden in the ceiling? Who would have hidden it?
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Why should the mummy have been hidden in the ceiling?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"By Jove! you have a vivid imagination, Ashton," he said, "only I fear you won't find many, if any, to agree with your theory.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Who would have hidden it?”
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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 It was obviously a forced laugh.
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From this reading "By Jove! you have a vivid imagination, Ashton," he said, "only I fear you won't find many, if any, to agree with your theory.
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From this reading "By Jove! you have a vivid imagination, Ashton," he said, "only I fear you won't find many, if any, to agree with your theory.
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From this reading "By Jove! you have a vivid imagination, Ashton," he said, "only I fear you won't find many, if any, to agree with your theory.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Why should the mummy have been hidden in the ceiling?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "By Jove! you have a vivid imagination, Ashton," he said, "only I fear you won't find many, if any, to agree with your theory.
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From this reading Why should the mummy have been hidden in the ceiling?
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From this reading "By Jove! you have a vivid imagination, Ashton," he said, "only I fear you won't find many, if any, to agree with your theory.
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From this reading "By Jove! you have a vivid imagination, Ashton," he said, "only I fear you won't find many, if any, to agree with your theory.
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From this reading It was obviously a forced laugh.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "By Jove! you have a vivid imagination, Ashton," he said, "only I fear you won't find many, if any, to agree with your theory.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "By Jove! you have a vivid imagination, Ashton," he said, "only I fear you won't find many, if any, to agree with your theory.
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From this reading Why should the mummy have been hidden in the ceiling?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "By Jove! you have a vivid imagination, Ashton," he said, "only I fear you won't find many, if any, to agree with your theory.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "By Jove! you have a vivid imagination, Ashton," he said, "only I fear you won't find many, if any, to agree with your theory.
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From this reading "By Jove! you have a vivid imagination, Ashton," he said, "only I fear you won't find many, if any, to agree with your theory.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Why should the mummy have been hidden in the ceiling?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was obviously a forced laugh.
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From this reading "By Jove! you have a vivid imagination, Ashton," he said, "only I fear you won't find many, if any, to agree with your theory.
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From this reading It was obviously a forced laugh.
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From this reading Whichelo laughed.
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From this reading "By Jove! you have a vivid imagination, Ashton," he said, "only I fear you won't find many, if any, to agree with your theory.
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From this reading Why should the mummy have been hidden in the ceiling?
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From this reading It was obviously a forced laugh.
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From this reading "By Jove! you have a vivid imagination, Ashton," he said, "only I fear you won't find many, if any, to agree with your theory.
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From this reading "By Jove! you have a vivid imagination, Ashton," he said, "only I fear you won't find many, if any, to agree with your theory.
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Why should the mummy have been hidden in the ceiling?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Why should the mummy have been hidden in the ceiling?
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From this reading "By Jove! you have a vivid imagination, Ashton," he said, "only I fear you won't find many, if any, to agree with your theory.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "By Jove! you have a vivid imagination, Ashton," he said, "only I fear you won't find many, if any, to agree with your theory.
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From this reading "By Jove! you have a vivid imagination, Ashton," he said, "only I fear you won't find many, if any, to agree with your theory.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was obviously a forced laugh.
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From this reading Whichelo laughed.
which person or people
From this reading Who would have hidden it?
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From this reading Why should the mummy have been hidden in the ceiling?
in the company of; together with
From this reading "By Jove! you have a vivid imagination, Ashton," he said, "only I fear you won't find many, if any, to agree with your theory.
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From this reading "By Jove! you have a vivid imagination, Ashton," he said, "only I fear you won't find many, if any, to agree with your theory.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Who would have hidden it?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "By Jove! you have a vivid imagination, Ashton," he said, "only I fear you won't find many, if any, to agree with your theory.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "By Jove! you have a vivid imagination, Ashton," he said, "only I fear you won't find many, if any, to agree with your theory.
