A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVII
I stopped blankly. “Dirty,” I thought, was the most idiotic choice of words to have made. I had never in any tolerable sense of the word been dirty. “I drifted into this--as men do,” I said after a little pause and stopped again. She was looking at me with her wide blue eyes.
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later than; following
From this reading ““I drifted into this--as men do,” I said after a little pause and stopped again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I drifted into this--as men do,” I said after a little pause and stopped again.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “I had never in any tolerable sense of the word been dirty.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Dirty,” I thought, was the most idiotic choice of words to have made.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I drifted into this--as men do,” I said after a little pause and stopped again.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I had never in any tolerable sense of the word been dirty.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I stopped blankly.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Dirty,” I thought, was the most idiotic choice of words to have made.”
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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 drifted into this--as men do,” I said after a little pause and stopped again.
later than; following
From this reading “I drifted into this--as men do,” I said after a little pause and stopped again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I drifted into this--as men do,” I said after a little pause and stopped again.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “I drifted into this--as men do,” I said after a little pause and stopped again.
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From this reading I had never in any tolerable sense of the word been dirty.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “I drifted into this--as men do,” I said after a little pause and stopped again.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She was looking at me with her wide blue eyes.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I had never in any tolerable sense of the word been dirty.
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From this reading I stopped blankly.
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From this reading She was looking at me with her wide blue eyes.
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From this reading “Dirty,” I thought, was the most idiotic choice of words to have made.
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From this reading “Dirty,” I thought, was the most idiotic choice of words to have made.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “I drifted into this--as men do,” I said after a little pause and stopped again.
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From this reading “I drifted into this--as men do,” I said after a little pause and stopped again.
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From this reading She was looking at me with her wide blue eyes.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had never in any tolerable sense of the word been dirty.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Dirty,” I thought, was the most idiotic choice of words to have made.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was looking at me with her wide blue eyes.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I stopped blankly.
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From this reading “Dirty,” I thought, was the most idiotic choice of words to have made.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I had never in any tolerable sense of the word been dirty.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “I drifted into this--as men do,” I said after a little pause and stopped again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I drifted into this--as men do,” I said after a little pause and stopped again.
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From this reading She was looking at me with her wide blue eyes.
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From this reading “Dirty,” I thought, was the most idiotic choice of words to have made.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She was looking at me with her wide blue eyes.
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From this reading “I drifted into this--as men do,” I said after a little pause and stopped again.
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From this reading “Dirty,” I thought, was the most idiotic choice of words to have made.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had never in any tolerable sense of the word been dirty.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Dirty,” I thought, was the most idiotic choice of words to have made.
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From this reading “I drifted into this--as men do,” I said after a little pause and stopped again.
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From this reading “I drifted into this--as men do,” I said after a little pause and stopped again.
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From this reading I had never in any tolerable sense of the word been dirty.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was looking at me with her wide blue eyes.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I stopped blankly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Dirty,” I thought, was the most idiotic choice of words to have made.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “I drifted into this--as men do,” I said after a little pause and stopped again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Dirty,” I thought, was the most idiotic choice of words to have made.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Dirty,” I thought, was the most idiotic choice of words to have made.
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From this reading I had never in any tolerable sense of the word been dirty.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Dirty,” I thought, was the most idiotic choice of words to have made.
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From this reading She was looking at me with her wide blue eyes.
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was looking at me with her wide blue eyes.
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From this reading I had never in any tolerable sense of the word been dirty.
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From this reading “Dirty,” I thought, was the most idiotic choice of words to have made.
