A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
“I know that place,” said the Adjutant. “Since those days Monghyr is a lost city. Very few live there now.” “Thereafter I worked up-stream very slowly and lazily, and a little above Monghyr there came down a boatful of white-faces--alive! They were, as I remember, women, lying under a cloth spread over sticks, and crying aloud.
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading ““Thereafter I worked up-stream very slowly and lazily, and a little above Monghyr there came down a boatful of white-faces--alive!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I know that place,” said the Adjutant.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Thereafter I worked up-stream very slowly and lazily, and a little above Monghyr there came down a boatful of white-faces--alive!”
above and across; more than
From this reading “They were, as I remember, women, lying under a cloth spread over sticks, and crying aloud.”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “They were, as I remember, women, lying under a cloth spread over sticks, and crying aloud.”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading ““Since those days Monghyr is a lost city.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading ““Since those days Monghyr is a lost city.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “They were, as I remember, women, lying under a cloth spread over sticks, and crying aloud.”
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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 “Since those days Monghyr is a lost city.
higher than, or over, something
From this reading “Thereafter I worked up-stream very slowly and lazily, and a little above Monghyr there came down a boatful of white-faces--alive!
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From this reading “I know that place,” said the Adjutant.
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From this reading “Thereafter I worked up-stream very slowly and lazily, and a little above Monghyr there came down a boatful of white-faces--alive!
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From this reading They were, as I remember, women, lying under a cloth spread over sticks, and crying aloud.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Thereafter I worked up-stream very slowly and lazily, and a little above Monghyr there came down a boatful of white-faces--alive!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They were, as I remember, women, lying under a cloth spread over sticks, and crying aloud.
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From this reading “Thereafter I worked up-stream very slowly and lazily, and a little above Monghyr there came down a boatful of white-faces--alive!
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From this reading “Thereafter I worked up-stream very slowly and lazily, and a little above Monghyr there came down a boatful of white-faces--alive!
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From this reading “Since those days Monghyr is a lost city.
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From this reading They were, as I remember, women, lying under a cloth spread over sticks, and crying aloud.
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From this reading They were, as I remember, women, lying under a cloth spread over sticks, and crying aloud.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Since those days Monghyr is a lost city.
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From this reading “Thereafter I worked up-stream very slowly and lazily, and a little above Monghyr there came down a boatful of white-faces--alive!
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From this reading Very few live there now.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I know that place,” said the Adjutant.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Since those days Monghyr is a lost city.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I know that place,” said the Adjutant.
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From this reading “Thereafter I worked up-stream very slowly and lazily, and a little above Monghyr there came down a boatful of white-faces--alive!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Thereafter I worked up-stream very slowly and lazily, and a little above Monghyr there came down a boatful of white-faces--alive!
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From this reading Very few live there now.”
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From this reading “Since those days Monghyr is a lost city.
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From this reading They were, as I remember, women, lying under a cloth spread over sticks, and crying aloud.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Since those days Monghyr is a lost city.
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From this reading Very few live there now.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Thereafter I worked up-stream very slowly and lazily, and a little above Monghyr there came down a boatful of white-faces--alive!
above and across; more than
From this reading They were, as I remember, women, lying under a cloth spread over sticks, and crying aloud.
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From this reading “I know that place,” said the Adjutant.
To recall to mind.
From this reading They were, as I remember, women, lying under a cloth spread over sticks, and crying aloud.
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From this reading “I know that place,” said the Adjutant.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “Since those days Monghyr is a lost city.
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From this reading “Thereafter I worked up-stream very slowly and lazily, and a little above Monghyr there came down a boatful of white-faces--alive!
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From this reading They were, as I remember, women, lying under a cloth spread over sticks, and crying aloud.
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From this reading They were, as I remember, women, lying under a cloth spread over sticks, and crying aloud.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I know that place,” said the Adjutant.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I know that place,” said the Adjutant.
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From this reading Very few live there now.”
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From this reading “Thereafter I worked up-stream very slowly and lazily, and a little above Monghyr there came down a boatful of white-faces--alive!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were, as I remember, women, lying under a cloth spread over sticks, and crying aloud.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Since those days Monghyr is a lost city.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading They were, as I remember, women, lying under a cloth spread over sticks, and crying aloud.
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From this reading “Thereafter I worked up-stream very slowly and lazily, and a little above Monghyr there came down a boatful of white-faces--alive!
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From this reading Very few live there now.”
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were, as I remember, women, lying under a cloth spread over sticks, and crying aloud.
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From this reading “Thereafter I worked up-stream very slowly and lazily, and a little above Monghyr there came down a boatful of white-faces--alive!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They were, as I remember, women, lying under a cloth spread over sticks, and crying aloud.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Thereafter I worked up-stream very slowly and lazily, and a little above Monghyr there came down a boatful of white-faces--alive!
