A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
MONSIEUR OF ARLES MARKS THE KING “MON DIEU! Messire!” said the farmer, “but monsieur there is as like to Monseigneur the Prince of Condé as one egg is to another. I remember last year, when I was factor of Beaulieu, how Monseigneur rode there once from Romorantin, to enjoy the chase in the forest of Loches.” “So you have not been here long, then? Yet ’tis an old house.”
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Messire!” said the farmer, “but monsieur there is as like to Monseigneur the Prince of Condé as one egg is to another.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading ““So you have not been here long, then?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““So you have not been here long, then?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““So you have not been here long, then?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I remember last year, when I was factor of Beaulieu, how Monseigneur rode there once from Romorantin, to enjoy the chase in the forest of Loches.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““So you have not been here long, then?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I remember last year, when I was factor of Beaulieu, how Monseigneur rode there once from Romorantin, to enjoy the chase in the forest of Loches.””
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Messire!” said the farmer, “but monsieur there is as like to Monseigneur the Prince of Condé as one egg is to another.”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “I remember last year, when I was factor of Beaulieu, how Monseigneur rode there once from Romorantin, to enjoy the chase in the forest of Loches.””
but in spite of that
From this reading “Yet ’tis an old house.””
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Yet ’tis an old house.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Messire!” said the farmer, “but monsieur there is as like to Monseigneur the Prince of Condé as one egg is to another.
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From this reading MONSIEUR OF ARLES MARKS THE KING “MON DIEU!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Messire!” said the farmer, “but monsieur there is as like to Monseigneur the Prince of Condé as one egg is to another.
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From this reading I remember last year, when I was factor of Beaulieu, how Monseigneur rode there once from Romorantin, to enjoy the chase in the forest of Loches.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “So you have not been here long, then?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Messire!” said the farmer, “but monsieur there is as like to Monseigneur the Prince of Condé as one egg is to another.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I remember last year, when I was factor of Beaulieu, how Monseigneur rode there once from Romorantin, to enjoy the chase in the forest of Loches.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Messire!” said the farmer, “but monsieur there is as like to Monseigneur the Prince of Condé as one egg is to another.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MONSIEUR OF ARLES MARKS THE KING “MON DIEU!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Messire!” said the farmer, “but monsieur there is as like to Monseigneur the Prince of Condé as one egg is to another.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I remember last year, when I was factor of Beaulieu, how Monseigneur rode there once from Romorantin, to enjoy the chase in the forest of Loches.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I remember last year, when I was factor of Beaulieu, how Monseigneur rode there once from Romorantin, to enjoy the chase in the forest of Loches.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Messire!” said the farmer, “but monsieur there is as like to Monseigneur the Prince of Condé as one egg is to another.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I remember last year, when I was factor of Beaulieu, how Monseigneur rode there once from Romorantin, to enjoy the chase in the forest of Loches.”
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I remember last year, when I was factor of Beaulieu, how Monseigneur rode there once from Romorantin, to enjoy the chase in the forest of Loches.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “So you have not been here long, then?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So you have not been here long, then?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yet ’tis an old house.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I remember last year, when I was factor of Beaulieu, how Monseigneur rode there once from Romorantin, to enjoy the chase in the forest of Loches.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I remember last year, when I was factor of Beaulieu, how Monseigneur rode there once from Romorantin, to enjoy the chase in the forest of Loches.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I remember last year, when I was factor of Beaulieu, how Monseigneur rode there once from Romorantin, to enjoy the chase in the forest of Loches.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Messire!” said the farmer, “but monsieur there is as like to Monseigneur the Prince of Condé as one egg is to another.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MONSIEUR OF ARLES MARKS THE KING “MON DIEU!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I remember last year, when I was factor of Beaulieu, how Monseigneur rode there once from Romorantin, to enjoy the chase in the forest of Loches.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Messire!” said the farmer, “but monsieur there is as like to Monseigneur the Prince of Condé as one egg is to another.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I remember last year, when I was factor of Beaulieu, how Monseigneur rode there once from Romorantin, to enjoy the chase in the forest of Loches.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “So you have not been here long, then?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MONSIEUR OF ARLES MARKS THE KING “MON DIEU!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Messire!” said the farmer, “but monsieur there is as like to Monseigneur the Prince of Condé as one egg is to another.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MONSIEUR OF ARLES MARKS THE KING “MON DIEU!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Messire!” said the farmer, “but monsieur there is as like to Monseigneur the Prince of Condé as one egg is to another.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading MONSIEUR OF ARLES MARKS THE KING “MON DIEU!
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “So you have not been here long, then?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MONSIEUR OF ARLES MARKS THE KING “MON DIEU!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yet ’tis an old house.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I remember last year, when I was factor of Beaulieu, how Monseigneur rode there once from Romorantin, to enjoy the chase in the forest of Loches.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Messire!” said the farmer, “but monsieur there is as like to Monseigneur the Prince of Condé as one egg is to another.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Messire!” said the farmer, “but monsieur there is as like to Monseigneur the Prince of Condé as one egg is to another.
To recall to mind.
From this reading I remember last year, when I was factor of Beaulieu, how Monseigneur rode there once from Romorantin, to enjoy the chase in the forest of Loches.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I remember last year, when I was factor of Beaulieu, how Monseigneur rode there once from Romorantin, to enjoy the chase in the forest of Loches.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I remember last year, when I was factor of Beaulieu, how Monseigneur rode there once from Romorantin, to enjoy the chase in the forest of Loches.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Messire!” said the farmer, “but monsieur there is as like to Monseigneur the Prince of Condé as one egg is to another.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “So you have not been here long, then?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MONSIEUR OF ARLES MARKS THE KING “MON DIEU!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “So you have not been here long, then?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Messire!” said the farmer, “but monsieur there is as like to Monseigneur the Prince of Condé as one egg is to another.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Yet ’tis an old house.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Messire!” said the farmer, “but monsieur there is as like to Monseigneur the Prince of Condé as one egg is to another.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I remember last year, when I was factor of Beaulieu, how Monseigneur rode there once from Romorantin, to enjoy the chase in the forest of Loches.”
at the time that
From this reading I remember last year, when I was factor of Beaulieu, how Monseigneur rode there once from Romorantin, to enjoy the chase in the forest of Loches.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I remember last year, when I was factor of Beaulieu, how Monseigneur rode there once from Romorantin, to enjoy the chase in the forest of Loches.”
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet ’tis an old house.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “So you have not been here long, then?
