A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXV
little. D’Artagnan immediately took the offensive. “Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?” Porthos wiped his brow, and looked around him with pride. “Why, it appears,” said he, “that you may see what I am doing here.”
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “Porthos wiped his brow, and looked around him with pride.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “little.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Porthos wiped his brow, and looked around him with pride.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading ““Why, it appears,” said he, “that you may see what I am doing here.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “D’Artagnan immediately took the offensive.”
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From this reading “Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?”
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading “Why, it appears,” said he, “that you may see what I am doing here.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?”
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From this reading “Why, it appears,” said he, “that you may see what I am doing here.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Porthos wiped his brow, and looked around him with pride.
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From this reading Porthos wiped his brow, and looked around him with pride.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading D’Artagnan immediately took the offensive.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?”
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From this reading “Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?”
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From this reading “Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?”
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From this reading “Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?”
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From this reading “Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Why, it appears,” said he, “that you may see what I am doing here.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Porthos wiped his brow, and looked around him with pride.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Porthos wiped his brow, and looked around him with pride.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?”
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From this reading D’Artagnan immediately took the offensive.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Why, it appears,” said he, “that you may see what I am doing here.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading little.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Porthos wiped his brow, and looked around him with pride.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “Why, it appears,” said he, “that you may see what I am doing here.”
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?”
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From this reading “Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?”
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From this reading “Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?”
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From this reading D’Artagnan immediately took the offensive.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Porthos wiped his brow, and looked around him with pride.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Porthos wiped his brow, and looked around him with pride.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why, it appears,” said he, “that you may see what I am doing here.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why, it appears,” said he, “that you may see what I am doing here.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading D’Artagnan immediately took the offensive.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading D’Artagnan immediately took the offensive.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Why, it appears,” said he, “that you may see what I am doing here.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Porthos wiped his brow, and looked around him with pride.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Now that I have told you all, dear friend, or rather you have guessed all, tell me what you are doing here, covered with dust and mud?”
