A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IV
‘I don’t know,’ Black Sheep would reply. ‘I’m not, if I only wasn’t bothered upside down. I knew what I _did_, and I want to say so; but Harry always makes it out different somehow, and Aunty Rosa doesn’t believe a word I say. Oh, Ju! don’t _you_ say I’m bad too.’ ‘Aunty Rosa says you are,’ said Judy.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I knew what I _did_, and I want to say so; but Harry always makes it out different somehow, and Aunty Rosa doesn’t believe a word I say.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I knew what I _did_, and I want to say so; but Harry always makes it out different somehow, and Aunty Rosa doesn’t believe a word I say.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “‘I don’t know,’ Black Sheep would reply.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “‘I don’t know,’ Black Sheep would reply.”
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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 knew what I _did_, and I want to say so; but Harry always makes it out different somehow, and Aunty Rosa doesn’t believe a word I say.
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From this reading I knew what I _did_, and I want to say so; but Harry always makes it out different somehow, and Aunty Rosa doesn’t believe a word I say.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I knew what I _did_, and I want to say so; but Harry always makes it out different somehow, and Aunty Rosa doesn’t believe a word I say.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading ‘Aunty Rosa says you are,’ said Judy.
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From this reading I knew what I _did_, and I want to say so; but Harry always makes it out different somehow, and Aunty Rosa doesn’t believe a word I say.
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From this reading Oh, Ju! don’t _you_ say I’m bad too.’
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I knew what I _did_, and I want to say so; but Harry always makes it out different somehow, and Aunty Rosa doesn’t believe a word I say.
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From this reading ‘I don’t know,’ Black Sheep would reply.
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From this reading ‘I’m not, if I only wasn’t bothered upside down.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I knew what I _did_, and I want to say so; but Harry always makes it out different somehow, and Aunty Rosa doesn’t believe a word I say.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading I knew what I _did_, and I want to say so; but Harry always makes it out different somehow, and Aunty Rosa doesn’t believe a word I say.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I knew what I _did_, and I want to say so; but Harry always makes it out different somehow, and Aunty Rosa doesn’t believe a word I say.
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From this reading I knew what I _did_, and I want to say so; but Harry always makes it out different somehow, and Aunty Rosa doesn’t believe a word I say.
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From this reading ‘I don’t know,’ Black Sheep would reply.
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From this reading ‘I’m not, if I only wasn’t bothered upside down.
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From this reading I knew what I _did_, and I want to say so; but Harry always makes it out different somehow, and Aunty Rosa doesn’t believe a word I say.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I don’t know,’ Black Sheep would reply.
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From this reading ‘I’m not, if I only wasn’t bothered upside down.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading ‘I’m not, if I only wasn’t bothered upside down.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I knew what I _did_, and I want to say so; but Harry always makes it out different somehow, and Aunty Rosa doesn’t believe a word I say.
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From this reading Oh, Ju! don’t _you_ say I’m bad too.’
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From this reading ‘Aunty Rosa says you are,’ said Judy.
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From this reading I knew what I _did_, and I want to say so; but Harry always makes it out different somehow, and Aunty Rosa doesn’t believe a word I say.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ‘I don’t know,’ Black Sheep would reply.
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From this reading I knew what I _did_, and I want to say so; but Harry always makes it out different somehow, and Aunty Rosa doesn’t believe a word I say.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ‘I’m not, if I only wasn’t bothered upside down.
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From this reading Oh, Ju! don’t _you_ say I’m bad too.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I’m not, if I only wasn’t bothered upside down.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I knew what I _did_, and I want to say so; but Harry always makes it out different somehow, and Aunty Rosa doesn’t believe a word I say.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I don’t know,’ Black Sheep would reply.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I knew what I _did_, and I want to say so; but Harry always makes it out different somehow, and Aunty Rosa doesn’t believe a word I say.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘Aunty Rosa says you are,’ said Judy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I knew what I _did_, and I want to say so; but Harry always makes it out different somehow, and Aunty Rosa doesn’t believe a word I say.
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From this reading ‘Aunty Rosa says you are,’ said Judy.
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From this reading ‘I don’t know,’ Black Sheep would reply.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I knew what I _did_, and I want to say so; but Harry always makes it out different somehow, and Aunty Rosa doesn’t believe a word I say.
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From this reading I knew what I _did_, and I want to say so; but Harry always makes it out different somehow, and Aunty Rosa doesn’t believe a word I say.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I knew what I _did_, and I want to say so; but Harry always makes it out different somehow, and Aunty Rosa doesn’t believe a word I say.
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From this reading Oh, Ju! don’t _you_ say I’m bad too.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I’m not, if I only wasn’t bothered upside down.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I knew what I _did_, and I want to say so; but Harry always makes it out different somehow, and Aunty Rosa doesn’t believe a word I say.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading ‘I’m not, if I only wasn’t bothered upside down.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I knew what I _did_, and I want to say so; but Harry always makes it out different somehow, and Aunty Rosa doesn’t believe a word I say.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I knew what I _did_, and I want to say so; but Harry always makes it out different somehow, and Aunty Rosa doesn’t believe a word I say.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ‘I don’t know,’ Black Sheep would reply.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Oh, Ju! don’t _you_ say I’m bad too.’
