A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
_By_ MEREDITH NICHOLSON Author of The Main Chance PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO. BROOKLYN, N. Y. To the Memory of My Father, A Captain of Volunteers In the Great War “She’s like Margaret; she’s really one of us,” remarked Mrs. Forrest to her brother. “She carries herself as Margaret did in her girlhood, and she’s dark, as we all are.” “I hope she’s escaped the Dameron traits; they’re unattractive,” said Rodney Merriam.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “To the Memory of My Father, A Captain of Volunteers In the Great War “She’s like Margaret; she’s really one of us,” remarked Mrs. Forrest to her brother.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “To the Memory of My Father, A Captain of Volunteers In the Great War “She’s like Margaret; she’s really one of us,” remarked Mrs. Forrest to her brother.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading ““She carries herself as Margaret did in her girlhood, and she’s dark, as we all are.””
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading “To the Memory of My Father, A Captain of Volunteers In the Great War “She’s like Margaret; she’s really one of us,” remarked Mrs. Forrest to her brother.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “To the Memory of My Father, A Captain of Volunteers In the Great War “She’s like Margaret; she’s really one of us,” remarked Mrs. Forrest to her brother.”
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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 To the Memory of My Father, A Captain of Volunteers In the Great War “She’s like Margaret; she’s really one of us,” remarked Mrs. Forrest to her brother.
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From this reading “She carries herself as Margaret did in her girlhood, and she’s dark, as we all are.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “She carries herself as Margaret did in her girlhood, and she’s dark, as we all are.”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “She carries herself as Margaret did in her girlhood, and she’s dark, as we all are.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “She carries herself as Margaret did in her girlhood, and she’s dark, as we all are.”
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From this reading _By_ MEREDITH NICHOLSON Author of The Main Chance PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.
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From this reading _By_ MEREDITH NICHOLSON Author of The Main Chance PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.
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From this reading BROOKLYN, N. Y.
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From this reading To the Memory of My Father, A Captain of Volunteers In the Great War “She’s like Margaret; she’s really one of us,” remarked Mrs. Forrest to her brother.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _By_ MEREDITH NICHOLSON Author of The Main Chance PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading To the Memory of My Father, A Captain of Volunteers In the Great War “She’s like Margaret; she’s really one of us,” remarked Mrs. Forrest to her brother.
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From this reading “She carries herself as Margaret did in her girlhood, and she’s dark, as we all are.”
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From this reading _By_ MEREDITH NICHOLSON Author of The Main Chance PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.
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From this reading _By_ MEREDITH NICHOLSON Author of The Main Chance PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.
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From this reading “I hope she’s escaped the Dameron traits; they’re unattractive,” said Rodney Merriam.
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From this reading “She carries herself as Margaret did in her girlhood, and she’s dark, as we all are.”
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “She carries herself as Margaret did in her girlhood, and she’s dark, as we all are.”
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From this reading “I hope she’s escaped the Dameron traits; they’re unattractive,” said Rodney Merriam.
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From this reading To the Memory of My Father, A Captain of Volunteers In the Great War “She’s like Margaret; she’s really one of us,” remarked Mrs. Forrest to her brother.
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From this reading To the Memory of My Father, A Captain of Volunteers In the Great War “She’s like Margaret; she’s really one of us,” remarked Mrs. Forrest to her brother.
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From this reading “She carries herself as Margaret did in her girlhood, and she’s dark, as we all are.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To the Memory of My Father, A Captain of Volunteers In the Great War “She’s like Margaret; she’s really one of us,” remarked Mrs. Forrest to her brother.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading To the Memory of My Father, A Captain of Volunteers In the Great War “She’s like Margaret; she’s really one of us,” remarked Mrs. Forrest to her brother.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “She carries herself as Margaret did in her girlhood, and she’s dark, as we all are.”
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From this reading “I hope she’s escaped the Dameron traits; they’re unattractive,” said Rodney Merriam.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I hope she’s escaped the Dameron traits; they’re unattractive,” said Rodney Merriam.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading To the Memory of My Father, A Captain of Volunteers In the Great War “She’s like Margaret; she’s really one of us,” remarked Mrs. Forrest to her brother.
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From this reading To the Memory of My Father, A Captain of Volunteers In the Great War “She’s like Margaret; she’s really one of us,” remarked Mrs. Forrest to her brother.
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From this reading _By_ MEREDITH NICHOLSON Author of The Main Chance PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.
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From this reading To the Memory of My Father, A Captain of Volunteers In the Great War “She’s like Margaret; she’s really one of us,” remarked Mrs. Forrest to her brother.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading To the Memory of My Father, A Captain of Volunteers In the Great War “She’s like Margaret; she’s really one of us,” remarked Mrs. Forrest to her brother.
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From this reading _By_ MEREDITH NICHOLSON Author of The Main Chance PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.
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From this reading “I hope she’s escaped the Dameron traits; they’re unattractive,” said Rodney Merriam.
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From this reading To the Memory of My Father, A Captain of Volunteers In the Great War “She’s like Margaret; she’s really one of us,” remarked Mrs. Forrest to her brother.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading To the Memory of My Father, A Captain of Volunteers In the Great War “She’s like Margaret; she’s really one of us,” remarked Mrs. Forrest to her brother.
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From this reading BROOKLYN, N. Y.
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From this reading _By_ MEREDITH NICHOLSON Author of The Main Chance PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _By_ MEREDITH NICHOLSON Author of The Main Chance PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading To the Memory of My Father, A Captain of Volunteers In the Great War “She’s like Margaret; she’s really one of us,” remarked Mrs. Forrest to her brother.
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From this reading _By_ MEREDITH NICHOLSON Author of The Main Chance PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.
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From this reading To the Memory of My Father, A Captain of Volunteers In the Great War “She’s like Margaret; she’s really one of us,” remarked Mrs. Forrest to her brother.
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From this reading To the Memory of My Father, A Captain of Volunteers In the Great War “She’s like Margaret; she’s really one of us,” remarked Mrs. Forrest to her brother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I hope she’s escaped the Dameron traits; they’re unattractive,” said Rodney Merriam.
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From this reading “I hope she’s escaped the Dameron traits; they’re unattractive,” said Rodney Merriam.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She carries herself as Margaret did in her girlhood, and she’s dark, as we all are.”
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From this reading To the Memory of My Father, A Captain of Volunteers In the Great War “She’s like Margaret; she’s really one of us,” remarked Mrs. Forrest to her brother.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _By_ MEREDITH NICHOLSON Author of The Main Chance PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO.
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From this reading “I hope she’s escaped the Dameron traits; they’re unattractive,” said Rodney Merriam.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To the Memory of My Father, A Captain of Volunteers In the Great War “She’s like Margaret; she’s really one of us,” remarked Mrs. Forrest to her brother.
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From this reading “I hope she’s escaped the Dameron traits; they’re unattractive,” said Rodney Merriam.
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From this reading “I hope she’s escaped the Dameron traits; they’re unattractive,” said Rodney Merriam.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading To the Memory of My Father, A Captain of Volunteers In the Great War “She’s like Margaret; she’s really one of us,” remarked Mrs. Forrest to her brother.
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From this reading To the Memory of My Father, A Captain of Volunteers In the Great War “She’s like Margaret; she’s really one of us,” remarked Mrs. Forrest to her brother.
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From this reading To the Memory of My Father, A Captain of Volunteers In the Great War “She’s like Margaret; she’s really one of us,” remarked Mrs. Forrest to her brother.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “She carries herself as Margaret did in her girlhood, and she’s dark, as we all are.”
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From this reading BROOKLYN, N. Y.
