A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVI
“There, doctor! Have n't I found the true story of this strange visitor? Have n't I solved the riddle of the Sphinx? Who can this man be but the boy of that story? Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““There, doctor!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Have n't I found the true story of this strange visitor?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have n't I found the true story of this strange visitor?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.
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From this reading Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Who can this man be but the boy of that story?
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From this reading Who can this man be but the boy of that story?
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Who can this man be but the boy of that story?
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Who can this man be but the boy of that story?
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From this reading Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There, doctor!
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From this reading Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Have n't I found the true story of this strange visitor?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have n't I found the true story of this strange visitor?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Have n't I found the true story of this strange visitor?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.
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From this reading Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.
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From this reading Who can this man be but the boy of that story?
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.
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From this reading Have n't I found the true story of this strange visitor?
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From this reading Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Have n't I found the true story of this strange visitor?
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From this reading Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.
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From this reading Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Have n't I solved the riddle of the Sphinx?
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From this reading Have n't I solved the riddle of the Sphinx?
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From this reading Have n't I solved the riddle of the Sphinx?
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From this reading Have n't I found the true story of this strange visitor?
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From this reading Have n't I found the true story of this strange visitor?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Who can this man be but the boy of that story?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Have n't I found the true story of this strange visitor?
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From this reading “There, doctor!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Have n't I found the true story of this strange visitor?
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From this reading Have n't I found the true story of this strange visitor?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Have n't I found the true story of this strange visitor?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.
at the time that
From this reading Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.
which person or people
From this reading Who can this man be but the boy of that story?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Look at the date of the journal when he was eleven years old, it would make him twenty-five now, and that is just about the age the people here think he must be of.
