A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
THE HOUSE-KEEPER AND THE STEWARD. "Salt sea-water or oil, it's all the same to you! Haven't I put my lamp out long ago? Doesn't the fire on the hearth give light enough? Are your eyes so drowsy that they don't see the dawn shining in upon us more and more brightly?
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Haven't I put my lamp out long ago?”
A viscous liquid derived from petroleum or plants, stored in large earthen jars.
From this reading “"Salt sea-water or oil, it's all the same to you!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Salt sea-water or oil, it's all the same to you!”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “Are your eyes so drowsy that they don't see the dawn shining in upon us more and more brightly?”
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From this reading "Salt sea-water or oil, it's all the same to you!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE HOUSE-KEEPER AND THE STEWARD.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are your eyes so drowsy that they don't see the dawn shining in upon us more and more brightly?
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From this reading Doesn't the fire on the hearth give light enough?
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From this reading Are your eyes so drowsy that they don't see the dawn shining in upon us more and more brightly?
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From this reading Are your eyes so drowsy that they don't see the dawn shining in upon us more and more brightly?
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From this reading Doesn't the fire on the hearth give light enough?
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From this reading Are your eyes so drowsy that they don't see the dawn shining in upon us more and more brightly?
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From this reading Doesn't the fire on the hearth give light enough?
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From this reading Doesn't the fire on the hearth give light enough?
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From this reading Haven't I put my lamp out long ago?
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From this reading Doesn't the fire on the hearth give light enough?
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From this reading THE HOUSE-KEEPER AND THE STEWARD.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Haven't I put my lamp out long ago?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Are your eyes so drowsy that they don't see the dawn shining in upon us more and more brightly?
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From this reading "Salt sea-water or oil, it's all the same to you!
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From this reading Haven't I put my lamp out long ago?
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From this reading Doesn't the fire on the hearth give light enough?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Haven't I put my lamp out long ago?
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From this reading Are your eyes so drowsy that they don't see the dawn shining in upon us more and more brightly?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Haven't I put my lamp out long ago?
A viscous liquid derived from petroleum or plants, stored in large earthen jars.
From this reading "Salt sea-water or oil, it's all the same to you!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Doesn't the fire on the hearth give light enough?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "Salt sea-water or oil, it's all the same to you!
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From this reading Haven't I put my lamp out long ago?
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From this reading Haven't I put my lamp out long ago?
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From this reading "Salt sea-water or oil, it's all the same to you!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Salt sea-water or oil, it's all the same to you!
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From this reading "Salt sea-water or oil, it's all the same to you!
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From this reading Are your eyes so drowsy that they don't see the dawn shining in upon us more and more brightly?
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From this reading Are your eyes so drowsy that they don't see the dawn shining in upon us more and more brightly?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Are your eyes so drowsy that they don't see the dawn shining in upon us more and more brightly?
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From this reading THE HOUSE-KEEPER AND THE STEWARD.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Are your eyes so drowsy that they don't see the dawn shining in upon us more and more brightly?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HOUSE-KEEPER AND THE STEWARD.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Are your eyes so drowsy that they don't see the dawn shining in upon us more and more brightly?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Salt sea-water or oil, it's all the same to you!
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Are your eyes so drowsy that they don't see the dawn shining in upon us more and more brightly?
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Are your eyes so drowsy that they don't see the dawn shining in upon us more and more brightly?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Salt sea-water or oil, it's all the same to you!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Are your eyes so drowsy that they don't see the dawn shining in upon us more and more brightly?
