A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIV
The months came and went. The drama and tragedy of the future were yet to come upon the stage, and in the meantime we pounded nuts and lived. It was a good year, I remember, for nuts. We used to fill gourds with nuts and carry them to the pounding-places. We placed them in depressions in the rock, and, with a piece of rock in our hands, we cracked them and ate them as we cracked.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The drama and tragedy of the future were yet to come upon the stage, and in the meantime we pounded nuts and lived.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was a good year, I remember, for nuts.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “We placed them in depressions in the rock, and, with a piece of rock in our hands, we cracked them and ate them as we cracked.”
the period of time while something else is happening
From this reading “The drama and tragedy of the future were yet to come upon the stage, and in the meantime we pounded nuts and lived.”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “It was a good year, I remember, for nuts.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “The drama and tragedy of the future were yet to come upon the stage, and in the meantime we pounded nuts and lived.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The months came and went.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “The drama and tragedy of the future were yet to come upon the stage, and in the meantime we pounded nuts and lived.”
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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 It was a good year, I remember, for nuts.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The months came and went.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We placed them in depressions in the rock, and, with a piece of rock in our hands, we cracked them and ate them as we cracked.
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From this reading We placed them in depressions in the rock, and, with a piece of rock in our hands, we cracked them and ate them as we cracked.
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From this reading The months came and went.
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From this reading We used to fill gourds with nuts and carry them to the pounding-places.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The drama and tragedy of the future were yet to come upon the stage, and in the meantime we pounded nuts and lived.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We placed them in depressions in the rock, and, with a piece of rock in our hands, we cracked them and ate them as we cracked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We placed them in depressions in the rock, and, with a piece of rock in our hands, we cracked them and ate them as we cracked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The drama and tragedy of the future were yet to come upon the stage, and in the meantime we pounded nuts and lived.
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From this reading We used to fill gourds with nuts and carry them to the pounding-places.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was a good year, I remember, for nuts.
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From this reading The drama and tragedy of the future were yet to come upon the stage, and in the meantime we pounded nuts and lived.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a good year, I remember, for nuts.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We used to fill gourds with nuts and carry them to the pounding-places.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading We placed them in depressions in the rock, and, with a piece of rock in our hands, we cracked them and ate them as we cracked.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It was a good year, I remember, for nuts.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The drama and tragedy of the future were yet to come upon the stage, and in the meantime we pounded nuts and lived.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a good year, I remember, for nuts.
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From this reading The drama and tragedy of the future were yet to come upon the stage, and in the meantime we pounded nuts and lived.
the period of time while something else is happening
From this reading The drama and tragedy of the future were yet to come upon the stage, and in the meantime we pounded nuts and lived.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The months came and went.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The drama and tragedy of the future were yet to come upon the stage, and in the meantime we pounded nuts and lived.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The drama and tragedy of the future were yet to come upon the stage, and in the meantime we pounded nuts and lived.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We placed them in depressions in the rock, and, with a piece of rock in our hands, we cracked them and ate them as we cracked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We placed them in depressions in the rock, and, with a piece of rock in our hands, we cracked them and ate them as we cracked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We placed them in depressions in the rock, and, with a piece of rock in our hands, we cracked them and ate them as we cracked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The drama and tragedy of the future were yet to come upon the stage, and in the meantime we pounded nuts and lived.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We used to fill gourds with nuts and carry them to the pounding-places.
To recall to mind.
From this reading It was a good year, I remember, for nuts.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We placed them in depressions in the rock, and, with a piece of rock in our hands, we cracked them and ate them as we cracked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The drama and tragedy of the future were yet to come upon the stage, and in the meantime we pounded nuts and lived.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The months came and went.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading We used to fill gourds with nuts and carry them to the pounding-places.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The drama and tragedy of the future were yet to come upon the stage, and in the meantime we pounded nuts and lived.
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From this reading The drama and tragedy of the future were yet to come upon the stage, and in the meantime we pounded nuts and lived.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The drama and tragedy of the future were yet to come upon the stage, and in the meantime we pounded nuts and lived.
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From this reading We used to fill gourds with nuts and carry them to the pounding-places.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a good year, I remember, for nuts.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The drama and tragedy of the future were yet to come upon the stage, and in the meantime we pounded nuts and lived.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The months came and went.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The drama and tragedy of the future were yet to come upon the stage, and in the meantime we pounded nuts and lived.
in the company of; together with
From this reading We used to fill gourds with nuts and carry them to the pounding-places.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It was a good year, I remember, for nuts.
but in spite of that
From this reading The drama and tragedy of the future were yet to come upon the stage, and in the meantime we pounded nuts and lived.
