A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter V
Little worked hard. He studied night and day. In five years he became a lecturer, then a professor. He soared as high as the clouds, he dipped as low as the cellars of the London poor. He analyzed the London fog, and found it two parts smoke, one disease, one unmentionable abominations.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He analyzed the London fog, and found it two parts smoke, one disease, one unmentionable abominations.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Little worked hard.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “He analyzed the London fog, and found it two parts smoke, one disease, one unmentionable abominations.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He soared as high as the clouds, he dipped as low as the cellars of the London poor.”
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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 In five years he became a lecturer, then a professor.
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From this reading He analyzed the London fog, and found it two parts smoke, one disease, one unmentionable abominations.
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From this reading He analyzed the London fog, and found it two parts smoke, one disease, one unmentionable abominations.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He studied night and day.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He soared as high as the clouds, he dipped as low as the cellars of the London poor.
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From this reading In five years he became a lecturer, then a professor.
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From this reading He soared as high as the clouds, he dipped as low as the cellars of the London poor.
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From this reading He soared as high as the clouds, he dipped as low as the cellars of the London poor.
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From this reading He studied night and day.
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From this reading He soared as high as the clouds, he dipped as low as the cellars of the London poor.
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From this reading He analyzed the London fog, and found it two parts smoke, one disease, one unmentionable abominations.
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From this reading In five years he became a lecturer, then a professor.
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From this reading He analyzed the London fog, and found it two parts smoke, one disease, one unmentionable abominations.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He analyzed the London fog, and found it two parts smoke, one disease, one unmentionable abominations.
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From this reading Little worked hard.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He studied night and day.
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From this reading He soared as high as the clouds, he dipped as low as the cellars of the London poor.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In five years he became a lecturer, then a professor.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He analyzed the London fog, and found it two parts smoke, one disease, one unmentionable abominations.
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From this reading In five years he became a lecturer, then a professor.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Little worked hard.
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From this reading He soared as high as the clouds, he dipped as low as the cellars of the London poor.
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From this reading He soared as high as the clouds, he dipped as low as the cellars of the London poor.
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From this reading He studied night and day.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He soared as high as the clouds, he dipped as low as the cellars of the London poor.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He analyzed the London fog, and found it two parts smoke, one disease, one unmentionable abominations.
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From this reading He analyzed the London fog, and found it two parts smoke, one disease, one unmentionable abominations.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He soared as high as the clouds, he dipped as low as the cellars of the London poor.
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From this reading In five years he became a lecturer, then a professor.
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From this reading He analyzed the London fog, and found it two parts smoke, one disease, one unmentionable abominations.
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From this reading He soared as high as the clouds, he dipped as low as the cellars of the London poor.
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From this reading He studied night and day.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He soared as high as the clouds, he dipped as low as the cellars of the London poor.
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From this reading In five years he became a lecturer, then a professor.
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From this reading He analyzed the London fog, and found it two parts smoke, one disease, one unmentionable abominations.
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From this reading He analyzed the London fog, and found it two parts smoke, one disease, one unmentionable abominations.
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From this reading Little worked hard.
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From this reading In five years he became a lecturer, then a professor.
