A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXII
HUMILIATION. Again the weeks and the months went on, bringing round the autumn season of another year. For in real life--and this is very much of a true history--time passes imperceptibly when there are no special events to mark its progress. Seasons succeed each other, leaving little record behind them. It was a monotonous life at best--that of the Raynors'.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Again the weeks and the months went on, bringing round the autumn season of another year.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Again the weeks and the months went on, bringing round the autumn season of another year.”
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “Seasons succeed each other, leaving little record behind them.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “For in real life--and this is very much of a true history--time passes imperceptibly when there are no special events to mark its progress.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Seasons succeed each other, leaving little record behind them.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “For in real life--and this is very much of a true history--time passes imperceptibly when there are no special events to mark its progress.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Again the weeks and the months went on, bringing round the autumn season of another year.”
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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 For in real life--and this is very much of a true history--time passes imperceptibly when there are no special events to mark its progress.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Again the weeks and the months went on, bringing round the autumn season of another year.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Again the weeks and the months went on, bringing round the autumn season of another year.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Again the weeks and the months went on, bringing round the autumn season of another year.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading For in real life--and this is very much of a true history--time passes imperceptibly when there are no special events to mark its progress.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was a monotonous life at best--that of the Raynors'.
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From this reading Again the weeks and the months went on, bringing round the autumn season of another year.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Seasons succeed each other, leaving little record behind them.
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From this reading It was a monotonous life at best--that of the Raynors'.
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From this reading Again the weeks and the months went on, bringing round the autumn season of another year.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Seasons succeed each other, leaving little record behind them.
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From this reading For in real life--and this is very much of a true history--time passes imperceptibly when there are no special events to mark its progress.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For in real life--and this is very much of a true history--time passes imperceptibly when there are no special events to mark its progress.
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From this reading For in real life--and this is very much of a true history--time passes imperceptibly when there are no special events to mark its progress.
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From this reading HUMILIATION.
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From this reading For in real life--and this is very much of a true history--time passes imperceptibly when there are no special events to mark its progress.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For in real life--and this is very much of a true history--time passes imperceptibly when there are no special events to mark its progress.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For in real life--and this is very much of a true history--time passes imperceptibly when there are no special events to mark its progress.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a monotonous life at best--that of the Raynors'.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading For in real life--and this is very much of a true history--time passes imperceptibly when there are no special events to mark its progress.
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From this reading Seasons succeed each other, leaving little record behind them.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For in real life--and this is very much of a true history--time passes imperceptibly when there are no special events to mark its progress.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Seasons succeed each other, leaving little record behind them.
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From this reading For in real life--and this is very much of a true history--time passes imperceptibly when there are no special events to mark its progress.
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From this reading It was a monotonous life at best--that of the Raynors'.
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From this reading Again the weeks and the months went on, bringing round the autumn season of another year.
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From this reading For in real life--and this is very much of a true history--time passes imperceptibly when there are no special events to mark its progress.
not any; not one
From this reading For in real life--and this is very much of a true history--time passes imperceptibly when there are no special events to mark its progress.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Again the weeks and the months went on, bringing round the autumn season of another year.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Again the weeks and the months went on, bringing round the autumn season of another year.
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From this reading Seasons succeed each other, leaving little record behind them.
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From this reading For in real life--and this is very much of a true history--time passes imperceptibly when there are no special events to mark its progress.
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From this reading For in real life--and this is very much of a true history--time passes imperceptibly when there are no special events to mark its progress.
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From this reading It was a monotonous life at best--that of the Raynors'.
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From this reading For in real life--and this is very much of a true history--time passes imperceptibly when there are no special events to mark its progress.
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From this reading Seasons succeed each other, leaving little record behind them.
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From this reading Again the weeks and the months went on, bringing round the autumn season of another year.
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From this reading Again the weeks and the months went on, bringing round the autumn season of another year.
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From this reading Seasons succeed each other, leaving little record behind them.
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From this reading For in real life--and this is very much of a true history--time passes imperceptibly when there are no special events to mark its progress.
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From this reading Seasons succeed each other, leaving little record behind them.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was a monotonous life at best--that of the Raynors'.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Again the weeks and the months went on, bringing round the autumn season of another year.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Seasons succeed each other, leaving little record behind them.
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From this reading For in real life--and this is very much of a true history--time passes imperceptibly when there are no special events to mark its progress.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading For in real life--and this is very much of a true history--time passes imperceptibly when there are no special events to mark its progress.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For in real life--and this is very much of a true history--time passes imperceptibly when there are no special events to mark its progress.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For in real life--and this is very much of a true history--time passes imperceptibly when there are no special events to mark its progress.
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From this reading For in real life--and this is very much of a true history--time passes imperceptibly when there are no special events to mark its progress.
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From this reading For in real life--and this is very much of a true history--time passes imperceptibly when there are no special events to mark its progress.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a monotonous life at best--that of the Raynors'.
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From this reading Again the weeks and the months went on, bringing round the autumn season of another year.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Again the weeks and the months went on, bringing round the autumn season of another year.
at the time that
From this reading For in real life--and this is very much of a true history--time passes imperceptibly when there are no special events to mark its progress.
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From this reading Again the weeks and the months went on, bringing round the autumn season of another year.
