A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
There you are. There it was: always the same. Working away on the common across the brook he heard it. And he worked on, just the same. Suddenly he heard a shriek, and he flung the spade from him and started for the bridge, looking up like a startled deer.
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from one side of something to the other
From this reading “Working away on the common across the brook he heard it.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There it was: always the same.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Suddenly he heard a shriek, and he flung the spade from him and started for the bridge, looking up like a startled deer.”
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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 Suddenly he heard a shriek, and he flung the spade from him and started for the bridge, looking up like a startled deer.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Working away on the common across the brook he heard it.
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From this reading There it was: always the same.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And he worked on, just the same.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There you are.
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From this reading Working away on the common across the brook he heard it.
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From this reading Suddenly he heard a shriek, and he flung the spade from him and started for the bridge, looking up like a startled deer.
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From this reading Working away on the common across the brook he heard it.
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From this reading Working away on the common across the brook he heard it.
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From this reading Suddenly he heard a shriek, and he flung the spade from him and started for the bridge, looking up like a startled deer.
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From this reading Suddenly he heard a shriek, and he flung the spade from him and started for the bridge, looking up like a startled deer.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Suddenly he heard a shriek, and he flung the spade from him and started for the bridge, looking up like a startled deer.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Suddenly he heard a shriek, and he flung the spade from him and started for the bridge, looking up like a startled deer.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Working away on the common across the brook he heard it.
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From this reading Working away on the common across the brook he heard it.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Suddenly he heard a shriek, and he flung the spade from him and started for the bridge, looking up like a startled deer.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There it was: always the same.
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From this reading And he worked on, just the same.
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From this reading Suddenly he heard a shriek, and he flung the spade from him and started for the bridge, looking up like a startled deer.
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From this reading Suddenly he heard a shriek, and he flung the spade from him and started for the bridge, looking up like a startled deer.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Working away on the common across the brook he heard it.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There it was: always the same.
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From this reading Suddenly he heard a shriek, and he flung the spade from him and started for the bridge, looking up like a startled deer.
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From this reading Suddenly he heard a shriek, and he flung the spade from him and started for the bridge, looking up like a startled deer.
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From this reading Suddenly he heard a shriek, and he flung the spade from him and started for the bridge, looking up like a startled deer.
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From this reading Suddenly he heard a shriek, and he flung the spade from him and started for the bridge, looking up like a startled deer.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Suddenly he heard a shriek, and he flung the spade from him and started for the bridge, looking up like a startled deer.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There it was: always the same.
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From this reading There you are.
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From this reading Suddenly he heard a shriek, and he flung the spade from him and started for the bridge, looking up like a startled deer.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There it was: always the same.
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From this reading And he worked on, just the same.
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From this reading Working away on the common across the brook he heard it.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There you are.
