A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VI
THE BOOT ON ONE LEG. “WHAT can have happened?” said Maud, apparently musing on the event which had just transpired. “The major is not often moved so deeply as he appeared to be just now.” “Something of importance, evidently,” said Somers. “He has dropped the letter on the floor.”
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the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ““He has dropped the letter on the floor.””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““WHAT can have happened?” said Maud, apparently musing on the event which had just transpired.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “THE BOOT ON ONE LEG.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading ““Something of importance, evidently,” said Somers.”
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From this reading “WHAT can have happened?” said Maud, apparently musing on the event which had just transpired.
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From this reading “The major is not often moved so deeply as he appeared to be just now.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “The major is not often moved so deeply as he appeared to be just now.”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “The major is not often moved so deeply as he appeared to be just now.”
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From this reading THE BOOT ON ONE LEG.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “WHAT can have happened?” said Maud, apparently musing on the event which had just transpired.
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From this reading “The major is not often moved so deeply as he appeared to be just now.”
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From this reading “He has dropped the letter on the floor.”
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From this reading “WHAT can have happened?” said Maud, apparently musing on the event which had just transpired.
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From this reading “Something of importance, evidently,” said Somers.
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From this reading “He has dropped the letter on the floor.”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “WHAT can have happened?” said Maud, apparently musing on the event which had just transpired.
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From this reading “WHAT can have happened?” said Maud, apparently musing on the event which had just transpired.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “He has dropped the letter on the floor.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “WHAT can have happened?” said Maud, apparently musing on the event which had just transpired.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “The major is not often moved so deeply as he appeared to be just now.”
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From this reading “Something of importance, evidently,” said Somers.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “The major is not often moved so deeply as he appeared to be just now.”
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From this reading “WHAT can have happened?” said Maud, apparently musing on the event which had just transpired.
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From this reading THE BOOT ON ONE LEG.
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From this reading “He has dropped the letter on the floor.”
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From this reading “The major is not often moved so deeply as he appeared to be just now.”
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From this reading “WHAT can have happened?” said Maud, apparently musing on the event which had just transpired.
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From this reading “The major is not often moved so deeply as he appeared to be just now.”
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From this reading “WHAT can have happened?” said Maud, apparently musing on the event which had just transpired.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “The major is not often moved so deeply as he appeared to be just now.”
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From this reading “The major is not often moved so deeply as he appeared to be just now.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Something of importance, evidently,” said Somers.
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From this reading “The major is not often moved so deeply as he appeared to be just now.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE BOOT ON ONE LEG.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE BOOT ON ONE LEG.
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From this reading “WHAT can have happened?” said Maud, apparently musing on the event which had just transpired.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “The major is not often moved so deeply as he appeared to be just now.”
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From this reading “Something of importance, evidently,” said Somers.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “Something of importance, evidently,” said Somers.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BOOT ON ONE LEG.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “The major is not often moved so deeply as he appeared to be just now.”
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From this reading “WHAT can have happened?” said Maud, apparently musing on the event which had just transpired.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “WHAT can have happened?” said Maud, apparently musing on the event which had just transpired.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “WHAT can have happened?” said Maud, apparently musing on the event which had just transpired.
