A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXI
"MAD AS A HATTER!" Mr. Arnheim looked rather puzzled for a moment, then he looked as if he remembered. "Oh, yes, yes, Mr. Lisle," he said, with a slightly foreign accent; he was German. "I remember----." "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mr. Arnheim looked rather puzzled for a moment, then he looked as if he remembered.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “"I remember----."”
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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 "MAD AS A HATTER!"
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From this reading "Oh, yes, yes, Mr. Lisle," he said, with a slightly foreign accent; he was German.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
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From this reading Mr. Arnheim looked rather puzzled for a moment, then he looked as if he remembered.
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From this reading "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "MAD AS A HATTER!"
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From this reading "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
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From this reading "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
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From this reading "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
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From this reading "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Mr. Arnheim looked rather puzzled for a moment, then he looked as if he remembered.
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From this reading "Oh, yes, yes, Mr. Lisle," he said, with a slightly foreign accent; he was German.
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From this reading "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
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From this reading "Oh, yes, yes, Mr. Lisle," he said, with a slightly foreign accent; he was German.
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From this reading "MAD AS A HATTER!"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mr. Arnheim looked rather puzzled for a moment, then he looked as if he remembered.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I remember----."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Mr. Arnheim looked rather puzzled for a moment, then he looked as if he remembered.
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From this reading "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
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From this reading "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, yes, yes, Mr. Lisle," he said, with a slightly foreign accent; he was German.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Arnheim looked rather puzzled for a moment, then he looked as if he remembered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "MAD AS A HATTER!"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
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From this reading Mr. Arnheim looked rather puzzled for a moment, then he looked as if he remembered.
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From this reading Mr. Arnheim looked rather puzzled for a moment, then he looked as if he remembered.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
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From this reading "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, yes, yes, Mr. Lisle," he said, with a slightly foreign accent; he was German.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Arnheim looked rather puzzled for a moment, then he looked as if he remembered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Arnheim looked rather puzzled for a moment, then he looked as if he remembered.
To recall to mind.
From this reading "I remember----."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Arnheim looked rather puzzled for a moment, then he looked as if he remembered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, yes, yes, Mr. Lisle," he said, with a slightly foreign accent; he was German.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, yes, yes, Mr. Lisle," he said, with a slightly foreign accent; he was German.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Mr. Arnheim looked rather puzzled for a moment, then he looked as if he remembered.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Oh, yes, yes, Mr. Lisle," he said, with a slightly foreign accent; he was German.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Oh, yes, yes, Mr. Lisle," he said, with a slightly foreign accent; he was German.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Oh, yes, yes, Mr. Lisle," he said, with a slightly foreign accent; he was German.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You sent for me, doubtless, to make arrangements for the inclusion of some of my pictures in your coming exhibition," said Francis Lisle in a nervously pompous voice, which quivered with suppressed excitement and importance.
