A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Thirteen years in New York had brought many changes. Some of the well-remembered landmarks were gone and new buildings in their places. A prosperous looking saloon quite palatial in its entrance marked the corner where he used to sell papers. It used to be a corner grocery store. Saloons!
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Thirteen years in New York had brought many changes.”
successful and without serious problems
From this reading “A prosperous looking saloon quite palatial in its entrance marked the corner where he used to sell papers.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A prosperous looking saloon quite palatial in its entrance marked the corner where he used to sell papers.”
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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 A prosperous looking saloon quite palatial in its entrance marked the corner where he used to sell papers.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Some of the well-remembered landmarks were gone and new buildings in their places.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It used to be a corner grocery store.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Thirteen years in New York had brought many changes.
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From this reading Some of the well-remembered landmarks were gone and new buildings in their places.
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From this reading Thirteen years in New York had brought many changes.
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From this reading A prosperous looking saloon quite palatial in its entrance marked the corner where he used to sell papers.
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From this reading A prosperous looking saloon quite palatial in its entrance marked the corner where he used to sell papers.
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From this reading Some of the well-remembered landmarks were gone and new buildings in their places.
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From this reading It used to be a corner grocery store.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Thirteen years in New York had brought many changes.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A prosperous looking saloon quite palatial in its entrance marked the corner where he used to sell papers.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Thirteen years in New York had brought many changes.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It used to be a corner grocery store.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading A prosperous looking saloon quite palatial in its entrance marked the corner where he used to sell papers.
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From this reading Some of the well-remembered landmarks were gone and new buildings in their places.
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From this reading A prosperous looking saloon quite palatial in its entrance marked the corner where he used to sell papers.
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From this reading Thirteen years in New York had brought many changes.
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From this reading A prosperous looking saloon quite palatial in its entrance marked the corner where he used to sell papers.
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From this reading Thirteen years in New York had brought many changes.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Some of the well-remembered landmarks were gone and new buildings in their places.
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From this reading A prosperous looking saloon quite palatial in its entrance marked the corner where he used to sell papers.
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From this reading A prosperous looking saloon quite palatial in its entrance marked the corner where he used to sell papers.
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From this reading Some of the well-remembered landmarks were gone and new buildings in their places.
successful and without serious problems
From this reading A prosperous looking saloon quite palatial in its entrance marked the corner where he used to sell papers.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A prosperous looking saloon quite palatial in its entrance marked the corner where he used to sell papers.
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From this reading A prosperous looking saloon quite palatial in its entrance marked the corner where he used to sell papers.
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From this reading Saloons!
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From this reading A prosperous looking saloon quite palatial in its entrance marked the corner where he used to sell papers.
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From this reading Some of the well-remembered landmarks were gone and new buildings in their places.
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From this reading It used to be a corner grocery store.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Some of the well-remembered landmarks were gone and new buildings in their places.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Some of the well-remembered landmarks were gone and new buildings in their places.
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From this reading Thirteen years in New York had brought many changes.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A prosperous looking saloon quite palatial in its entrance marked the corner where he used to sell papers.
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From this reading A prosperous looking saloon quite palatial in its entrance marked the corner where he used to sell papers.
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From this reading Some of the well-remembered landmarks were gone and new buildings in their places.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Some of the well-remembered landmarks were gone and new buildings in their places.
in or at the place that
From this reading A prosperous looking saloon quite palatial in its entrance marked the corner where he used to sell papers.
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From this reading Thirteen years in New York had brought many changes.
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From this reading Thirteen years in New York had brought many changes.
