A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
And then a new element asserted itself in the life of McGregor. One of the hundreds of disintegrating forces that attack strong natures, striving to scatter their force in the back currents of life, attacked him. His big body began to feel with enervating persistency the call of sex. In the house in Wycliff Place McGregor passed as a mystery. By keeping silence he won a reputation for wisdom.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “His big body began to feel with enervating persistency the call of sex.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “His big body began to feel with enervating persistency the call of sex.”
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading “And then a new element asserted itself in the life of McGregor.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And then a new element asserted itself in the life of McGregor.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “One of the hundreds of disintegrating forces that attack strong natures, striving to scatter their force in the back currents of life, attacked him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In the house in Wycliff Place McGregor passed as a mystery.”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “By keeping silence he won a reputation for wisdom.”
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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 And then a new element asserted itself in the life of McGregor.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And then a new element asserted itself in the life of McGregor.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In the house in Wycliff Place McGregor passed as a mystery.
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From this reading And then a new element asserted itself in the life of McGregor.
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From this reading One of the hundreds of disintegrating forces that attack strong natures, striving to scatter their force in the back currents of life, attacked him.
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From this reading One of the hundreds of disintegrating forces that attack strong natures, striving to scatter their force in the back currents of life, attacked him.
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From this reading One of the hundreds of disintegrating forces that attack strong natures, striving to scatter their force in the back currents of life, attacked him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His big body began to feel with enervating persistency the call of sex.
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From this reading His big body began to feel with enervating persistency the call of sex.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His big body began to feel with enervating persistency the call of sex.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By keeping silence he won a reputation for wisdom.
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From this reading His big body began to feel with enervating persistency the call of sex.
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From this reading One of the hundreds of disintegrating forces that attack strong natures, striving to scatter their force in the back currents of life, attacked him.
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From this reading One of the hundreds of disintegrating forces that attack strong natures, striving to scatter their force in the back currents of life, attacked him.
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From this reading And then a new element asserted itself in the life of McGregor.
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From this reading His big body began to feel with enervating persistency the call of sex.
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From this reading His big body began to feel with enervating persistency the call of sex.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading By keeping silence he won a reputation for wisdom.
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From this reading One of the hundreds of disintegrating forces that attack strong natures, striving to scatter their force in the back currents of life, attacked him.
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From this reading One of the hundreds of disintegrating forces that attack strong natures, striving to scatter their force in the back currents of life, attacked him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading By keeping silence he won a reputation for wisdom.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading One of the hundreds of disintegrating forces that attack strong natures, striving to scatter their force in the back currents of life, attacked him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His big body began to feel with enervating persistency the call of sex.
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From this reading In the house in Wycliff Place McGregor passed as a mystery.
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From this reading One of the hundreds of disintegrating forces that attack strong natures, striving to scatter their force in the back currents of life, attacked him.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And then a new element asserted itself in the life of McGregor.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading And then a new element asserted itself in the life of McGregor.
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From this reading By keeping silence he won a reputation for wisdom.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And then a new element asserted itself in the life of McGregor.
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From this reading And then a new element asserted itself in the life of McGregor.
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From this reading In the house in Wycliff Place McGregor passed as a mystery.
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From this reading One of the hundreds of disintegrating forces that attack strong natures, striving to scatter their force in the back currents of life, attacked him.
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From this reading And then a new element asserted itself in the life of McGregor.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And then a new element asserted itself in the life of McGregor.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One of the hundreds of disintegrating forces that attack strong natures, striving to scatter their force in the back currents of life, attacked him.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the house in Wycliff Place McGregor passed as a mystery.
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From this reading His big body began to feel with enervating persistency the call of sex.
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From this reading In the house in Wycliff Place McGregor passed as a mystery.
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From this reading By keeping silence he won a reputation for wisdom.
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From this reading One of the hundreds of disintegrating forces that attack strong natures, striving to scatter their force in the back currents of life, attacked him.
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From this reading His big body began to feel with enervating persistency the call of sex.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading By keeping silence he won a reputation for wisdom.
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From this reading One of the hundreds of disintegrating forces that attack strong natures, striving to scatter their force in the back currents of life, attacked him.
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From this reading One of the hundreds of disintegrating forces that attack strong natures, striving to scatter their force in the back currents of life, attacked him.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading One of the hundreds of disintegrating forces that attack strong natures, striving to scatter their force in the back currents of life, attacked him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And then a new element asserted itself in the life of McGregor.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading One of the hundreds of disintegrating forces that attack strong natures, striving to scatter their force in the back currents of life, attacked him.
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From this reading And then a new element asserted itself in the life of McGregor.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One of the hundreds of disintegrating forces that attack strong natures, striving to scatter their force in the back currents of life, attacked him.
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From this reading By keeping silence he won a reputation for wisdom.
in the company of; together with
From this reading His big body began to feel with enervating persistency the call of sex.
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From this reading By keeping silence he won a reputation for wisdom.
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From this reading In the house in Wycliff Place McGregor passed as a mystery.
