A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XI
"C'est son ignorance qui fixe son malheur." --MAETERLINCK. Did you ever, as a child, see ink made? Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless? No change.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Did you ever, as a child, see ink made?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?”
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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 Did you ever, as a child, see ink made?
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Did you ever, as a child, see ink made?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?
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From this reading "C'est son ignorance qui fixe son malheur."
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From this reading No change.
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From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Did you ever, as a child, see ink made?
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Did you ever, as a child, see ink made?
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From this reading "C'est son ignorance qui fixe son malheur."
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From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?
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From this reading "C'est son ignorance qui fixe son malheur."
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From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?
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From this reading Did you ever, as a child, see ink made?
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From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?
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From this reading Did you ever, as a child, see ink made?
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From this reading --MAETERLINCK.
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From this reading "C'est son ignorance qui fixe son malheur."
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From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?
not any; not one
From this reading No change.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?
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From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?
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From this reading "C'est son ignorance qui fixe son malheur."
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From this reading Did you ever, as a child, see ink made?
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From this reading "C'est son ignorance qui fixe son malheur."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?
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From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?
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From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?
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From this reading Did you ever watch, with wondering intentness, the mixing of one little bottle of colourless fluid--which you imagined to be pure water--with another equally colourless?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Did you ever, as a child, see ink made?
