A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter X
“I scarcely ever played; I had no companions; I passed my hours in homesickness; I spent the whole night weeping in my bed. I sought to bring before my mind recollections of home, trifling memories of little things, little events. I thought incessantly of all I had left behind there. I became almost imperceptibly an over-sensitive youth to whom the slightest annoyances were terrible griefs. “In this way I remained taciturn, self-absorbed, without expansion, without confidants.
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earlier than; in front of
From this reading “I sought to bring before my mind recollections of home, trifling memories of little things, little events.”
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “I thought incessantly of all I had left behind there.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I scarcely ever played; I had no companions; I passed my hours in homesickness; I spent the whole night weeping in my bed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I thought incessantly of all I had left behind there.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I sought to bring before my mind recollections of home, trifling memories of little things, little events.”
Recollections of past events.
From this reading “I sought to bring before my mind recollections of home, trifling memories of little things, little events.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I sought to bring before my mind recollections of home, trifling memories of little things, little events.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I scarcely ever played; I had no companions; I passed my hours in homesickness; I spent the whole night weeping in my bed.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ““In this way I remained taciturn, self-absorbed, without expansion, without confidants.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I became almost imperceptibly an over-sensitive youth to whom the slightest annoyances were terrible griefs.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I thought incessantly of all I had left behind there.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading ““In this way I remained taciturn, self-absorbed, without expansion, without confidants.”
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From this reading I thought incessantly of all I had left behind there.
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From this reading I became almost imperceptibly an over-sensitive youth to whom the slightest annoyances were terrible griefs.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I became almost imperceptibly an over-sensitive youth to whom the slightest annoyances were terrible griefs.
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From this reading I became almost imperceptibly an over-sensitive youth to whom the slightest annoyances were terrible griefs.
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From this reading I became almost imperceptibly an over-sensitive youth to whom the slightest annoyances were terrible griefs.
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From this reading “I scarcely ever played; I had no companions; I passed my hours in homesickness; I spent the whole night weeping in my bed.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I sought to bring before my mind recollections of home, trifling memories of little things, little events.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading I thought incessantly of all I had left behind there.
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From this reading I sought to bring before my mind recollections of home, trifling memories of little things, little events.
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From this reading “I scarcely ever played; I had no companions; I passed my hours in homesickness; I spent the whole night weeping in my bed.
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From this reading “In this way I remained taciturn, self-absorbed, without expansion, without confidants.
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From this reading I sought to bring before my mind recollections of home, trifling memories of little things, little events.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I scarcely ever played; I had no companions; I passed my hours in homesickness; I spent the whole night weeping in my bed.
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From this reading “In this way I remained taciturn, self-absorbed, without expansion, without confidants.
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From this reading I became almost imperceptibly an over-sensitive youth to whom the slightest annoyances were terrible griefs.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “I scarcely ever played; I had no companions; I passed my hours in homesickness; I spent the whole night weeping in my bed.
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From this reading I sought to bring before my mind recollections of home, trifling memories of little things, little events.
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From this reading “I scarcely ever played; I had no companions; I passed my hours in homesickness; I spent the whole night weeping in my bed.
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From this reading “I scarcely ever played; I had no companions; I passed my hours in homesickness; I spent the whole night weeping in my bed.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I scarcely ever played; I had no companions; I passed my hours in homesickness; I spent the whole night weeping in my bed.
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From this reading I became almost imperceptibly an over-sensitive youth to whom the slightest annoyances were terrible griefs.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I scarcely ever played; I had no companions; I passed my hours in homesickness; I spent the whole night weeping in my bed.
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From this reading I thought incessantly of all I had left behind there.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I thought incessantly of all I had left behind there.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I sought to bring before my mind recollections of home, trifling memories of little things, little events.
Recollections of past events.
From this reading I sought to bring before my mind recollections of home, trifling memories of little things, little events.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I sought to bring before my mind recollections of home, trifling memories of little things, little events.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I scarcely ever played; I had no companions; I passed my hours in homesickness; I spent the whole night weeping in my bed.
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From this reading “I scarcely ever played; I had no companions; I passed my hours in homesickness; I spent the whole night weeping in my bed.
not any; not one
From this reading “I scarcely ever played; I had no companions; I passed my hours in homesickness; I spent the whole night weeping in my bed.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I sought to bring before my mind recollections of home, trifling memories of little things, little events.
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From this reading I became almost imperceptibly an over-sensitive youth to whom the slightest annoyances were terrible griefs.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I scarcely ever played; I had no companions; I passed my hours in homesickness; I spent the whole night weeping in my bed.
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From this reading “I scarcely ever played; I had no companions; I passed my hours in homesickness; I spent the whole night weeping in my bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I sought to bring before my mind recollections of home, trifling memories of little things, little events.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “In this way I remained taciturn, self-absorbed, without expansion, without confidants.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I scarcely ever played; I had no companions; I passed my hours in homesickness; I spent the whole night weeping in my bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “In this way I remained taciturn, self-absorbed, without expansion, without confidants.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I became almost imperceptibly an over-sensitive youth to whom the slightest annoyances were terrible griefs.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I sought to bring before my mind recollections of home, trifling memories of little things, little events.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I scarcely ever played; I had no companions; I passed my hours in homesickness; I spent the whole night weeping in my bed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “In this way I remained taciturn, self-absorbed, without expansion, without confidants.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I became almost imperceptibly an over-sensitive youth to whom the slightest annoyances were terrible griefs.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I scarcely ever played; I had no companions; I passed my hours in homesickness; I spent the whole night weeping in my bed.
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From this reading I thought incessantly of all I had left behind there.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I sought to bring before my mind recollections of home, trifling memories of little things, little events.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “In this way I remained taciturn, self-absorbed, without expansion, without confidants.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I thought incessantly of all I had left behind there.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I sought to bring before my mind recollections of home, trifling memories of little things, little events.
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From this reading I sought to bring before my mind recollections of home, trifling memories of little things, little events.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “In this way I remained taciturn, self-absorbed, without expansion, without confidants.
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From this reading “I scarcely ever played; I had no companions; I passed my hours in homesickness; I spent the whole night weeping in my bed.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I became almost imperceptibly an over-sensitive youth to whom the slightest annoyances were terrible griefs.
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From this reading “I scarcely ever played; I had no companions; I passed my hours in homesickness; I spent the whole night weeping in my bed.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I became almost imperceptibly an over-sensitive youth to whom the slightest annoyances were terrible griefs.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “In this way I remained taciturn, self-absorbed, without expansion, without confidants.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I became almost imperceptibly an over-sensitive youth to whom the slightest annoyances were terrible griefs.
