A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
JAMES. [Rising with a jerk to a sort of "Attention!"] Look here, you starched antiquity, you and I and that bomb are here in the sight of the stars. If you don't look out I'll stamp on it and blow us all to glory! Drop your civilian swank! POULDER.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “[Rising with a jerk to a sort of "Attention!"] Look here, you starched antiquity, you and I and that bomb are here in the sight of the stars.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “[Rising with a jerk to a sort of "Attention!"] Look here, you starched antiquity, you and I and that bomb are here in the sight of the stars.”
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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 [Rising with a jerk to a sort of "Attention!"] Look here, you starched antiquity, you and I and that bomb are here in the sight of the stars.
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From this reading If you don't look out I'll stamp on it and blow us all to glory!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [Rising with a jerk to a sort of "Attention!"] Look here, you starched antiquity, you and I and that bomb are here in the sight of the stars.
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From this reading [Rising with a jerk to a sort of "Attention!"] Look here, you starched antiquity, you and I and that bomb are here in the sight of the stars.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading [Rising with a jerk to a sort of "Attention!"] Look here, you starched antiquity, you and I and that bomb are here in the sight of the stars.
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From this reading [Rising with a jerk to a sort of "Attention!"] Look here, you starched antiquity, you and I and that bomb are here in the sight of the stars.
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From this reading If you don't look out I'll stamp on it and blow us all to glory!
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From this reading [Rising with a jerk to a sort of "Attention!"] Look here, you starched antiquity, you and I and that bomb are here in the sight of the stars.
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From this reading Drop your civilian swank!
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From this reading If you don't look out I'll stamp on it and blow us all to glory!
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From this reading Drop your civilian swank!
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From this reading If you don't look out I'll stamp on it and blow us all to glory!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading [Rising with a jerk to a sort of "Attention!"] Look here, you starched antiquity, you and I and that bomb are here in the sight of the stars.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading [Rising with a jerk to a sort of "Attention!"] Look here, you starched antiquity, you and I and that bomb are here in the sight of the stars.
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From this reading If you don't look out I'll stamp on it and blow us all to glory!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you don't look out I'll stamp on it and blow us all to glory!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading [Rising with a jerk to a sort of "Attention!"] Look here, you starched antiquity, you and I and that bomb are here in the sight of the stars.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading If you don't look out I'll stamp on it and blow us all to glory!
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From this reading JAMES.
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From this reading [Rising with a jerk to a sort of "Attention!"] Look here, you starched antiquity, you and I and that bomb are here in the sight of the stars.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading [Rising with a jerk to a sort of "Attention!"] Look here, you starched antiquity, you and I and that bomb are here in the sight of the stars.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading [Rising with a jerk to a sort of "Attention!"] Look here, you starched antiquity, you and I and that bomb are here in the sight of the stars.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading If you don't look out I'll stamp on it and blow us all to glory!
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From this reading If you don't look out I'll stamp on it and blow us all to glory!
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From this reading POULDER.
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From this reading [Rising with a jerk to a sort of "Attention!"] Look here, you starched antiquity, you and I and that bomb are here in the sight of the stars.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [Rising with a jerk to a sort of "Attention!"] Look here, you starched antiquity, you and I and that bomb are here in the sight of the stars.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [Rising with a jerk to a sort of "Attention!"] Look here, you starched antiquity, you and I and that bomb are here in the sight of the stars.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If you don't look out I'll stamp on it and blow us all to glory!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [Rising with a jerk to a sort of "Attention!"] Look here, you starched antiquity, you and I and that bomb are here in the sight of the stars.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading [Rising with a jerk to a sort of "Attention!"] Look here, you starched antiquity, you and I and that bomb are here in the sight of the stars.
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From this reading Drop your civilian swank!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading [Rising with a jerk to a sort of "Attention!"] Look here, you starched antiquity, you and I and that bomb are here in the sight of the stars.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [Rising with a jerk to a sort of "Attention!"] Look here, you starched antiquity, you and I and that bomb are here in the sight of the stars.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [Rising with a jerk to a sort of "Attention!"] Look here, you starched antiquity, you and I and that bomb are here in the sight of the stars.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If you don't look out I'll stamp on it and blow us all to glory!
in the company of; together with
From this reading [Rising with a jerk to a sort of "Attention!"] Look here, you starched antiquity, you and I and that bomb are here in the sight of the stars.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading [Rising with a jerk to a sort of "Attention!"] Look here, you starched antiquity, you and I and that bomb are here in the sight of the stars.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Drop your civilian swank!
