A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city. I noticed a very peculiar expression on her face. She looked both thoughtful and pleased. Almost the first words she said to me were these: “A tramp came here to-day.”
Reading 1/42 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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later than; following
From this reading “It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city.”
two people or things considered together
From this reading “It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Almost the first words she said to me were these:”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““A tramp came here to-day.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She looked both thoughtful and pleased.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “She looked both thoughtful and pleased.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Almost the first words she said to me were these:”
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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 It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city.
later than; following
From this reading It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city.
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From this reading Almost the first words she said to me were these:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She looked both thoughtful and pleased.
the two together, not just one
From this reading She looked both thoughtful and pleased.
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From this reading It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city.
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From this reading It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city.
two people or things considered together
From this reading It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city.
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From this reading It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city.
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From this reading It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city.
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From this reading It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city.
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From this reading I noticed a very peculiar expression on her face.
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From this reading I noticed a very peculiar expression on her face.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Almost the first words she said to me were these:
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city.
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From this reading It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I noticed a very peculiar expression on her face.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A tramp came here to-day.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I noticed a very peculiar expression on her face.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked both thoughtful and pleased.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city.
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From this reading It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city.
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From this reading I noticed a very peculiar expression on her face.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city.
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From this reading I noticed a very peculiar expression on her face.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She looked both thoughtful and pleased.
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From this reading It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city.
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From this reading Almost the first words she said to me were these:
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She looked both thoughtful and pleased.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city.
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From this reading It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Almost the first words she said to me were these:
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city.
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From this reading She looked both thoughtful and pleased.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city.
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From this reading “A tramp came here to-day.”
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From this reading “A tramp came here to-day.”
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From this reading I noticed a very peculiar expression on her face.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city.
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From this reading It was a couple of weeks, or thereabouts, after this episode that Euphemia came down to the gate to meet me on my return from the city.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Almost the first words she said to me were these:
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From this reading Almost the first words she said to me were these:
