A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
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the past participle of “be”
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
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all through a period, or at some point within it
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
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in or near a particular place or position
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the past participle of “be”
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
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all through a period, or at some point within it
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intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
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inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
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used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
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used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
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in the company of; together with
From this reading Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_.
