A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
The doctor said faintly, “If I dared——” Ross pressed, “The museum in Earth city. Get me records, facts, anything about the War of the Joneses. If there’s any meaning to the formula it’ll have to lie in that. It seems there was a battle about its interpretation and we know who won. Let’s find out what the other side said.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Get me records, facts, anything about the War of the Joneses.”
any thing at all
From this reading “Get me records, facts, anything about the War of the Joneses.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The doctor said faintly, “If I dared——” Ross pressed, “The museum in Earth city.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “If there’s any meaning to the formula it’ll have to lie in that.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It seems there was a battle about its interpretation and we know who won.”
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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 seems there was a battle about its interpretation and we know who won.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Get me records, facts, anything about the War of the Joneses.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It seems there was a battle about its interpretation and we know who won.
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From this reading If there’s any meaning to the formula it’ll have to lie in that.
any thing at all
From this reading Get me records, facts, anything about the War of the Joneses.
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From this reading It seems there was a battle about its interpretation and we know who won.
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From this reading The doctor said faintly, “If I dared——” Ross pressed, “The museum in Earth city.
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From this reading The doctor said faintly, “If I dared——” Ross pressed, “The museum in Earth city.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The doctor said faintly, “If I dared——” Ross pressed, “The museum in Earth city.
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From this reading The doctor said faintly, “If I dared——” Ross pressed, “The museum in Earth city.
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From this reading Get me records, facts, anything about the War of the Joneses.
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From this reading The doctor said faintly, “If I dared——” Ross pressed, “The museum in Earth city.
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From this reading Let’s find out what the other side said.
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From this reading If there’s any meaning to the formula it’ll have to lie in that.
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From this reading Get me records, facts, anything about the War of the Joneses.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If there’s any meaning to the formula it’ll have to lie in that.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The doctor said faintly, “If I dared——” Ross pressed, “The museum in Earth city.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The doctor said faintly, “If I dared——” Ross pressed, “The museum in Earth city.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The doctor said faintly, “If I dared——” Ross pressed, “The museum in Earth city.
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From this reading It seems there was a battle about its interpretation and we know who won.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It seems there was a battle about its interpretation and we know who won.
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From this reading If there’s any meaning to the formula it’ll have to lie in that.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It seems there was a battle about its interpretation and we know who won.
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From this reading Get me records, facts, anything about the War of the Joneses.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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From this reading If there’s any meaning to the formula it’ll have to lie in that.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Get me records, facts, anything about the War of the Joneses.
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From this reading If there’s any meaning to the formula it’ll have to lie in that.
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From this reading The doctor said faintly, “If I dared——” Ross pressed, “The museum in Earth city.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Get me records, facts, anything about the War of the Joneses.
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From this reading Let’s find out what the other side said.
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From this reading The doctor said faintly, “If I dared——” Ross pressed, “The museum in Earth city.
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From this reading Get me records, facts, anything about the War of the Joneses.
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From this reading The doctor said faintly, “If I dared——” Ross pressed, “The museum in Earth city.
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From this reading The doctor said faintly, “If I dared——” Ross pressed, “The museum in Earth city.
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From this reading It seems there was a battle about its interpretation and we know who won.
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used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading If there’s any meaning to the formula it’ll have to lie in that.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The doctor said faintly, “If I dared——” Ross pressed, “The museum in Earth city.
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From this reading It seems there was a battle about its interpretation and we know who won.
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From this reading If there’s any meaning to the formula it’ll have to lie in that.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If there’s any meaning to the formula it’ll have to lie in that.
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From this reading Get me records, facts, anything about the War of the Joneses.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It seems there was a battle about its interpretation and we know who won.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading It seems there was a battle about its interpretation and we know who won.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Let’s find out what the other side said.
which person or people
From this reading It seems there was a battle about its interpretation and we know who won.
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From this reading It seems there was a battle about its interpretation and we know who won.
