A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VI
An angry shiver passed through his frame as he saw the impassive face of his keeper: "Oh, the beggar won't even answer! Why, you can't have been so fond of old Dugrival as all that! Listen to me: if you consent to release me...." But he interrupted himself.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Why, you can't have been so fond of old Dugrival as all that!”
a person who asks for money or food
From this reading “"Oh, the beggar won't even answer!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Oh, the beggar won't even answer!”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Why, you can't have been so fond of old Dugrival as all that!”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “But he interrupted himself.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “But he interrupted himself.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “An angry shiver passed through his frame as he saw the impassive face of his keeper:”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “An angry shiver passed through his frame as he saw the impassive face of his keeper:”
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From this reading Why, you can't have been so fond of old Dugrival as all that!
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An angry shiver passed through his frame as he saw the impassive face of his keeper:
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From this reading An angry shiver passed through his frame as he saw the impassive face of his keeper:
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From this reading "Oh, the beggar won't even answer!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading An angry shiver passed through his frame as he saw the impassive face of his keeper:
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Why, you can't have been so fond of old Dugrival as all that!
a person who asks for money or food
From this reading "Oh, the beggar won't even answer!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he interrupted himself.
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From this reading Why, you can't have been so fond of old Dugrival as all that!
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From this reading Listen to me: if you consent to release me...."
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From this reading Why, you can't have been so fond of old Dugrival as all that!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Oh, the beggar won't even answer!
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From this reading An angry shiver passed through his frame as he saw the impassive face of his keeper:
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From this reading Why, you can't have been so fond of old Dugrival as all that!
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From this reading An angry shiver passed through his frame as he saw the impassive face of his keeper:
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Why, you can't have been so fond of old Dugrival as all that!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading An angry shiver passed through his frame as he saw the impassive face of his keeper:
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading But he interrupted himself.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading An angry shiver passed through his frame as he saw the impassive face of his keeper:
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Listen to me: if you consent to release me...."
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From this reading An angry shiver passed through his frame as he saw the impassive face of his keeper:
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But he interrupted himself.
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From this reading An angry shiver passed through his frame as he saw the impassive face of his keeper:
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From this reading Listen to me: if you consent to release me...."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Listen to me: if you consent to release me...."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading An angry shiver passed through his frame as he saw the impassive face of his keeper:
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From this reading "Oh, the beggar won't even answer!
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From this reading Why, you can't have been so fond of old Dugrival as all that!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An angry shiver passed through his frame as he saw the impassive face of his keeper:
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From this reading Listen to me: if you consent to release me...."
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From this reading An angry shiver passed through his frame as he saw the impassive face of his keeper:
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From this reading An angry shiver passed through his frame as he saw the impassive face of his keeper:
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Why, you can't have been so fond of old Dugrival as all that!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Why, you can't have been so fond of old Dugrival as all that!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading An angry shiver passed through his frame as he saw the impassive face of his keeper:
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading An angry shiver passed through his frame as he saw the impassive face of his keeper:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Listen to me: if you consent to release me...."
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From this reading Why, you can't have been so fond of old Dugrival as all that!
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From this reading "Oh, the beggar won't even answer!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Why, you can't have been so fond of old Dugrival as all that!
