A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VI
"Any news of Potter Waite to-day?" Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar. "No change," La Mothe said. "Still unconscious or something like that." "Anybody seen him?
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any person at all
From this reading “"Anybody seen him?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.”
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “"Still unconscious or something like that."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Still unconscious or something like that."”
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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 Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
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From this reading "Any news of Potter Waite to-day?"
any person at all
From this reading "Anybody seen him?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
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From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
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From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
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From this reading "No change," La Mothe said.
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From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
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From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Anybody seen him?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
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From this reading "No change," La Mothe said.
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From this reading "Still unconscious or something like that."
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From this reading "No change," La Mothe said.
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From this reading "Any news of Potter Waite to-day?"
not any; not one
From this reading "No change," La Mothe said.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Any news of Potter Waite to-day?"
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "Still unconscious or something like that."
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From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
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From this reading "Any news of Potter Waite to-day?"
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From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
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From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
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From this reading "No change," La Mothe said.
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From this reading "Anybody seen him?
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "Still unconscious or something like that."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Still unconscious or something like that."
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From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Still unconscious or something like that."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
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From this reading "Any news of Potter Waite to-day?"
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From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
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From this reading "Still unconscious or something like that."
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From this reading "Any news of Potter Waite to-day?"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
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From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Tom Watts asked, as he dropped into a chair at the table which was regarded as the property of the crowd in the Pontchartrain bar.
