A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VI
There is more than the germ of truth in things erroneous in the child’s definition of memory as the thing one forgets with. To be able to forget means sanity. Incessantly to remember, means obsession, lunacy. So the problem I faced in solitary, where incessant remembering strove for possession of me, was the problem of forgetting. When I gamed with flies, or played chess with myself, or talked with my knuckles, I partially forgot.
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The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading “There is more than the germ of truth in things erroneous in the child’s definition of memory as the thing one forgets with.”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “When I gamed with flies, or played chess with myself, or talked with my knuckles, I partially forgot.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “There is more than the germ of truth in things erroneous in the child’s definition of memory as the thing one forgets with.”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “Incessantly to remember, means obsession, lunacy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There is more than the germ of truth in things erroneous in the child’s definition of memory as the thing one forgets with.”
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From this reading To be able to forget means sanity.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There is more than the germ of truth in things erroneous in the child’s definition of memory as the thing one forgets with.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To be able to forget means sanity.
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From this reading When I gamed with flies, or played chess with myself, or talked with my knuckles, I partially forgot.
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From this reading There is more than the germ of truth in things erroneous in the child’s definition of memory as the thing one forgets with.
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From this reading There is more than the germ of truth in things erroneous in the child’s definition of memory as the thing one forgets with.
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From this reading There is more than the germ of truth in things erroneous in the child’s definition of memory as the thing one forgets with.
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From this reading So the problem I faced in solitary, where incessant remembering strove for possession of me, was the problem of forgetting.
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From this reading When I gamed with flies, or played chess with myself, or talked with my knuckles, I partially forgot.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading So the problem I faced in solitary, where incessant remembering strove for possession of me, was the problem of forgetting.
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From this reading To be able to forget means sanity.
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From this reading There is more than the germ of truth in things erroneous in the child’s definition of memory as the thing one forgets with.
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From this reading So the problem I faced in solitary, where incessant remembering strove for possession of me, was the problem of forgetting.
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From this reading When I gamed with flies, or played chess with myself, or talked with my knuckles, I partially forgot.
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From this reading When I gamed with flies, or played chess with myself, or talked with my knuckles, I partially forgot.
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From this reading There is more than the germ of truth in things erroneous in the child’s definition of memory as the thing one forgets with.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading So the problem I faced in solitary, where incessant remembering strove for possession of me, was the problem of forgetting.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There is more than the germ of truth in things erroneous in the child’s definition of memory as the thing one forgets with.
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From this reading So the problem I faced in solitary, where incessant remembering strove for possession of me, was the problem of forgetting.
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From this reading Incessantly to remember, means obsession, lunacy.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is more than the germ of truth in things erroneous in the child’s definition of memory as the thing one forgets with.
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From this reading When I gamed with flies, or played chess with myself, or talked with my knuckles, I partially forgot.
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From this reading Incessantly to remember, means obsession, lunacy.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So the problem I faced in solitary, where incessant remembering strove for possession of me, was the problem of forgetting.
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From this reading To be able to forget means sanity.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading There is more than the germ of truth in things erroneous in the child’s definition of memory as the thing one forgets with.
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From this reading There is more than the germ of truth in things erroneous in the child’s definition of memory as the thing one forgets with.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading When I gamed with flies, or played chess with myself, or talked with my knuckles, I partially forgot.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading When I gamed with flies, or played chess with myself, or talked with my knuckles, I partially forgot.
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From this reading Incessantly to remember, means obsession, lunacy.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There is more than the germ of truth in things erroneous in the child’s definition of memory as the thing one forgets with.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There is more than the germ of truth in things erroneous in the child’s definition of memory as the thing one forgets with.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading When I gamed with flies, or played chess with myself, or talked with my knuckles, I partially forgot.
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From this reading When I gamed with flies, or played chess with myself, or talked with my knuckles, I partially forgot.
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From this reading When I gamed with flies, or played chess with myself, or talked with my knuckles, I partially forgot.
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From this reading So the problem I faced in solitary, where incessant remembering strove for possession of me, was the problem of forgetting.
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From this reading So the problem I faced in solitary, where incessant remembering strove for possession of me, was the problem of forgetting.
To recall to mind.
From this reading Incessantly to remember, means obsession, lunacy.
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From this reading So the problem I faced in solitary, where incessant remembering strove for possession of me, was the problem of forgetting.
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From this reading To be able to forget means sanity.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So the problem I faced in solitary, where incessant remembering strove for possession of me, was the problem of forgetting.
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From this reading So the problem I faced in solitary, where incessant remembering strove for possession of me, was the problem of forgetting.
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From this reading So the problem I faced in solitary, where incessant remembering strove for possession of me, was the problem of forgetting.
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From this reading When I gamed with flies, or played chess with myself, or talked with my knuckles, I partially forgot.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading There is more than the germ of truth in things erroneous in the child’s definition of memory as the thing one forgets with.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There is more than the germ of truth in things erroneous in the child’s definition of memory as the thing one forgets with.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There is more than the germ of truth in things erroneous in the child’s definition of memory as the thing one forgets with.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is more than the germ of truth in things erroneous in the child’s definition of memory as the thing one forgets with.
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From this reading There is more than the germ of truth in things erroneous in the child’s definition of memory as the thing one forgets with.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To be able to forget means sanity.
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From this reading There is more than the germ of truth in things erroneous in the child’s definition of memory as the thing one forgets with.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So the problem I faced in solitary, where incessant remembering strove for possession of me, was the problem of forgetting.
at the time that
From this reading When I gamed with flies, or played chess with myself, or talked with my knuckles, I partially forgot.
in or at the place that
From this reading So the problem I faced in solitary, where incessant remembering strove for possession of me, was the problem of forgetting.
in the company of; together with
From this reading There is more than the germ of truth in things erroneous in the child’s definition of memory as the thing one forgets with.
