A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Scarcely had the old man gone when a general conversation began. “There’s a little Old Testament father for you,” said the clerk. “He is a Domostroy,”[*] said the lady. “What savage ideas about a woman and marriage!” [*] The Domostroy is a matrimonial code of the days of Ivan the Terrible.
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading ““What savage ideas about a woman and marriage!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Scarcely had the old man gone when a general conversation began.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““There’s a little Old Testament father for you,” said the clerk.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “[*] The Domostroy is a matrimonial code of the days of Ivan the Terrible.”
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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 Scarcely had the old man gone when a general conversation began.
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “What savage ideas about a woman and marriage!”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “What savage ideas about a woman and marriage!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Scarcely had the old man gone when a general conversation began.
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From this reading “There’s a little Old Testament father for you,” said the clerk.
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From this reading [*] The Domostroy is a matrimonial code of the days of Ivan the Terrible.
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From this reading Scarcely had the old man gone when a general conversation began.
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From this reading [*] The Domostroy is a matrimonial code of the days of Ivan the Terrible.
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From this reading “He is a Domostroy,”[*] said the lady.
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From this reading “There’s a little Old Testament father for you,” said the clerk.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “There’s a little Old Testament father for you,” said the clerk.
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From this reading Scarcely had the old man gone when a general conversation began.
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From this reading Scarcely had the old man gone when a general conversation began.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Scarcely had the old man gone when a general conversation began.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “He is a Domostroy,”[*] said the lady.
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From this reading “What savage ideas about a woman and marriage!”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “He is a Domostroy,”[*] said the lady.
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From this reading [*] The Domostroy is a matrimonial code of the days of Ivan the Terrible.
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From this reading “He is a Domostroy,”[*] said the lady.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There’s a little Old Testament father for you,” said the clerk.
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From this reading Scarcely had the old man gone when a general conversation began.
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From this reading “What savage ideas about a woman and marriage!”
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From this reading [*] The Domostroy is a matrimonial code of the days of Ivan the Terrible.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading [*] The Domostroy is a matrimonial code of the days of Ivan the Terrible.
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From this reading Scarcely had the old man gone when a general conversation began.
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From this reading “There’s a little Old Testament father for you,” said the clerk.
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From this reading “What savage ideas about a woman and marriage!”
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From this reading Scarcely had the old man gone when a general conversation began.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading [*] The Domostroy is a matrimonial code of the days of Ivan the Terrible.
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From this reading “There’s a little Old Testament father for you,” said the clerk.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Scarcely had the old man gone when a general conversation began.
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From this reading “There’s a little Old Testament father for you,” said the clerk.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What savage ideas about a woman and marriage!”
at the time that
From this reading Scarcely had the old man gone when a general conversation began.
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From this reading “What savage ideas about a woman and marriage!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “There’s a little Old Testament father for you,” said the clerk.
