A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
I ... Three years had passed.... Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert.... Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.
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From this reading “Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....”
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading “Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Three years had passed....”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
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From this reading Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.
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From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
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From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Three years had passed....
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.
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From this reading Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
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From this reading Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.
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From this reading Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.
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From this reading Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Three years had passed....
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From this reading Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.
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From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
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From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
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From this reading Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
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From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
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From this reading Three years had passed....
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From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.
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From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
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From this reading Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
in the company of; together with
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
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From this reading Three years had passed....
