A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VI
“Have you seen all you want of the study?” asked White Mason as we reentered the house. “For the time,” said the inspector, and Holmes nodded. “Then perhaps you would now like to hear the evidence of some of the people in the house. We could use the dining room, Ames. Please come yourself first and tell us what you know.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Have you seen all you want of the study?” asked White Mason as we reentered the house.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Please come yourself first and tell us what you know.””
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “We could use the dining room, Ames.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Please come yourself first and tell us what you know.””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““Have you seen all you want of the study?” asked White Mason as we reentered the house.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Then perhaps you would now like to hear the evidence of some of the people in the house.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Please come yourself first and tell us what you know.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““For the time,” said the inspector, and Holmes nodded.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Then perhaps you would now like to hear the evidence of some of the people in the house.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Please come yourself first and tell us what you know.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““For the time,” said the inspector, and Holmes nodded.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““Then perhaps you would now like to hear the evidence of some of the people in the house.”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “Please come yourself first and tell us what you know.””
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From this reading “Have you seen all you want of the study?” asked White Mason as we reentered the house.
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From this reading We could use the dining room, Ames.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “For the time,” said the inspector, and Holmes nodded.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Have you seen all you want of the study?” asked White Mason as we reentered the house.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Have you seen all you want of the study?” asked White Mason as we reentered the house.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Please come yourself first and tell us what you know.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading We could use the dining room, Ames.
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From this reading We could use the dining room, Ames.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Then perhaps you would now like to hear the evidence of some of the people in the house.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Please come yourself first and tell us what you know.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “For the time,” said the inspector, and Holmes nodded.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have you seen all you want of the study?” asked White Mason as we reentered the house.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Then perhaps you would now like to hear the evidence of some of the people in the house.
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From this reading “For the time,” said the inspector, and Holmes nodded.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Have you seen all you want of the study?” asked White Mason as we reentered the house.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Then perhaps you would now like to hear the evidence of some of the people in the house.
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From this reading “For the time,” said the inspector, and Holmes nodded.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Please come yourself first and tell us what you know.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Then perhaps you would now like to hear the evidence of some of the people in the house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Have you seen all you want of the study?” asked White Mason as we reentered the house.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “For the time,” said the inspector, and Holmes nodded.
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From this reading “Then perhaps you would now like to hear the evidence of some of the people in the house.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Have you seen all you want of the study?” asked White Mason as we reentered the house.
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From this reading “Then perhaps you would now like to hear the evidence of some of the people in the house.
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From this reading “Then perhaps you would now like to hear the evidence of some of the people in the house.
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From this reading Please come yourself first and tell us what you know.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Have you seen all you want of the study?” asked White Mason as we reentered the house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We could use the dining room, Ames.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “For the time,” said the inspector, and Holmes nodded.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Have you seen all you want of the study?” asked White Mason as we reentered the house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Then perhaps you would now like to hear the evidence of some of the people in the house.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Have you seen all you want of the study?” asked White Mason as we reentered the house.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Please come yourself first and tell us what you know.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Have you seen all you want of the study?” asked White Mason as we reentered the house.
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From this reading “Then perhaps you would now like to hear the evidence of some of the people in the house.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “For the time,” said the inspector, and Holmes nodded.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Then perhaps you would now like to hear the evidence of some of the people in the house.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Please come yourself first and tell us what you know.”
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From this reading We could use the dining room, Ames.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Have you seen all you want of the study?” asked White Mason as we reentered the house.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Have you seen all you want of the study?” asked White Mason as we reentered the house.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Please come yourself first and tell us what you know.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Have you seen all you want of the study?” asked White Mason as we reentered the house.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Then perhaps you would now like to hear the evidence of some of the people in the house.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Have you seen all you want of the study?” asked White Mason as we reentered the house.
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading Please come yourself first and tell us what you know.”
