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Chapter IV
“Well--no, aunt. But why do you smile?” “Oh! you are right, poor child! There is nothing very amusing in all this. Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “There is nothing very amusing in all this.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Oh! you are right, poor child!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Oh! you are right, poor child!”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Well--no, aunt.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.”
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From this reading There is nothing very amusing in all this.
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From this reading There is nothing very amusing in all this.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Oh! you are right, poor child!
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From this reading “Well--no, aunt.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
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From this reading Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But why do you smile?”
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From this reading Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
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From this reading “Oh! you are right, poor child!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading But why do you smile?”
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From this reading Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
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From this reading Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
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From this reading Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There is nothing very amusing in all this.
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From this reading Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is nothing very amusing in all this.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
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From this reading Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
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From this reading Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
not any; not one
From this reading “Well--no, aunt.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There is nothing very amusing in all this.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
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From this reading “Oh! you are right, poor child!
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From this reading Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Oh! you are right, poor child!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Oh! you are right, poor child!
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From this reading But why do you smile?”
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From this reading Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
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From this reading There is nothing very amusing in all this.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading There is nothing very amusing in all this.
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From this reading Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
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From this reading There is nothing very amusing in all this.
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From this reading “Well--no, aunt.
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From this reading But why do you smile?”
in the company of; together with
From this reading Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But why do you smile?”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your future would be big with more than one mishap if I had not taken you under my protection, if my old experience of life had not guessed the very innocent cause of your troubles.
