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Chapter XII
"No, don't attempt to excuse yourself, mother! If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened! But no, you must saddle yourself with the charge of her, and pamper her as foolishly as her uncle did! And now you see the result of your blind folly. It needed but one sight of her baby-face by that old dotard to ruin my prospects for life.
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an action or decision that shows a lack of good judgment
From this reading “And now you see the result of your blind folly.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It needed but one sight of her baby-face by that old dotard to ruin my prospects for life.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “But no, you must saddle yourself with the charge of her, and pamper her as foolishly as her uncle did!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “It needed but one sight of her baby-face by that old dotard to ruin my prospects for life.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!”
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “"No, don't attempt to excuse yourself, mother!”
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From this reading If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But no, you must saddle yourself with the charge of her, and pamper her as foolishly as her uncle did!
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From this reading "No, don't attempt to excuse yourself, mother!
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From this reading It needed but one sight of her baby-face by that old dotard to ruin my prospects for life.
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From this reading And now you see the result of your blind folly.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But no, you must saddle yourself with the charge of her, and pamper her as foolishly as her uncle did!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It needed but one sight of her baby-face by that old dotard to ruin my prospects for life.
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From this reading But no, you must saddle yourself with the charge of her, and pamper her as foolishly as her uncle did!
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But no, you must saddle yourself with the charge of her, and pamper her as foolishly as her uncle did!
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From this reading If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!
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From this reading "No, don't attempt to excuse yourself, mother!
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From this reading It needed but one sight of her baby-face by that old dotard to ruin my prospects for life.
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From this reading "No, don't attempt to excuse yourself, mother!
an action or decision that shows a lack of good judgment
From this reading And now you see the result of your blind folly.
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From this reading But no, you must saddle yourself with the charge of her, and pamper her as foolishly as her uncle did!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!
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From this reading If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But no, you must saddle yourself with the charge of her, and pamper her as foolishly as her uncle did!
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It needed but one sight of her baby-face by that old dotard to ruin my prospects for life.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It needed but one sight of her baby-face by that old dotard to ruin my prospects for life.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!
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From this reading "No, don't attempt to excuse yourself, mother!
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading But no, you must saddle yourself with the charge of her, and pamper her as foolishly as her uncle did!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!
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From this reading It needed but one sight of her baby-face by that old dotard to ruin my prospects for life.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!
not any; not one
From this reading "No, don't attempt to excuse yourself, mother!
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From this reading And now you see the result of your blind folly.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But no, you must saddle yourself with the charge of her, and pamper her as foolishly as her uncle did!
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From this reading It needed but one sight of her baby-face by that old dotard to ruin my prospects for life.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It needed but one sight of her baby-face by that old dotard to ruin my prospects for life.
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From this reading If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!
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From this reading But no, you must saddle yourself with the charge of her, and pamper her as foolishly as her uncle did!
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From this reading It needed but one sight of her baby-face by that old dotard to ruin my prospects for life.
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From this reading And now you see the result of your blind folly.
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From this reading It needed but one sight of her baby-face by that old dotard to ruin my prospects for life.
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From this reading But no, you must saddle yourself with the charge of her, and pamper her as foolishly as her uncle did!
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From this reading And now you see the result of your blind folly.
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From this reading It needed but one sight of her baby-face by that old dotard to ruin my prospects for life.
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From this reading If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It needed but one sight of her baby-face by that old dotard to ruin my prospects for life.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "No, don't attempt to excuse yourself, mother!
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From this reading If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!
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From this reading But no, you must saddle yourself with the charge of her, and pamper her as foolishly as her uncle did!
a formal word for “on”
From this reading If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!
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From this reading If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!
in the company of; together with
From this reading But no, you must saddle yourself with the charge of her, and pamper her as foolishly as her uncle did!
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From this reading If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If you had taken my advice, and turned your wax doll out upon the world to look out for herself, this would never have happened!
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading "No, don't attempt to excuse yourself, mother!
