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Chapter II
WALDEMAR. "Doctor, will you have the kindness to stop once for all these everlasting complaints! Nothing can be done with the lad, I tell you. I have tried often enough to make him change his ways, and have called in six private tutors to help me. We could not manage him, and you can not; so let him have his own way!"
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “We could not manage him, and you can not; so let him have his own way!"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Doctor, will you have the kindness to stop once for all these everlasting complaints!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Nothing can be done with the lad, I tell you.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"Doctor, will you have the kindness to stop once for all these everlasting complaints!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I have tried often enough to make him change his ways, and have called in six private tutors to help me.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “We could not manage him, and you can not; so let him have his own way!"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I have tried often enough to make him change his ways, and have called in six private tutors to help me.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “Nothing can be done with the lad, I tell you.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Doctor, will you have the kindness to stop once for all these everlasting complaints!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Nothing can be done with the lad, I tell you.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “"Doctor, will you have the kindness to stop once for all these everlasting complaints!”
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From this reading "Doctor, will you have the kindness to stop once for all these everlasting complaints!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I have tried often enough to make him change his ways, and have called in six private tutors to help me.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Nothing can be done with the lad, I tell you.
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From this reading I have tried often enough to make him change his ways, and have called in six private tutors to help me.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Nothing can be done with the lad, I tell you.
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From this reading I have tried often enough to make him change his ways, and have called in six private tutors to help me.
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From this reading "Doctor, will you have the kindness to stop once for all these everlasting complaints!
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading We could not manage him, and you can not; so let him have his own way!"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Doctor, will you have the kindness to stop once for all these everlasting complaints!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nothing can be done with the lad, I tell you.
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From this reading I have tried often enough to make him change his ways, and have called in six private tutors to help me.
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From this reading "Doctor, will you have the kindness to stop once for all these everlasting complaints!
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Doctor, will you have the kindness to stop once for all these everlasting complaints!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Doctor, will you have the kindness to stop once for all these everlasting complaints!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have tried often enough to make him change his ways, and have called in six private tutors to help me.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I have tried often enough to make him change his ways, and have called in six private tutors to help me.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I have tried often enough to make him change his ways, and have called in six private tutors to help me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Nothing can be done with the lad, I tell you.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I have tried often enough to make him change his ways, and have called in six private tutors to help me.
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From this reading "Doctor, will you have the kindness to stop once for all these everlasting complaints!
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From this reading Nothing can be done with the lad, I tell you.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading We could not manage him, and you can not; so let him have his own way!"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have tried often enough to make him change his ways, and have called in six private tutors to help me.
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From this reading We could not manage him, and you can not; so let him have his own way!"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I have tried often enough to make him change his ways, and have called in six private tutors to help me.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We could not manage him, and you can not; so let him have his own way!"
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Nothing can be done with the lad, I tell you.
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From this reading I have tried often enough to make him change his ways, and have called in six private tutors to help me.
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From this reading "Doctor, will you have the kindness to stop once for all these everlasting complaints!
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From this reading We could not manage him, and you can not; so let him have his own way!"
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From this reading I have tried often enough to make him change his ways, and have called in six private tutors to help me.
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From this reading I have tried often enough to make him change his ways, and have called in six private tutors to help me.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading We could not manage him, and you can not; so let him have his own way!"
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From this reading "Doctor, will you have the kindness to stop once for all these everlasting complaints!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nothing can be done with the lad, I tell you.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Doctor, will you have the kindness to stop once for all these everlasting complaints!
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading "Doctor, will you have the kindness to stop once for all these everlasting complaints!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Doctor, will you have the kindness to stop once for all these everlasting complaints!
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From this reading I have tried often enough to make him change his ways, and have called in six private tutors to help me.
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From this reading I have tried often enough to make him change his ways, and have called in six private tutors to help me.
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From this reading WALDEMAR.
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From this reading We could not manage him, and you can not; so let him have his own way!"
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From this reading I have tried often enough to make him change his ways, and have called in six private tutors to help me.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We could not manage him, and you can not; so let him have his own way!"
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Doctor, will you have the kindness to stop once for all these everlasting complaints!
in the company of; together with
From this reading Nothing can be done with the lad, I tell you.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Doctor, will you have the kindness to stop once for all these everlasting complaints!
