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According to the information presented in the first and second paragraph (lines 1-26), it can be reasonably inferred that the kingdom of the Luggna...
In line 27, the adjective "inexpressible" is used
The main idea of the second paragraph (lines 24-33) can best be restated that
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An "upright mind" (lines 57) is best interpreted to mean
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No Okay Next AP English people Here we go An
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upright mind in line fifty seven right there is best
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interpreted to mean what All right fifty seven Let's just
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cruise up here and read it on And there was
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a sense of justice in my father's upright mind which
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rendered it necessary that he should approve highly to love
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strongly interesting Well let's think about it The speaker's dad
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perhaps learned his lesson after it not so great relationship
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and decided that any future lover would have to be
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close to perfect in terms of her values and behavior
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Well it's safe to say then that the bar was
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set pretty high for Caroline in terms of what she'd
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have to prove to him In order for him to
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love strongly she needed to meet his high expectations and
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values to even stand a chance So the answer here
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it's beat expectations and values Nice and their loser bowl
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well The speaker's dad did have high expectations They weren't
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grossly unrealistic And interpreting an upright mind as optimistic is
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taking the language a little too literally there So get
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rid of the sea If the mind is upright it
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wouldn't be accurate to describe it as resistant to change
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and innovation Say right there So get rid of deep
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or easily disappointed and underwhelmed Get rid of E right
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there and because the negative connotations behind the phrases So
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that's it It's a one that has set expectations and
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values nice and high for their kids I did
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