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Charles Dickens was born in Landport in 1812 into a lower middle class family which had great financial difficulties. After the family’s move to London, Charles was employed in a blacking factory. His father was imprisoned for debts. The boy did not stay with his parents because he had to maintain his job. He suffered greatly from his experience in the

The constitution under Queen Victoria did not differ from the one we know today.
Her inexperience facilitated the British two-party system. The reign was politically administered by a series of grat Prime Ministers: Peel and Disraeli among the Tories (Conservatives), Palmerston and Gladstone among the Whigs (Liberals).
In 1867 the Liberals propo

• the poor law (1834), that imposed the harsh workhouse on the poor;
• people’s charter (1839), that required the secret ballot, the payment for the parliament members and the universal male suffrage;
• the first mines act (1842), where the children under 10 and women were not allowed work in mines;
• repeal of corn laws (1846), because the

The pressure for reform
After the French Revolution, Britain had turned politically conservative. Industrial regions of
the country were not so well represented, votes had to be declared publicly, was often subject to
bribery or intimidation. These factors gave rise to the working class Chartist movement. The Chartists' demands contained six

To be able to (si coniuga solo BE) / managed to
• per una cosa che si è riusciti a fare in un momento determinato del passato
• (traducono pass prox e remoto)
• in genere sono intercambiabili anche se be able to è preferito quando si sottolinea la capacità (sono stato capace), mentre managed to è preferito quando si sottolinea la riuscita (

.CAN (presente)
Esprimere abilità,impossibilità,chiedere/dare un permesso, offerte (saper/poter fare).
“TO BE ALLOWED/PERMITTED TO (can)”
Esprime il permesso e può sostituire can. “”I’m allowed to go out -> Ho il permesso di uscire””.
TO BE ABLE TO (passato/futuro di can)
Si può usare al posto di can quando riferito a “persone

SIMPLE PRESENT
SIMPLE PAST
PRESENT CONDITIONAL
CAN
COULD
COULD
MAY
MIGHT
MIGHT
Nei tempi diversi da simple present, past and present conditional, CAN e MAY vengono sostituiti da:
• TO BE ABLE TO→ capacità, abilità. Alternative a CAN.
• TO BE LIKELY TO→ possibilità, probabilità. Alternative a MAY.
• TO

CHOSEN
Venire
COME
CAME
COME
Costare
COST
COST
COST
tagliare
CUT
CUT
CUT
Fare
DO
DID
DONE
Disegnare
DRAW
DREW
DROWN
Bere
DRINK
DRANK
DRUNK
Guidare
DRIVE
DROVE
DRIVEN
mangiare
EAT
ATE
EATEN
Cadere
FALL
FELL
F

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