Chapter XV
THE MYSTERIOUS PRISON "Good Lord! How my head aches! It feels as though it were made of lead!... I have a fire in my veins and such a thirst! Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.
A Royal Prisoner
Chapter XV
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THE
MYSTERIOUS
PRISON
"Good
Lord!
How
my
head
aches!
It
feels
as
though
it
were
made
of
lead!...
I
have
a
fire
in
my
veins
and
such
a
thirst!
Here
and
now
I
make
a
firm
resolution
never
to
give
way
again
to
such
dissipation.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
THE
MYSTERIOUS
PRISON
"Good
Lord!
Line 2
How
my
head
aches!
Line 3
It
feels
as
though
it
were
made
of
lead!...
Line 4
I
have
a
fire
in
my
veins
and
such
a
thirst!
Line 5
Here
and
now
I
make
a
firm
resolution
never
to
give
way
again
to
such
dissipation.
Learner Dictionary
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.
Again
noun
US /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.”
Good
noun
US /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE MYSTERIOUS PRISON "Good Lord!”
Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have a fire in my veins and such a thirst!”
Here
noun
US /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.”
Make
noun
US /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.”
MYSTERIOUS
adjective
US /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading “THE MYSTERIOUS PRISON "Good Lord!”
Never
noun
US /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.”
Though
conjunction
US /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “It feels as though it were made of lead!...”
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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I have a fire in my veins and such a thirst!
aches
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From this reading How my head aches!
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I have a fire in my veins and such a thirst!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It feels as though it were made of lead!...
dissipation
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From this reading Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.
feels
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From this reading It feels as though it were made of lead!...
fire
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From this reading I have a fire in my veins and such a thirst!
firm
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From this reading Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.
give
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From this reading Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.
GoodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE MYSTERIOUS PRISON "Good Lord!
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have a fire in my veins and such a thirst!
head
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From this reading How my head aches!
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.
How
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From this reading How my head aches!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have a fire in my veins and such a thirst!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I have a fire in my veins and such a thirst!
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It feels as though it were made of lead!...
lead
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From this reading It feels as though it were made of lead!...
Lord
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From this reading THE MYSTERIOUS PRISON "Good Lord!
made
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From this reading It feels as though it were made of lead!...
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading How my head aches!
MYSTERIOUSadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading THE MYSTERIOUS PRISON "Good Lord!
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.
now
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From this reading Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It feels as though it were made of lead!...
PRISON
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From this reading THE MYSTERIOUS PRISON "Good Lord!
resolution
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From this reading Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading I have a fire in my veins and such a thirst!
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MYSTERIOUS PRISON "Good Lord!
thirst
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From this reading I have a fire in my veins and such a thirst!
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading It feels as though it were made of lead!...
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.
veins
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From this reading I have a fire in my veins and such a thirst!
way
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From this reading Here and now I make a firm resolution never to give way again to such dissipation.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It feels as though it were made of lead!...