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Chapter V · The Arrest

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“Why bend their brows so sternly on me, Vaughn?
What have I done?
Oh, tell me quickly, youth!
My soul can ill endure their frowning looks.”
Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

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Chapter V · The Arrest

Reading 1/47 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
“Why bend their brows so sternly on me, Vaughn?
Line 2
What have I done?
/wʌt hæv aɪ done/
Line 3
Oh, tell me quickly, youth!
Line 4
My soul can ill endure their frowning looks.”
Line 5
Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Done noun US /done/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “What have I done?”

Dreadful adjective US /ˈdrɛdfəl/

extremely frightening or unpleasant

From this reading “Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “What have I done?”

Long noun US /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.”

Remained noun US /ˈremained/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.”

Tell noun US /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Oh, tell me quickly, youth!”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.”

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all

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From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

bend

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From this reading “Why bend their brows so sternly on me, Vaughn?

bowed

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From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

brows

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From this reading “Why bend their brows so sternly on me, Vaughn?

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading My soul can ill endure their frowning looks.”

clouds

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From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

darkly

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From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

death-chamber

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From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

donenounUS /done/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading What have I done?

down

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From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

dreadfuladjectiveUS /ˈdrɛdfəl/

extremely frightening or unpleasant

From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

endure

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From this reading My soul can ill endure their frowning looks.”

Eudora

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From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

frowning

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From this reading My soul can ill endure their frowning looks.”

gathering

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From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

grief

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From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading What have I done?

head

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From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

heavy

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From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading What have I done?

ill

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From this reading My soul can ill endure their frowning looks.”

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

investigation

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From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

Lady

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From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

Leaton

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From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

longnounUS /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

looks

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From this reading My soul can ill endure their frowning looks.”

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading “Why bend their brows so sternly on me, Vaughn?

MydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading My soul can ill endure their frowning looks.”

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

Oh

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From this reading Oh, tell me quickly, youth!

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading “Why bend their brows so sternly on me, Vaughn?

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

quickly

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From this reading Oh, tell me quickly, youth!

remainednounUS /ˈremained/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading “Why bend their brows so sternly on me, Vaughn?

soul

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From this reading My soul can ill endure their frowning looks.”

sternly

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From this reading “Why bend their brows so sternly on me, Vaughn?

tellnounUS /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Oh, tell me quickly, youth!

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading “Why bend their brows so sternly on me, Vaughn?

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

ThroughnounUS /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

unconscious

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From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

Vaughn

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From this reading “Why bend their brows so sternly on me, Vaughn?

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

WhatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading What have I done?

Why

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From this reading “Why bend their brows so sternly on me, Vaughn?

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

young

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From this reading Through all this long, dreadful investigation, Eudora had remained in the death-chamber of Lady Leaton, bowed down with grief, but unconscious of the heavy clouds that were gathering darkly over her young head.

youth

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From this reading Oh, tell me quickly, youth!