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The Executioner's Knife
The Executioner's Knife

Chapter XXXII

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THE SENTENCE.
The full ecclesiastical tribunal is assembled in a low, somber and vaulted apartment.
The registrar reads to the ecclesiastical judges the last interrogatory, at which they had not all been present.
They are to consider whether the accused shall be put to the torture.
BISHOP CAUCHON--"My very dear brothers, you are again assembled in the name of our holy Church."
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The Executioner's Knife

Chapter XXXII

Reading 1/34 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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THE SENTENCE.
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The full ecclesiastical tribunal is assembled in a low, somber and vaulted apartment.
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The registrar reads to the ecclesiastical judges the last interrogatory, at which they had not all been present.
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They are to consider whether the accused shall be put to the torture.
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BISHOP CAUCHON--"My very dear brothers, you are again assembled in the name of our holy Church."

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 “BISHOP CAUCHON--"My very dear brothers, you are again assembled in the name of our holy Church."”

Been auxiliary verb US /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “The registrar reads to the ecclesiastical judges the last interrogatory, at which they had not all been present.”

Last noun US /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The registrar reads to the ecclesiastical judges the last interrogatory, at which they had not all been present.”

Name noun US /name/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “BISHOP CAUCHON--"My very dear brothers, you are again assembled in the name of our holy Church."”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading “They are to consider whether the accused shall be put to the torture.”

Whether conjunction US /ˈweðər/

used to introduce two or more possibilities

From this reading “They are to consider whether the accused shall be put to the torture.”

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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 The full ecclesiastical tribunal is assembled in a low, somber and vaulted apartment.

accused

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From this reading They are to consider whether the accused shall be put to the torture.

againnounUS /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading BISHOP CAUCHON--"My very dear brothers, you are again assembled in the name of our holy Church."

all

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From this reading The registrar reads to the ecclesiastical judges the last interrogatory, at which they had not all been present.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading The full ecclesiastical tribunal is assembled in a low, somber and vaulted apartment.

apartment

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From this reading The full ecclesiastical tribunal is assembled in a low, somber and vaulted apartment.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

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

From this reading They are to consider whether the accused shall be put to the torture.

assembled

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From this reading The full ecclesiastical tribunal is assembled in a low, somber and vaulted apartment.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The registrar reads to the ecclesiastical judges the last interrogatory, at which they had not all been present.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading They are to consider whether the accused shall be put to the torture.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading The registrar reads to the ecclesiastical judges the last interrogatory, at which they had not all been present.

BISHOP

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From this reading BISHOP CAUCHON--"My very dear brothers, you are again assembled in the name of our holy Church."

brothers

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From this reading BISHOP CAUCHON--"My very dear brothers, you are again assembled in the name of our holy Church."

CAUCHON

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From this reading BISHOP CAUCHON--"My very dear brothers, you are again assembled in the name of our holy Church."

Church

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From this reading BISHOP CAUCHON--"My very dear brothers, you are again assembled in the name of our holy Church."

consider

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From this reading They are to consider whether the accused shall be put to the torture.

dear

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From this reading BISHOP CAUCHON--"My very dear brothers, you are again assembled in the name of our holy Church."

ecclesiastical

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From this reading The full ecclesiastical tribunal is assembled in a low, somber and vaulted apartment.

full

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From this reading The full ecclesiastical tribunal is assembled in a low, somber and vaulted apartment.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

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

From this reading The registrar reads to the ecclesiastical judges the last interrogatory, at which they had not all been present.

holy

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From this reading BISHOP CAUCHON--"My very dear brothers, you are again assembled in the name of our holy Church."

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading The full ecclesiastical tribunal is assembled in a low, somber and vaulted apartment.

interrogatory

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From this reading The registrar reads to the ecclesiastical judges the last interrogatory, at which they had not all been present.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The full ecclesiastical tribunal is assembled in a low, somber and vaulted apartment.

judges

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From this reading The registrar reads to the ecclesiastical judges the last interrogatory, at which they had not all been present.

lastnounUS /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The registrar reads to the ecclesiastical judges the last interrogatory, at which they had not all been present.

low

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From this reading The full ecclesiastical tribunal is assembled in a low, somber and vaulted apartment.

MydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading BISHOP CAUCHON--"My very dear brothers, you are again assembled in the name of our holy Church."

namenounUS /name/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading BISHOP CAUCHON--"My very dear brothers, you are again assembled in the name of our holy Church."

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading The registrar reads to the ecclesiastical judges the last interrogatory, at which they had not all been present.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading BISHOP CAUCHON--"My very dear brothers, you are again assembled in the name of our holy Church."

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading BISHOP CAUCHON--"My very dear brothers, you are again assembled in the name of our holy Church."

present

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From this reading The registrar reads to the ecclesiastical judges the last interrogatory, at which they had not all been present.

put

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From this reading They are to consider whether the accused shall be put to the torture.

reads

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From this reading The registrar reads to the ecclesiastical judges the last interrogatory, at which they had not all been present.

registrar

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From this reading The registrar reads to the ecclesiastical judges the last interrogatory, at which they had not all been present.

SENTENCE

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From this reading THE SENTENCE.

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading They are to consider whether the accused shall be put to the torture.

somber

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From this reading The full ecclesiastical tribunal is assembled in a low, somber and vaulted apartment.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading THE SENTENCE.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading The registrar reads to the ecclesiastical judges the last interrogatory, at which they had not all been present.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The registrar reads to the ecclesiastical judges the last interrogatory, at which they had not all been present.

torture

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From this reading They are to consider whether the accused shall be put to the torture.

tribunal

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From this reading The full ecclesiastical tribunal is assembled in a low, somber and vaulted apartment.

vaulted

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From this reading The full ecclesiastical tribunal is assembled in a low, somber and vaulted apartment.

very

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From this reading BISHOP CAUCHON--"My very dear brothers, you are again assembled in the name of our holy Church."

whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/

used to introduce two or more possibilities

From this reading They are to consider whether the accused shall be put to the torture.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The registrar reads to the ecclesiastical judges the last interrogatory, at which they had not all been present.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading BISHOP CAUCHON--"My very dear brothers, you are again assembled in the name of our holy Church."