Chapter 10 of Crimes of Charity is here in full — 389 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Crimes of Charity is here in full — 389 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"What is your name?" I don't hear the answer, but the "terror" bids her follow her into the other room. I listen. The woman has awakened my interest. It's very quiet.
Chapter 10 of Crimes of Charity is here in full — 389 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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react verbally
From this reading “I don't hear the answer, but the "terror" bids her follow her into the other room.”
aroused or activated
From this reading “The woman has awakened my interest.”
plural of “bid” — an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
From this reading “I don't hear the answer, but the "terror" bids her follow her into the other room.”
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading “I don't hear the answer, but the "terror" bids her follow her into the other room.”
a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
From this reading “The woman has awakened my interest.”
hear with intention
From this reading “I listen.”
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading “It's very quiet.”
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading “I don't hear the answer, but the "terror" bids her follow her into the other room.”
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react verbally
From this reading I don't hear the answer, but the "terror" bids her follow her into the other room.
aroused or activated
From this reading The woman has awakened my interest.
plural of “bid” — an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
From this reading I don't hear the answer, but the "terror" bids her follow her into the other room.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I don't hear the answer, but the "terror" bids her follow her into the other room.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I don't hear the answer, but the "terror" bids her follow her into the other room.
to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading I don't hear the answer, but the "terror" bids her follow her into the other room.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The woman has awakened my interest.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading I don't hear the answer, but the "terror" bids her follow her into the other room.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I don't hear the answer, but the "terror" bids her follow her into the other room.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I don't hear the answer, but the "terror" bids her follow her into the other room.
a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
From this reading The woman has awakened my interest.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I don't hear the answer, but the "terror" bids her follow her into the other room.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "What is your name?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's very quiet.
hear with intention
From this reading I listen.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The woman has awakened my interest.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "What is your name?"
not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied
From this reading I don't hear the answer, but the "terror" bids her follow her into the other room.
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
From this reading It's very quiet.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading I don't hear the answer, but the "terror" bids her follow her into the other room.
an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety
From this reading I don't hear the answer, but the "terror" bids her follow her into the other room.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I don't hear the answer, but the "terror" bids her follow her into the other room.
precisely as stated
From this reading It's very quiet.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What is your name?"
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading The woman has awakened my interest.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "What is your name?"
Chapter 10 of Crimes of Charity by Konrad Bercovici holds 389 sentences, grouped into 78 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 10 holds 389 sentences of Crimes of Charity, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
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