Chapter 17 of Damned is here in full — 218 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 17 of Damned is here in full — 218 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“I cannot tell more to-night. I cannot make it snappy. I _cannot_ go on.” The tortured protest of the spirit-girl Dolores was as the breath of a blower to her demon audience. It fanned the tinder of their evil imaginations and inflamed their desires for intimate details.
Chapter 17 of Damned is here in full — 218 sentences across 44 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a device that produces a current of air
From this reading “The tortured protest of the spirit-girl Dolores was as the breath of a blower to her demon audience.”
an evil supernatural being
From this reading “The tortured protest of the spirit-girl Dolores was as the breath of a blower to her demon audience.”
especially spread in a fan shape
From this reading “It fanned the tinder of their evil imaginations and inflamed their desires for intimate details.”
plural of “imagination” — the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
From this reading “It fanned the tinder of their evil imaginations and inflamed their desires for intimate details.”
resulting from inflammation; hot and swollen and reddened
From this reading “It fanned the tinder of their evil imaginations and inflamed their desires for intimate details.”
apt to speak irritably
From this reading “I cannot make it snappy.”
material for starting a fire
From this reading “It fanned the tinder of their evil imaginations and inflamed their desires for intimate details.”
experiencing intense pain especially mental pain
From this reading “The tortured protest of the spirit-girl Dolores was as the breath of a blower to her demon audience.”
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continue a certain state, condition, or activity
In this reading “I _cannot_ go on.””
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The tortured protest of the spirit-girl Dolores was as the breath of a blower to her demon audience.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It fanned the tinder of their evil imaginations and inflamed their desires for intimate details.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The tortured protest of the spirit-girl Dolores was as the breath of a blower to her demon audience.
a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance
From this reading The tortured protest of the spirit-girl Dolores was as the breath of a blower to her demon audience.
a device that produces a current of air
From this reading The tortured protest of the spirit-girl Dolores was as the breath of a blower to her demon audience.
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
From this reading The tortured protest of the spirit-girl Dolores was as the breath of a blower to her demon audience.
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From this reading “I cannot tell more to-night.
an evil supernatural being
From this reading The tortured protest of the spirit-girl Dolores was as the breath of a blower to her demon audience.
plural of “desire” — the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
From this reading It fanned the tinder of their evil imaginations and inflamed their desires for intimate details.
true confidential information
From this reading It fanned the tinder of their evil imaginations and inflamed their desires for intimate details.
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From this reading The tortured protest of the spirit-girl Dolores was as the breath of a blower to her demon audience.
morally objectionable behavior
From this reading It fanned the tinder of their evil imaginations and inflamed their desires for intimate details.
especially spread in a fan shape
From this reading It fanned the tinder of their evil imaginations and inflamed their desires for intimate details.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It fanned the tinder of their evil imaginations and inflamed their desires for intimate details.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading I _cannot_ go on.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The tortured protest of the spirit-girl Dolores was as the breath of a blower to her demon audience.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I cannot tell more to-night.
plural of “imagination” — the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
From this reading It fanned the tinder of their evil imaginations and inflamed their desires for intimate details.
resulting from inflammation; hot and swollen and reddened
From this reading It fanned the tinder of their evil imaginations and inflamed their desires for intimate details.
marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
From this reading It fanned the tinder of their evil imaginations and inflamed their desires for intimate details.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I cannot make it snappy.
engage in
From this reading I cannot make it snappy.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading “I cannot tell more to-night.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The tortured protest of the spirit-girl Dolores was as the breath of a blower to her demon audience.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I _cannot_ go on.”
a formal and solemn declaration of objection
From this reading The tortured protest of the spirit-girl Dolores was as the breath of a blower to her demon audience.
apt to speak irritably
From this reading I cannot make it snappy.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The tortured protest of the spirit-girl Dolores was as the breath of a blower to her demon audience.
express in words
From this reading “I cannot tell more to-night.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The tortured protest of the spirit-girl Dolores was as the breath of a blower to her demon audience.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It fanned the tinder of their evil imaginations and inflamed their desires for intimate details.
material for starting a fire
From this reading It fanned the tinder of their evil imaginations and inflamed their desires for intimate details.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The tortured protest of the spirit-girl Dolores was as the breath of a blower to her demon audience.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I cannot tell more to-night.
experiencing intense pain especially mental pain
From this reading The tortured protest of the spirit-girl Dolores was as the breath of a blower to her demon audience.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The tortured protest of the spirit-girl Dolores was as the breath of a blower to her demon audience.
Chapter 17 of Damned by E. S. (Ethel Smith) Dorrance holds 218 sentences, grouped into 44 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 17 holds 218 sentences of Damned, unabridged, divided into 44 reading sections.
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