Chapter 10 of Messengers of Evil is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of Messengers of Evil is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"No!" Fandor lifted hands to heaven in despairing fashion and sat silent. He was deeply mortified. There was a long pause, during which Juve calmly smoked on. At last, Fandor asked in a hopeless sort of tone:
Chapter 10 of Messengers of Evil is here in full — 407 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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with self-possession (especially in times of stress)
From this reading “There was a long pause, during which Juve calmly smoked on.”
to a great depth psychologically or emotionally
From this reading “He was deeply mortified.”
arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
From this reading “Fandor lifted hands to heaven in despairing fashion and sat silent.”
without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
From this reading “At last, Fandor asked in a hopeless sort of tone:”
held up in the air
From this reading “Fandor lifted hands to heaven in despairing fashion and sat silent.”
suffering from tissue death
From this reading “He was deeply mortified.”
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading “There was a long pause, during which Juve calmly smoked on.”
(used especially of meats and fish) dried and cured by hanging in wood smoke
From this reading “There was a long pause, during which Juve calmly smoked 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 There was a long pause, during which Juve calmly smoked on.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Fandor lifted hands to heaven in despairing fashion and sat silent.
past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody
From this reading At last, Fandor asked in a hopeless sort of tone:
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At last, Fandor asked in a hopeless sort of tone:
with self-possession (especially in times of stress)
From this reading There was a long pause, during which Juve calmly smoked on.
to a great depth psychologically or emotionally
From this reading He was deeply mortified.
arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
From this reading Fandor lifted hands to heaven in despairing fashion and sat silent.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading There was a long pause, during which Juve calmly smoked on.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Fandor lifted hands to heaven in despairing fashion and sat silent.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading Fandor lifted hands to heaven in despairing fashion and sat silent.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading Fandor lifted hands to heaven in despairing fashion and sat silent.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was deeply mortified.
any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
From this reading Fandor lifted hands to heaven in despairing fashion and sat silent.
without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
From this reading At last, Fandor asked in a hopeless sort of tone:
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Fandor lifted hands to heaven in despairing fashion and sat silent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading There was a long pause, during which Juve calmly smoked on.
immediately past
From this reading At last, Fandor asked in a hopeless sort of tone:
held up in the air
From this reading Fandor lifted hands to heaven in despairing fashion and sat silent.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading There was a long pause, during which Juve calmly smoked on.
suffering from tissue death
From this reading He was deeply mortified.
not any; not one
From this reading "No!"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At last, Fandor asked in a hopeless sort of tone:
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was a long pause, during which Juve calmly smoked on.
a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
From this reading There was a long pause, during which Juve calmly smoked on.
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
From this reading Fandor lifted hands to heaven in despairing fashion and sat silent.
marked by absence of sound
From this reading Fandor lifted hands to heaven in despairing fashion and sat silent.
(used especially of meats and fish) dried and cured by hanging in wood smoke
From this reading There was a long pause, during which Juve calmly smoked on.
a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
From this reading At last, Fandor asked in a hopeless sort of tone:
in or at that place or location
From this reading There was a long pause, during which Juve calmly smoked on.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Fandor lifted hands to heaven in despairing fashion and sat silent.
the quality of a person's voice
From this reading At last, Fandor asked in a hopeless sort of tone:
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was deeply mortified.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There was a long pause, during which Juve calmly smoked on.
Chapter 10 of Messengers of Evil by Pierre Souvestre holds 407 sentences, grouped into 82 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 407 sentences of Messengers of Evil, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
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