Chapter 22 of The Creators: A Comedy is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of The Creators: A Comedy is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
In his presence there perished in her all consciousness of time. Time was nothing to him. He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play. You would have said that time was no more to Jane than it was to the baby. For six months she watched with indifference the slaughter and ruin of the perfect hours.
Chapter 22 of The Creators: A Comedy is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading “You would have said that time was no more to Jane than it was to the baby.”
an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
From this reading “In his presence there perished in her all consciousness of time.”
spoiled or ruined or demolished
From this reading “He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.”
very small
From this reading “He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.”
unbiased impartial unconcern
From this reading “For six months she watched with indifference the slaughter and ruin of the perfect hours.”
past form of “perish” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading “In his presence there perished in her all consciousness of time.”
an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
From this reading “For six months she watched with indifference the slaughter and ruin of the perfect hours.”
the killing of animals (as for food)
From this reading “For six months she watched with indifference the slaughter and ruin of the perfect hours.”
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(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading In his presence there perished in her all consciousness of time.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
From this reading You would have said that time was no more to Jane than it was to the baby.
an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation
From this reading In his presence there perished in her all consciousness of time.
spoiled or ruined or demolished
From this reading He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.
very small
From this reading He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You would have said that time was no more to Jane than it was to the baby.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading In his presence there perished in her all consciousness of time.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Time was nothing to him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In his presence there perished in her all consciousness of time.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In his presence there perished in her all consciousness of time.
unbiased impartial unconcern
From this reading For six months she watched with indifference the slaughter and ruin of the perfect hours.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading You would have said that time was no more to Jane than it was to the baby.
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From this reading You would have said that time was no more to Jane than it was to the baby.
set down according to a plan
From this reading He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading For six months she watched with indifference the slaughter and ruin of the perfect hours.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading You would have said that time was no more to Jane than it was to the baby.
not any; not one
From this reading You would have said that time was no more to Jane than it was to the baby.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Time was nothing to him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In his presence there perished in her all consciousness of time.
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
From this reading For six months she watched with indifference the slaughter and ruin of the perfect hours.
past form of “perish” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading In his presence there perished in her all consciousness of time.
participate in games or sport
From this reading He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.
the state of being present; current existence
From this reading In his presence there perished in her all consciousness of time.
an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
From this reading For six months she watched with indifference the slaughter and ruin of the perfect hours.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading You would have said that time was no more to Jane than it was to the baby.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For six months she watched with indifference the slaughter and ruin of the perfect hours.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading For six months she watched with indifference the slaughter and ruin of the perfect hours.
the killing of animals (as for food)
From this reading For six months she watched with indifference the slaughter and ruin of the perfect hours.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading You would have said that time was no more to Jane than it was to the baby.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You would have said that time was no more to Jane than it was to the baby.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.
in or at that place or location
From this reading In his presence there perished in her all consciousness of time.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading In his presence there perished in her all consciousness of time.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Time was nothing to him.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading He laid his diminutive hands upon the hours and destroyed them for his play.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Time was nothing to him.
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading For six months she watched with indifference the slaughter and ruin of the perfect hours.
in the company of; together with
From this reading For six months she watched with indifference the slaughter and ruin of the perfect hours.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading You would have said that time was no more to Jane than it was to the baby.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You would have said that time was no more to Jane than it was to the baby.
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