Chapter 22 of The Sin That Was His is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 22 of The Sin That Was His is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
|AN hour! There lay an hour between himself--and death. Primal, elemental, savage in its intensity, tigerish in its coming, there surged upon him the demand for life--to live--to fight for self-preservation. And yet how clear his brain was, and how swiftly it worked! Life!
Chapter 22 of The Sin That Was His is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading “And yet how clear his brain was, and how swiftly it worked!”
an urgent or peremptory request
From this reading “Primal, elemental, savage in its intensity, tigerish in its coming, there surged upon him the demand for life--to live--to fight for self-preservation.”
relating to or being an element
From this reading “Primal, elemental, savage in its intensity, tigerish in its coming, there surged upon him the demand for life--to live--to fight for self-preservation.”
the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)
From this reading “Primal, elemental, savage in its intensity, tigerish in its coming, there surged upon him the demand for life--to live--to fight for self-preservation.”
serving as an essential component
From this reading “Primal, elemental, savage in its intensity, tigerish in its coming, there surged upon him the demand for life--to live--to fight for self-preservation.”
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading “Primal, elemental, savage in its intensity, tigerish in its coming, there surged upon him the demand for life--to live--to fight for self-preservation.”
past form of “surge” — rise and move, as in waves or billows
From this reading “Primal, elemental, savage in its intensity, tigerish in its coming, there surged upon him the demand for life--to live--to fight for self-preservation.”
in a swift manner
From this reading “And yet how clear his brain was, and how swiftly it worked!”
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In this reading “Primal, elemental, savage in its intensity, tigerish in its coming, there surged upon him the demand for life--to live--to fight for self-preservation.”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading |AN hour!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There lay an hour between himself--and death.
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading There lay an hour between himself--and death.
that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
From this reading And yet how clear his brain was, and how swiftly it worked!
rid of obstructions
From this reading And yet how clear his brain was, and how swiftly it worked!
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading Primal, elemental, savage in its intensity, tigerish in its coming, there surged upon him the demand for life--to live--to fight for self-preservation.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading There lay an hour between himself--and death.
an urgent or peremptory request
From this reading Primal, elemental, savage in its intensity, tigerish in its coming, there surged upon him the demand for life--to live--to fight for self-preservation.
relating to or being an element
From this reading Primal, elemental, savage in its intensity, tigerish in its coming, there surged upon him the demand for life--to live--to fight for self-preservation.
be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
From this reading Primal, elemental, savage in its intensity, tigerish in its coming, there surged upon him the demand for life--to live--to fight for self-preservation.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Primal, elemental, savage in its intensity, tigerish in its coming, there surged upon him the demand for life--to live--to fight for self-preservation.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Primal, elemental, savage in its intensity, tigerish in its coming, there surged upon him the demand for life--to live--to fight for self-preservation.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading There lay an hour between himself--and death.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And yet how clear his brain was, and how swiftly it worked!
a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day
From this reading |AN hour!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And yet how clear his brain was, and how swiftly it worked!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Primal, elemental, savage in its intensity, tigerish in its coming, there surged upon him the demand for life--to live--to fight for self-preservation.
the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation)
From this reading Primal, elemental, savage in its intensity, tigerish in its coming, there surged upon him the demand for life--to live--to fight for self-preservation.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And yet how clear his brain was, and how swiftly it worked!
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Primal, elemental, savage in its intensity, tigerish in its coming, there surged upon him the demand for life--to live--to fight for self-preservation.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading There lay an hour between himself--and death.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Primal, elemental, savage in its intensity, tigerish in its coming, there surged upon him the demand for life--to live--to fight for self-preservation.
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Primal, elemental, savage in its intensity, tigerish in its coming, there surged upon him the demand for life--to live--to fight for self-preservation.
serving as an essential component
From this reading Primal, elemental, savage in its intensity, tigerish in its coming, there surged upon him the demand for life--to live--to fight for self-preservation.
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
From this reading Primal, elemental, savage in its intensity, tigerish in its coming, there surged upon him the demand for life--to live--to fight for self-preservation.
preservation of yourself from harm; a natural or instinctive tendency
From this reading Primal, elemental, savage in its intensity, tigerish in its coming, there surged upon him the demand for life--to live--to fight for self-preservation.
past form of “surge” — rise and move, as in waves or billows
From this reading Primal, elemental, savage in its intensity, tigerish in its coming, there surged upon him the demand for life--to live--to fight for self-preservation.
in a swift manner
From this reading And yet how clear his brain was, and how swiftly it worked!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Primal, elemental, savage in its intensity, tigerish in its coming, there surged upon him the demand for life--to live--to fight for self-preservation.
in or at that place or location
From this reading There lay an hour between himself--and death.
resembling a tiger in fierceness and lack of mercy
From this reading Primal, elemental, savage in its intensity, tigerish in its coming, there surged upon him the demand for life--to live--to fight for self-preservation.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Primal, elemental, savage in its intensity, tigerish in its coming, there surged upon him the demand for life--to live--to fight for self-preservation.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Primal, elemental, savage in its intensity, tigerish in its coming, there surged upon him the demand for life--to live--to fight for self-preservation.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And yet how clear his brain was, and how swiftly it worked!
past form of “work” — exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
From this reading And yet how clear his brain was, and how swiftly it worked!
but in spite of that
From this reading And yet how clear his brain was, and how swiftly it worked!
Chapter 22 of The Sin That Was His by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard holds 193 sentences, grouped into 39 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.
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