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Catttt Posted 9 years ago
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Damndest thing, though
the following text is said by someone who goes inside the fire to rescue his chess-player friend. Does the highlighted section mean "worse than everything that when I reached him he was saying his last word which was nothing but "check""?
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The fire had already reached it... there was nothing I could do. Damndest thing, though... it got the last word. "Check".
Context:
The fire had already reached it... there was nothing I could do. Damndest thing, though... it got the last word. "Check".
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No. it = the fire
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- it = the fire
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oh, I forgot to change "it" in the context to "he"! how about if it's like:
The fire had already reached him... there was nothing I could do. Damndest thing, though... he got the last word. "Check".
The fire had already reached him... there was nothing I could do. Damndest thing, though... he got the last word. "Check".
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