“SOOT” на русском языке

Nothing was good enough to sell, even to the poor, as everything was battered and covered with a thick crust of greasy, hardened soot.

He imagined the first few fishermen arriving home, full of that anticipation of land that sailors have, of spying the dark line of the coast on the horizon, the pall of smoke, the smell of ash and soot on the wind, the near-empty docks, the beached ships, the few surviving masts all askew.

The flames were long out, the ashes still and cold, but as they walked Tuuran’s feet kicked up a fine grey dust which swirled around them and smelled of soot.

All that was left was a fine film of sweat-streaked black ash across her palm like the greasy soot she’d found in the gondola under the storm-dark.

There wasn’t even any soot from the flames all around.

The ruins were overgrown with weeds and grass and briars now, but underneath them the stones remained black with soot and the air carried a tang of ash.