Chapter 12 of Crome Yellow is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Crome Yellow is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Blight, Mildew, and Smut...” Mary was puzzled and distressed. Perhaps her ears had played her false. Perhaps what he had really said was, “Squire, Binyon, and Shanks,” or “Childe, Blunden, and Earp,” or even “Abercrombie, Drinkwater, and Rabindranath Tagore.” Perhaps.
Chapter 12 of Crome Yellow is here in full — 145 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a state or condition being blighted
From this reading “Blight, Mildew, and Smut...””
facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty
From this reading “Mary was puzzled and distressed.”
not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
From this reading “Perhaps her ears had played her false.”
the process of becoming mildewed
From this reading “Blight, Mildew, and Smut...””
filled with bewilderment
From this reading “Mary was puzzled and distressed.”
plural of “shank” — a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg
From this reading “Perhaps what he had really said was, “Squire, Binyon, and Shanks,” or “Childe, Blunden, and Earp,” or even “Abercrombie, Drinkwater, and Rabindranath Tagore.””
a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
From this reading “Blight, Mildew, and Smut...””
young nobleman attendant on a knight
From this reading “Perhaps what he had really said was, “Squire, Binyon, and Shanks,” or “Childe, Blunden, and Earp,” or even “Abercrombie, Drinkwater, and Rabindranath Tagore.””
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps what he had really said was, “Squire, Binyon, and Shanks,” or “Childe, Blunden, and Earp,” or even “Abercrombie, Drinkwater, and Rabindranath Tagore.”
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Blight, Mildew, and Smut...”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps what he had really said was, “Squire, Binyon, and Shanks,” or “Childe, Blunden, and Earp,” or even “Abercrombie, Drinkwater, and Rabindranath Tagore.”
a state or condition being blighted
From this reading Blight, Mildew, and Smut...”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps what he had really said was, “Squire, Binyon, and Shanks,” or “Childe, Blunden, and Earp,” or even “Abercrombie, Drinkwater, and Rabindranath Tagore.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps what he had really said was, “Squire, Binyon, and Shanks,” or “Childe, Blunden, and Earp,” or even “Abercrombie, Drinkwater, and Rabindranath Tagore.”
facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty
From this reading Mary was puzzled and distressed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps what he had really said was, “Squire, Binyon, and Shanks,” or “Childe, Blunden, and Earp,” or even “Abercrombie, Drinkwater, and Rabindranath Tagore.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps what he had really said was, “Squire, Binyon, and Shanks,” or “Childe, Blunden, and Earp,” or even “Abercrombie, Drinkwater, and Rabindranath Tagore.”
plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
From this reading Perhaps her ears had played her false.
divisible by two
From this reading Perhaps what he had really said was, “Squire, Binyon, and Shanks,” or “Childe, Blunden, and Earp,” or even “Abercrombie, Drinkwater, and Rabindranath Tagore.”
not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
From this reading Perhaps her ears had played her false.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Perhaps her ears had played her false.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Perhaps what he had really said was, “Squire, Binyon, and Shanks,” or “Childe, Blunden, and Earp,” or even “Abercrombie, Drinkwater, and Rabindranath Tagore.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Perhaps her ears had played her false.
the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics
From this reading Mary was puzzled and distressed.
the process of becoming mildewed
From this reading Blight, Mildew, and Smut...”
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Perhaps what he had really said was, “Squire, Binyon, and Shanks,” or “Childe, Blunden, and Earp,” or even “Abercrombie, Drinkwater, and Rabindranath Tagore.”
by chance
From this reading Perhaps her ears had played her false.
(of games) engaged in
From this reading Perhaps her ears had played her false.
filled with bewilderment
From this reading Mary was puzzled and distressed.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Perhaps what he had really said was, “Squire, Binyon, and Shanks,” or “Childe, Blunden, and Earp,” or even “Abercrombie, Drinkwater, and Rabindranath Tagore.”
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading Perhaps what he had really said was, “Squire, Binyon, and Shanks,” or “Childe, Blunden, and Earp,” or even “Abercrombie, Drinkwater, and Rabindranath Tagore.”
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading Perhaps what he had really said was, “Squire, Binyon, and Shanks,” or “Childe, Blunden, and Earp,” or even “Abercrombie, Drinkwater, and Rabindranath Tagore.”
plural of “shank” — a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg
From this reading Perhaps what he had really said was, “Squire, Binyon, and Shanks,” or “Childe, Blunden, and Earp,” or even “Abercrombie, Drinkwater, and Rabindranath Tagore.”
a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
From this reading Blight, Mildew, and Smut...”
young nobleman attendant on a knight
From this reading Perhaps what he had really said was, “Squire, Binyon, and Shanks,” or “Childe, Blunden, and Earp,” or even “Abercrombie, Drinkwater, and Rabindranath Tagore.”
Indian writer and philosopher whose poetry (based on traditional Hindu themes) pioneered the use of colloquial Bengali (1861-1941)
From this reading Perhaps what he had really said was, “Squire, Binyon, and Shanks,” or “Childe, Blunden, and Earp,” or even “Abercrombie, Drinkwater, and Rabindranath Tagore.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mary was puzzled and distressed.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Perhaps what he had really said was, “Squire, Binyon, and Shanks,” or “Childe, Blunden, and Earp,” or even “Abercrombie, Drinkwater, and Rabindranath Tagore.”
Chapter 12 of Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley holds 145 sentences, grouped into 29 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 12 holds 145 sentences of Crome Yellow, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 145 sentences, grouped into 29 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 29 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
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About 339 minutes of reading across 816 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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