Chapter 15 of The Yellow Claw is here in full — 155 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 15 of The Yellow Claw is here in full — 155 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Max says so...” “MAX!”--again Stringer beat his fist upon the table. “Now we have got to it! We're working, then, not on our own theories, but on those of Max?” Dunbar's sallow face flushed slightly, and his eyes seemed to grow brighter.
Chapter 15 of The Yellow Claw is here in full — 155 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
comparative of “bright” — emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading “Dunbar's sallow face flushed slightly, and his eyes seemed to grow brighter.”
a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)
From this reading ““MAX!”--again Stringer beat his fist upon the table.”
having the pinkish flush of health
From this reading “Dunbar's sallow face flushed slightly, and his eyes seemed to grow brighter.”
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
From this reading ““Max says so...””
to a small degree or extent
From this reading “Dunbar's sallow face flushed slightly, and his eyes seemed to grow brighter.”
a member of a squad on a team
From this reading ““MAX!”--again Stringer beat his fist upon the table.”
plural of “theory” — a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
From this reading “We're working, then, not on our own theories, but on those of Max?””
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading “We're working, then, not on our own theories, but on those of Max?””
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anew
From this reading “MAX!”--again Stringer beat his fist upon the table.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dunbar's sallow face flushed slightly, and his eyes seemed to grow brighter.
come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
From this reading “MAX!”--again Stringer beat his fist upon the table.
comparative of “bright” — emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
From this reading Dunbar's sallow face flushed slightly, and his eyes seemed to grow brighter.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We're working, then, not on our own theories, but on those of Max?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Dunbar's sallow face flushed slightly, and his eyes seemed to grow brighter.
opinion or judgment
From this reading Dunbar's sallow face flushed slightly, and his eyes seemed to grow brighter.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Dunbar's sallow face flushed slightly, and his eyes seemed to grow brighter.
a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting)
From this reading “MAX!”--again Stringer beat his fist upon the table.
having the pinkish flush of health
From this reading Dunbar's sallow face flushed slightly, and his eyes seemed to grow brighter.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading “Now we have got to it!
pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading Dunbar's sallow face flushed slightly, and his eyes seemed to grow brighter.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Now we have got to it!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “MAX!”--again Stringer beat his fist upon the table.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Now we have got to it!
street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate
From this reading “Max says so...”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We're working, then, not on our own theories, but on those of Max?”
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading “Now we have got to it!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We're working, then, not on our own theories, but on those of Max?”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We're working, then, not on our own theories, but on those of Max?”
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We're working, then, not on our own theories, but on those of Max?”
have ownership or possession of
From this reading We're working, then, not on our own theories, but on those of Max?”
unhealthy looking
From this reading Dunbar's sallow face flushed slightly, and his eyes seemed to grow brighter.
plural of “say” — the chance to speak
From this reading “Max says so...”
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Dunbar's sallow face flushed slightly, and his eyes seemed to grow brighter.
to a small degree or extent
From this reading Dunbar's sallow face flushed slightly, and his eyes seemed to grow brighter.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Max says so...”
a member of a squad on a team
From this reading “MAX!”--again Stringer beat his fist upon the table.
a set of data arranged in rows and columns
From this reading “MAX!”--again Stringer beat his fist upon the table.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “MAX!”--again Stringer beat his fist upon the table.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading We're working, then, not on our own theories, but on those of Max?”
plural of “theory” — a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena
From this reading We're working, then, not on our own theories, but on those of Max?”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading We're working, then, not on our own theories, but on those of Max?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Now we have got to it!
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “MAX!”--again Stringer beat his fist upon the table.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Now we have got to it!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We're working, then, not on our own theories, but on those of Max?”
actively engaged in paid work
From this reading We're working, then, not on our own theories, but on those of Max?”
Chapter 15 of The Yellow Claw by Sax Rohmer holds 155 sentences, grouped into 31 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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 15 holds 155 sentences of The Yellow Claw, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of The Yellow Claw by Sax Rohmer exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 155 sentences, grouped into 31 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.
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