Chapter 19 of The Yellow Claw is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XIX
Chapter 19 of The Yellow Claw is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“A squinting man... yes!” “But a THIRD person?” “No, my dear... look for yourself. As you say... you are ... dreaming. It's not to be wondered... at!”
Chapter 19 of The Yellow Claw is here in full — 176 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/35 · 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.
dearly loved
From this reading ““No, my dear... look for yourself.”
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
From this reading “As you say... you are ... dreaming.”
a human being
From this reading ““But a THIRD person?””
having eyes half closed in order to see better
From this reading ““A squinting man... yes!””
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading ““But a THIRD person?””
past form of “wonder” — have a wish or desire to know something
From this reading “It's not to be wondered... at!””
an affirmative
From this reading ““A squinting man... yes!””
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading ““No, my dear... look for yourself.”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading “A squinting man... yes!”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading As you say... you are ... dreaming.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As you say... you are ... dreaming.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It's not to be wondered... at!”
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It's not to be wondered... at!”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But a THIRD person?”
dearly loved
From this reading “No, my dear... look for yourself.
imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake
From this reading As you say... you are ... dreaming.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “No, my dear... look for yourself.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's not to be wondered... at!”
perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
From this reading “No, my dear... look for yourself.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading “A squinting man... yes!”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “No, my dear... look for yourself.
not any; not one
From this reading “No, my dear... look for yourself.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It's not to be wondered... at!”
a human being
From this reading “But a THIRD person?”
express in words
From this reading As you say... you are ... dreaming.
having eyes half closed in order to see better
From this reading “A squinting man... yes!”
one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
From this reading “But a THIRD person?”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It's not to be wondered... at!”
past form of “wonder” — have a wish or desire to know something
From this reading It's not to be wondered... at!”
an affirmative
From this reading “A squinting man... yes!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading As you say... you are ... dreaming.
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading “No, my dear... look for yourself.
Chapter 19 of The Yellow Claw by Sax Rohmer holds 176 sentences, grouped into 36 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 19 holds 176 sentences of The Yellow Claw, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of The Yellow Claw by Sax Rohmer exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 176 sentences, grouped into 36 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 36 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 36 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 19 can be played aloud in United States English.
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 449 minutes of reading across 1080 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Yellow Claw section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Yellow Claw, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
