Chapter 7 of The Circle: A Comedy in Three Acts is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Circle: A Comedy in Three Acts is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
C.-C. Teddie Luton? LADY KITTY. I think it was very funny his going without saying good-bye to anyone. C.-C. The young men of the present day are very casual. PORTEOUS.
Chapter 7 of The Circle: A Comedy in Three Acts is here in full — 448 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/89 · 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.
any person at all
From this reading “I think it was very funny his going without saying good-bye to anyone.”
marked by blithe unconcern
From this reading “C.-C. The young men of the present day are very casual.”
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading “I think it was very funny his going without saying good-bye to anyone.”
a farewell remark
From this reading “I think it was very funny his going without saying good-bye to anyone.”
the combined stakes of the betters
From this reading “LADY KITTY.”
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “LADY KITTY.”
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading “C.-C. The young men of the present day are very casual.”
a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
From this reading “I think it was very funny his going without saying good-bye to anyone.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “I think it was very funny his going without saying good-bye to anyone.”
In this reading “C.-C. The young men of the present day are very casual.”
In this reading “I think it was very funny his going without saying good-bye to anyone.”
In this reading “C.-C. The young men of the present day are very casual.”
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.
any person at all
From this reading I think it was very funny his going without saying good-bye to anyone.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading C.-C. The young men of the present day are very casual.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading C.-C. Teddie Luton?
marked by blithe unconcern
From this reading C.-C. The young men of the present day are very casual.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading C.-C. The young men of the present day are very casual.
arousing or provoking laughter
From this reading I think it was very funny his going without saying good-bye to anyone.
the act of departing
From this reading I think it was very funny his going without saying good-bye to anyone.
a farewell remark
From this reading I think it was very funny his going without saying good-bye to anyone.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I think it was very funny his going without saying good-bye to anyone.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I think it was very funny his going without saying good-bye to anyone.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I think it was very funny his going without saying good-bye to anyone.
the combined stakes of the betters
From this reading LADY KITTY.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading LADY KITTY.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading C.-C. Teddie Luton?
the force of workers available
From this reading C.-C. The young men of the present day are very casual.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading C.-C. The young men of the present day are very casual.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PORTEOUS.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading C.-C. The young men of the present day are very casual.
a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
From this reading I think it was very funny his going without saying good-bye to anyone.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading C.-C. Teddie Luton?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading C.-C. The young men of the present day are very casual.
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading I think it was very funny his going without saying good-bye to anyone.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I think it was very funny his going without saying good-bye to anyone.
precisely as stated
From this reading I think it was very funny his going without saying good-bye to anyone.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I think it was very funny his going without saying good-bye to anyone.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading I think it was very funny his going without saying good-bye to anyone.
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
From this reading C.-C. The young men of the present day are very casual.
Chapter 7 of The Circle: A Comedy in Three Acts by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham holds 448 sentences, grouped into 90 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 7 holds 448 sentences of The Circle: A Comedy in Three Acts, unabridged, divided into 90 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of The Circle: A Comedy in Three Acts by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 448 sentences, grouped into 90 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 90 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 90 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 7 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.
Common questions about reading The Circle: A Comedy in Three Acts by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 0 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #? are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #?, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 5 minutes of reading across 0 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Circle: A Comedy in Three Acts section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 0 chapters of The Circle: A Comedy in Three Acts to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Circle: A Comedy in Three Acts, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
