Chapter 6 of The Painted Veil is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 6 of The Painted Veil is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"May I come in?" She flushed and grew pale. She was overwrought and it made her nervous to meet a stranger. A man came out of the darkness, for the long low room was lit only by a shaded lamp, and held out his hand. "My name is Waddington.
Chapter 6 of The Painted Veil is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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absence of light or illumination
From this reading “A man came out of the darkness, for the long low room was lit only by a shaded lamp, and held out his hand.”
having the pinkish flush of health
From this reading “She flushed and grew pale.”
an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading “A man came out of the darkness, for the long low room was lit only by a shaded lamp, and held out his hand.”
provided with artificial light
From this reading “A man came out of the darkness, for the long low room was lit only by a shaded lamp, and held out his hand.”
easily agitated
From this reading “She was overwrought and it made her nervous to meet a stranger.”
deeply agitated especially from emotion
From this reading “She was overwrought and it made her nervous to meet a stranger.”
protected from heat and light with shade or shadow
From this reading “A man came out of the darkness, for the long low room was lit only by a shaded lamp, and held out his hand.”
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading “She was overwrought and it made her nervous to meet a stranger.”
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 “A man came out of the darkness, for the long low room was lit only by a shaded lamp, and held out his hand.”
In this reading “She flushed and grew pale.”
appear or become visible; make a showing
In this reading “A man came out of the darkness, for the long low room was lit only by a shaded lamp, and held out his hand.”
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 She was overwrought and it made her nervous to meet a stranger.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She flushed and grew pale.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A man came out of the darkness, for the long low room was lit only by a shaded lamp, and held out his hand.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading A man came out of the darkness, for the long low room was lit only by a shaded lamp, and held out his hand.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "May I come in?"
absence of light or illumination
From this reading A man came out of the darkness, for the long low room was lit only by a shaded lamp, and held out his hand.
having the pinkish flush of health
From this reading She flushed and grew pale.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A man came out of the darkness, for the long low room was lit only by a shaded lamp, and held out his hand.
inflected form of “grow” — pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become
From this reading She flushed and grew pale.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading A man came out of the darkness, for the long low room was lit only by a shaded lamp, and held out his hand.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading A man came out of the darkness, for the long low room was lit only by a shaded lamp, and held out his hand.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was overwrought and it made her nervous to meet a stranger.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A man came out of the darkness, for the long low room was lit only by a shaded lamp, and held out his hand.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "May I come in?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "May I come in?"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "My name is Waddington.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She was overwrought and it made her nervous to meet a stranger.
an artificial source of visible illumination
From this reading A man came out of the darkness, for the long low room was lit only by a shaded lamp, and held out his hand.
provided with artificial light
From this reading A man came out of the darkness, for the long low room was lit only by a shaded lamp, and held out his hand.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading A man came out of the darkness, for the long low room was lit only by a shaded lamp, and held out his hand.
less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading A man came out of the darkness, for the long low room was lit only by a shaded lamp, and held out his hand.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading She was overwrought and it made her nervous to meet a stranger.
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading A man came out of the darkness, for the long low room was lit only by a shaded lamp, and held out his hand.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading "May I come in?"
come together
From this reading She was overwrought and it made her nervous to meet a stranger.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My name is Waddington.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "My name is Waddington.
easily agitated
From this reading She was overwrought and it made her nervous to meet a stranger.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A man came out of the darkness, for the long low room was lit only by a shaded lamp, and held out his hand.
and nothing more
From this reading A man came out of the darkness, for the long low room was lit only by a shaded lamp, and held out his hand.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading A man came out of the darkness, for the long low room was lit only by a shaded lamp, and held out his hand.
deeply agitated especially from emotion
From this reading She was overwrought and it made her nervous to meet a stranger.
very light colored; highly diluted with white
From this reading She flushed and grew pale.
an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling
From this reading A man came out of the darkness, for the long low room was lit only by a shaded lamp, and held out his hand.
protected from heat and light with shade or shadow
From this reading A man came out of the darkness, for the long low room was lit only by a shaded lamp, and held out his hand.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She flushed and grew pale.
anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
From this reading She was overwrought and it made her nervous to meet a stranger.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A man came out of the darkness, for the long low room was lit only by a shaded lamp, and held out his hand.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was overwrought and it made her nervous to meet a stranger.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "My name is Waddington.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was overwrought and it made her nervous to meet a stranger.
Chapter 6 of The Painted Veil by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 6 holds 401 sentences of The Painted Veil, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
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