Chapter 7 of The Painted Veil is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter VII
Chapter 7 of The Painted Veil is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Yes." They passed under the flamboyant archway and walked down the hill. When they came to the compound they saw the body of the dead beggar. He took her arm, but she released herself. She stood still.
Chapter 7 of The Painted Veil is here in full — 399 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/79 · 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 passageway under a curved masonry construction
From this reading “They passed under the flamboyant archway and walked down the hill.”
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading “He took her arm, but she released herself.”
a pauper who lives by begging
From this reading “When they came to the compound they saw the body of the dead beggar.”
a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
From this reading “When they came to the compound they saw the body of the dead beggar.”
marked by ostentation but often tasteless
From this reading “They passed under the flamboyant archway and walked down the hill.”
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading “They passed under the flamboyant archway and walked down the hill.”
past form of “release” — release, as from one's grip
From this reading “He took her arm, but she released herself.”
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading “They passed under the flamboyant archway and walked down the hill.”
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 “She stood still.”
In this reading “They passed under the flamboyant archway and walked down the hill.”
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 to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They passed under the flamboyant archway and walked down the hill.
a passageway under a curved masonry construction
From this reading They passed under the flamboyant archway and walked down the hill.
a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
From this reading He took her arm, but she released herself.
a pauper who lives by begging
From this reading When they came to the compound they saw the body of the dead beggar.
the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
From this reading When they came to the compound they saw the body of the dead beggar.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He took her arm, but she released herself.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading When they came to the compound they saw the body of the dead beggar.
a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
From this reading When they came to the compound they saw the body of the dead beggar.
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
From this reading When they came to the compound they saw the body of the dead beggar.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading They passed under the flamboyant archway and walked down the hill.
marked by ostentation but often tasteless
From this reading They passed under the flamboyant archway and walked down the hill.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He took her arm, but she released herself.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He took her arm, but she released herself.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading He took her arm, but she released herself.
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading They passed under the flamboyant archway and walked down the hill.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When they came to the compound they saw the body of the dead beggar.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading They passed under the flamboyant archway and walked down the hill.
past form of “release” — release, as from one's grip
From this reading He took her arm, but she released herself.
cut with a saw
From this reading When they came to the compound they saw the body of the dead beggar.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He took her arm, but she released herself.
not in physical motion
From this reading She stood still.
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading She stood still.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They passed under the flamboyant archway and walked down the hill.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They passed under the flamboyant archway and walked down the hill.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When they came to the compound they saw the body of the dead beggar.
inflected form of “take” — carry out
From this reading He took her arm, but she released herself.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading They passed under the flamboyant archway and walked down the hill.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading They passed under the flamboyant archway and walked down the hill.
at the time that
From this reading When they came to the compound they saw the body of the dead beggar.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes."
Chapter 7 of The Painted Veil by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham holds 399 sentences, grouped into 80 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 399 sentences of The Painted Veil, unabridged, divided into 80 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 7 of The Painted Veil by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 399 sentences, grouped into 80 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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