He extracted a passage from the poem.

He rendered the passage into English.

He read a passage from Shakespeare.

He explained this passage in detail.

The teacher interpreted a passage from the poem.

The teacher read a passage from the Bible to the class.

The following passage is a quotation from a well-known fable.

I cannot understand this passage from the Bible for the life of me.

The following passage is a quotation from a well-known fable.

I copied a passage from the book into my notebook.

Read this passage.

Translate the passage word for word.

This passage contains a lot of meaning.

Read the passage on page 22, please.

Each part of a book starts with references to its author's life: a passage from a read book, a question directed to a stranger on a roadside, something shouted by a girlfriend.