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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
Abdallah
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
African
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From this reading I thought that that antique African city was the unaware keeper of the cup of Eros containing a little of the perfume of the flower of the passion of ancient Greece.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading I thought that that antique African city was the unaware keeper of the cup of Eros containing a little of the perfume of the flower of the passion of ancient Greece.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
antique
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From this reading I thought that that antique African city was the unaware keeper of the cup of Eros containing a little of the perfume of the flower of the passion of ancient Greece.
Arrayed
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From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
belts
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From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
broad
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From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
charmingly
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From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
circles
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From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
city
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From this reading I thought that that antique African city was the unaware keeper of the cup of Eros containing a little of the perfume of the flower of the passion of ancient Greece.
common
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
containing
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From this reading I thought that that antique African city was the unaware keeper of the cup of Eros containing a little of the perfume of the flower of the passion of ancient Greece.
conversation
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From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
cool
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
cous-cous
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
cup
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From this reading I thought that that antique African city was the unaware keeper of the cup of Eros containing a little of the perfume of the flower of the passion of ancient Greece.
dancing
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
dignity
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From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
dish
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
dispense
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From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
drink
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
eager
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From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
eat
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
embroidered
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From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
enormously
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From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
Eros
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From this reading I thought that that antique African city was the unaware keeper of the cup of Eros containing a little of the perfume of the flower of the passion of ancient Greece.
Fassis
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From this reading Moulay Abdallah is the unique recreation quarter of the young Fassis.
fatmas
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
feasts
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
females
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From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
flamenco
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
flower
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From this reading I thought that that antique African city was the unaware keeper of the cup of Eros containing a little of the perfume of the flower of the passion of ancient Greece.
flowered
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From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
fondouks
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
gardens
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
garçonnières
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
Greece
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From this reading I thought that that antique African city was the unaware keeper of the cup of Eros containing a little of the perfume of the flower of the passion of ancient Greece.
held
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From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
intimate
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
invited
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Moulay Abdallah is the unique recreation quarter of the young Fassis.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is a separate little walled town with its own shops and police and musicians.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It is a separate little walled town with its own shops and police and musicians.
keeper
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From this reading I thought that that antique African city was the unaware keeper of the cup of Eros containing a little of the perfume of the flower of the passion of ancient Greece.
la
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is a separate little walled town with its own shops and police and musicians.
loose
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From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
marriage
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
men
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From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
menthe
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
mint
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From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
Moulay
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
musicians
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From this reading It is a separate little walled town with its own shops and police and musicians.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
old
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
own
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From this reading It is a separate little walled town with its own shops and police and musicians.
paradise
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
passion
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From this reading I thought that that antique African city was the unaware keeper of the cup of Eros containing a little of the perfume of the flower of the passion of ancient Greece.
perfume
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From this reading I thought that that antique African city was the unaware keeper of the cup of Eros containing a little of the perfume of the flower of the passion of ancient Greece.
place
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From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
police
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From this reading It is a separate little walled town with its own shops and police and musicians.
princely
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
profane
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
quarter
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From this reading Moulay Abdallah is the unique recreation quarter of the young Fassis.
queens
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From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
recreation
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From this reading Moulay Abdallah is the unique recreation quarter of the young Fassis.
residence
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From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
richly
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From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
robes
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From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
separate
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From this reading It is a separate little walled town with its own shops and police and musicians.
shops
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From this reading It is a separate little walled town with its own shops and police and musicians.
squatting
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From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
stately
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
tea
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From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I thought that that antique African city was the unaware keeper of the cup of Eros containing a little of the perfume of the flower of the passion of ancient Greece.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
there
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From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I thought that that antique African city was the unaware keeper of the cup of Eros containing a little of the perfume of the flower of the passion of ancient Greece.
thé
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
town
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From this reading It is a separate little walled town with its own shops and police and musicians.
turbans
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
unaware
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From this reading I thought that that antique African city was the unaware keeper of the cup of Eros containing a little of the perfume of the flower of the passion of ancient Greece.
unique
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From this reading Moulay Abdallah is the unique recreation quarter of the young Fassis.
up
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From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
walled
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From this reading It is a separate little walled town with its own shops and police and musicians.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
witty
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From this reading Arrayed in richly flowered and loose robes held in place by enormously broad embroidered belts and squatting with the dignity of queens, the young females who take up residence there charmingly dispense mint tea and witty conversation to circles of eager young men.
young
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From this reading Moulay Abdallah is the unique recreation quarter of the young Fassis.
à
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From this reading I was invited to princely marriage feasts, to eat _cous-cous_ from a common dish with stately old "turbans," to drink _thé à la menthe_ in cool gardens, to the intimate _flamenco_ dancing of fatmas in the _garçonnières_ of _fondouks_ and to the profane paradise of Moulay Abdallah.
