Chapter 2 of Aleph, the Chaldean is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Aleph, the Chaldean is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
III. THE BANKER. Τὰ χρήματα νεῦρα τῶν πραγμάτον. PLUTARCH, _Cleom._ 27. _Money, the sinews of business._ 1.
Chapter 2 of Aleph, the Chaldean is here in full — 387 sentences across 78 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank
From this reading “THE BANKER.”
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading “_Money, the sinews of business._ 1.”
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
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From this reading _Money, the sinews of business._ 1.
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From this reading PLUTARCH, _Cleom._ 27.
a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank
From this reading THE BANKER.
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
From this reading _Money, the sinews of business._ 1.
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From this reading PLUTARCH, _Cleom._ 27.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading III.
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading _Money, the sinews of business._ 1.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Money, the sinews of business._ 1.
Greek biographer who wrote Parallel Lives (46?-120 AD)
From this reading PLUTARCH, _Cleom._ 27.
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From this reading _Money, the sinews of business._ 1.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BANKER.
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From this reading Τὰ χρήματα νεῦρα τῶν πραγμάτον.
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From this reading Τὰ χρήματα νεῦρα τῶν πραγμάτον.
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From this reading Τὰ χρήματα νεῦρα τῶν πραγμάτον.
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From this reading Τὰ χρήματα νεῦρα τῶν πραγμάτον.
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From this reading Τὰ χρήματα νεῦρα τῶν πραγμάτον.
Chapter 2 of Aleph, the Chaldean by E. F. (Enoch Fitch) Burr holds 387 sentences, grouped into 78 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 2 holds 387 sentences of Aleph, the Chaldean, unabridged, divided into 78 reading sections.
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