Chapter 19 of Tales from the Arabic — Complete is here in full — 1901 sentences across 381 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 19 of Tales from the Arabic — Complete is here in full — 1901 sentences across 381 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Night Introduction.--Story of King Shehriyar and his Brother. a. Story of the Ox and the Ass 1. The Merchant and the Genie .
Chapter 19 of Tales from the Arabic — Complete is here in full — 1901 sentences across 381 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
From this reading “Story of the Ox and the Ass 1.”
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading “Night Introduction.--Story of King Shehriyar and his Brother. a.”
A magical spirit of immense power, often confined within an oil lamp or ring and bound to serve its master.
From this reading “The Merchant and the Genie .”
the act of beginning something new
From this reading “Night Introduction.--Story of King Shehriyar and his Brother. a.”
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading “Night Introduction.--Story of King Shehriyar and his Brother. a.”
A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.
From this reading “The Merchant and the Genie .”
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading “Night Introduction.--Story of King Shehriyar and his Brother. a.”
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading “Night Introduction.--Story of King Shehriyar and his Brother. a.”
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From this reading Story of the Ox and the Ass 1.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Night Introduction.--Story of King Shehriyar and his Brother. a.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Night Introduction.--Story of King Shehriyar and his Brother. a.
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
From this reading Story of the Ox and the Ass 1.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading Night Introduction.--Story of King Shehriyar and his Brother. a.
A magical spirit of immense power, often confined within an oil lamp or ring and bound to serve its master.
From this reading The Merchant and the Genie .
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Night Introduction.--Story of King Shehriyar and his Brother. a.
the act of beginning something new
From this reading Night Introduction.--Story of King Shehriyar and his Brother. a.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading Night Introduction.--Story of King Shehriyar and his Brother. a.
A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.
From this reading The Merchant and the Genie .
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Night Introduction.--Story of King Shehriyar and his Brother. a.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Night Introduction.--Story of King Shehriyar and his Brother. a.
an adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus
From this reading Story of the Ox and the Ass 1.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Night Introduction.--Story of King Shehriyar and his Brother. a.
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program
From this reading Night Introduction.--Story of King Shehriyar and his Brother. a.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Story of the Ox and the Ass 1.
Chapter 19 of Tales from the Arabic — Complete by John [Translator] Payne holds 1901 sentences, grouped into 381 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 19 holds 1901 sentences of Tales from the Arabic — Complete, unabridged, divided into 381 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 19 of Tales from the Arabic — Complete by John [Translator] Payne exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 1901 sentences, grouped into 381 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.
Work through the 381 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 381 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
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