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Tales from the Arabic — Complete
Tales from the Arabic — Complete

Chapter XXIV

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Cairo (The Merchant of) and the Favourite of the Khalif El Mamoun El Hakim bi Amrillah, iii.
171.
Cashghar, Abdallah ben Nafi and the King's Son of, ii.
195.
Caution was the Cause of his Death, The Man whose, i 291.
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Tales from the Arabic — Complete

Chapter XXIV

Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Cairo (The Merchant of) and the Favourite of the Khalif El Mamoun El Hakim bi Amrillah, iii.
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171.
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Cashghar, Abdallah ben Nafi and the King's Son of, ii.
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195.
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Caution was the Cause of his Death, The Man whose, i 291.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Merchant noun US /ˈmɜːr.tʃənt/

A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.

From this reading “Cairo (The Merchant of) and the Favourite of the Khalif El Mamoun El Hakim bi Amrillah, iii.”

Whose determiner US /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading “Caution was the Cause of his Death, The Man whose, i 291.”

All words in this reading · 31

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171

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From this reading 171.

195

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From this reading 195.

291

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From this reading Caution was the Cause of his Death, The Man whose, i 291.

Abdallah

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From this reading Cashghar, Abdallah ben Nafi and the King's Son of, ii.

Amrillah

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From this reading Cairo (The Merchant of) and the Favourite of the Khalif El Mamoun El Hakim bi Amrillah, iii.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Cairo (The Merchant of) and the Favourite of the Khalif El Mamoun El Hakim bi Amrillah, iii.

ben

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From this reading Cashghar, Abdallah ben Nafi and the King's Son of, ii.

bi

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From this reading Cairo (The Merchant of) and the Favourite of the Khalif El Mamoun El Hakim bi Amrillah, iii.

Cairo

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From this reading Cairo (The Merchant of) and the Favourite of the Khalif El Mamoun El Hakim bi Amrillah, iii.

Cashghar

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From this reading Cashghar, Abdallah ben Nafi and the King's Son of, ii.

Cause

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From this reading Caution was the Cause of his Death, The Man whose, i 291.

Caution

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From this reading Caution was the Cause of his Death, The Man whose, i 291.

Death

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From this reading Caution was the Cause of his Death, The Man whose, i 291.

El

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From this reading Cairo (The Merchant of) and the Favourite of the Khalif El Mamoun El Hakim bi Amrillah, iii.

Favourite

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From this reading Cairo (The Merchant of) and the Favourite of the Khalif El Mamoun El Hakim bi Amrillah, iii.

Hakim

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From this reading Cairo (The Merchant of) and the Favourite of the Khalif El Mamoun El Hakim bi Amrillah, iii.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Caution was the Cause of his Death, The Man whose, i 291.

ipronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Caution was the Cause of his Death, The Man whose, i 291.

ii

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From this reading Cashghar, Abdallah ben Nafi and the King's Son of, ii.

iii

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From this reading Cairo (The Merchant of) and the Favourite of the Khalif El Mamoun El Hakim bi Amrillah, iii.

Khalif

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From this reading Cairo (The Merchant of) and the Favourite of the Khalif El Mamoun El Hakim bi Amrillah, iii.

King's

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From this reading Cashghar, Abdallah ben Nafi and the King's Son of, ii.

Mamoun

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From this reading Cairo (The Merchant of) and the Favourite of the Khalif El Mamoun El Hakim bi Amrillah, iii.

Man

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From this reading Caution was the Cause of his Death, The Man whose, i 291.

MerchantnounUS /ˈmɜːr.tʃənt/

A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.

From this reading Cairo (The Merchant of) and the Favourite of the Khalif El Mamoun El Hakim bi Amrillah, iii.

Nafi

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From this reading Cashghar, Abdallah ben Nafi and the King's Son of, ii.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Cairo (The Merchant of) and the Favourite of the Khalif El Mamoun El Hakim bi Amrillah, iii.

Son

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From this reading Cashghar, Abdallah ben Nafi and the King's Son of, ii.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Cairo (The Merchant of) and the Favourite of the Khalif El Mamoun El Hakim bi Amrillah, iii.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Caution was the Cause of his Death, The Man whose, i 291.

whosedeterminerUS /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading Caution was the Cause of his Death, The Man whose, i 291.