Chapter 11 of Tales from the Arabic — Volume 03 is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 11 of Tales from the Arabic — Volume 03 is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Baghdad, El Abbas and the King's Daughter of, iii. 53. Barmecides, Er Reshid and the, i. 189. Barmecides, Haroun er Reshid and the Woman of the, i.
Chapter 11 of Tales from the Arabic — Volume 03 is here in full — 415 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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capital and largest city of Iraq; located on the Tigris River
From this reading “Baghdad, El Abbas and the King's Daughter of, iii.”
a female human offspring
From this reading “Baghdad, El Abbas and the King's Daughter of, iii.”
possessive form of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading “Baghdad, El Abbas and the King's Daughter of, iii.”
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading “Barmecides, Haroun er Reshid and the Woman of the, i.”
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From this reading 189.
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From this reading 53.
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From this reading Baghdad, El Abbas and the King's Daughter of, iii.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Baghdad, El Abbas and the King's Daughter of, iii.
capital and largest city of Iraq; located on the Tigris River
From this reading Baghdad, El Abbas and the King's Daughter of, iii.
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From this reading Barmecides, Er Reshid and the, i.
a female human offspring
From this reading Baghdad, El Abbas and the King's Daughter of, iii.
angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
From this reading Baghdad, El Abbas and the King's Daughter of, iii.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
From this reading Barmecides, Er Reshid and the, i.
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From this reading Barmecides, Haroun er Reshid and the Woman of the, i.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Barmecides, Er Reshid and the, i.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Baghdad, El Abbas and the King's Daughter of, iii.
possessive form of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading Baghdad, El Abbas and the King's Daughter of, iii.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Baghdad, El Abbas and the King's Daughter of, iii.
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From this reading Barmecides, Er Reshid and the, i.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Baghdad, El Abbas and the King's Daughter of, iii.
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
From this reading Barmecides, Haroun er Reshid and the Woman of the, i.
Chapter 11 of Tales from the Arabic — Volume 03 by John [Translator] Payne holds 415 sentences, grouped into 83 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 11 holds 415 sentences of Tales from the Arabic — Volume 03, unabridged, divided into 83 reading sections.
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