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Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar

Chapter XXII · Chapter 22

Chapter 22 of Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.
What was there in common between that pile of dirty metal and the beautiful, sparkling pebbles that had formerly been in his pouch?
What was the metal?
From whence had it come?
What was that tantalizing half-conviction which seemed to demand the recognition of his memory that the yellow pile for which these men had fought and died had been intimately connected with his pastthat it had been his?
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar

Chapter XXII · Chapter 22

Chapter 22 of Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.
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What was there in common between that pile of dirty metal and the beautiful, sparkling pebbles that had formerly been in his pouch?
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What was the metal?
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From whence had it come?
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What was that tantalizing half-conviction which seemed to demand the recognition of his memory that the yellow pile for which these men had fought and died had been intimately connected with his pastthat it had been his?

Learner Dictionary

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Memory noun US /ˈmem.ər.i/

The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.

From this reading “What was that tantalizing half-conviction which seemed to demand the recognition of his memory that the yellow pile for which these men had fought and died had been intimately connected with his past—that it had been his?”

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about

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

Abyssinians

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

and

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

Arabs

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

As

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

battle

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

beautiful

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From this reading What was there in common between that pile of dirty metal and the beautiful, sparkling pebbles that had formerly been in his pouch?

been

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From this reading What was there in common between that pile of dirty metal and the beautiful, sparkling pebbles that had formerly been in his pouch?

between

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From this reading What was there in common between that pile of dirty metal and the beautiful, sparkling pebbles that had formerly been in his pouch?

come

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From this reading From whence had it come?

common

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From this reading What was there in common between that pile of dirty metal and the beautiful, sparkling pebbles that had formerly been in his pouch?

connected

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From this reading What was that tantalizing half-conviction which seemed to demand the recognition of his memory that the yellow pile for which these men had fought and died had been intimately connected with his past—that it had been his?

demand

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From this reading What was that tantalizing half-conviction which seemed to demand the recognition of his memory that the yellow pile for which these men had fought and died had been intimately connected with his past—that it had been his?

died

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From this reading What was that tantalizing half-conviction which seemed to demand the recognition of his memory that the yellow pile for which these men had fought and died had been intimately connected with his past—that it had been his?

dirty

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From this reading What was there in common between that pile of dirty metal and the beautiful, sparkling pebbles that had formerly been in his pouch?

fingers

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

for

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From this reading What was that tantalizing half-conviction which seemed to demand the recognition of his memory that the yellow pile for which these men had fought and died had been intimately connected with his past—that it had been his?

formerly

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From this reading What was there in common between that pile of dirty metal and the beautiful, sparkling pebbles that had formerly been in his pouch?

fought

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From this reading What was that tantalizing half-conviction which seemed to demand the recognition of his memory that the yellow pile for which these men had fought and died had been intimately connected with his past—that it had been his?

from

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

had

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

half-conviction

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From this reading What was that tantalizing half-conviction which seemed to demand the recognition of his memory that the yellow pile for which these men had fought and died had been intimately connected with his past—that it had been his?

His

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

in

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From this reading What was there in common between that pile of dirty metal and the beautiful, sparkling pebbles that had formerly been in his pouch?

ingots

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

intimately

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From this reading What was that tantalizing half-conviction which seemed to demand the recognition of his memory that the yellow pile for which these men had fought and died had been intimately connected with his past—that it had been his?

it

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From this reading From whence had it come?

let

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/

The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.

From this reading What was that tantalizing half-conviction which seemed to demand the recognition of his memory that the yellow pile for which these men had fought and died had been intimately connected with his past—that it had been his?

men

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From this reading What was that tantalizing half-conviction which seemed to demand the recognition of his memory that the yellow pile for which these men had fought and died had been intimately connected with his past—that it had been his?

metal

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From this reading What was there in common between that pile of dirty metal and the beautiful, sparkling pebbles that had formerly been in his pouch?

of

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

past

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From this reading What was that tantalizing half-conviction which seemed to demand the recognition of his memory that the yellow pile for which these men had fought and died had been intimately connected with his past—that it had been his?

pebbles

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

pile

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

pouch

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

Reason

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

recognition

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From this reading What was that tantalizing half-conviction which seemed to demand the recognition of his memory that the yellow pile for which these men had fought and died had been intimately connected with his past—that it had been his?

recovered

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

Recovers

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

relentless

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

returned

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

run

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

seemed

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From this reading What was that tantalizing half-conviction which seemed to demand the recognition of his memory that the yellow pile for which these men had fought and died had been intimately connected with his past—that it had been his?

sparkling

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From this reading What was there in common between that pile of dirty metal and the beautiful, sparkling pebbles that had formerly been in his pouch?

tantalizing

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From this reading What was that tantalizing half-conviction which seemed to demand the recognition of his memory that the yellow pile for which these men had fought and died had been intimately connected with his past—that it had been his?

Tarzan

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

that

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From this reading What was there in common between that pile of dirty metal and the beautiful, sparkling pebbles that had formerly been in his pouch?

the

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

their

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

there

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From this reading What was there in common between that pile of dirty metal and the beautiful, sparkling pebbles that had formerly been in his pouch?

these

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From this reading What was that tantalizing half-conviction which seemed to demand the recognition of his memory that the yellow pile for which these men had fought and died had been intimately connected with his past—that it had been his?

thoughts

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

through

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

to

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

waged

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

was

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From this reading What was there in common between that pile of dirty metal and the beautiful, sparkling pebbles that had formerly been in his pouch?

What

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From this reading What was there in common between that pile of dirty metal and the beautiful, sparkling pebbles that had formerly been in his pouch?

whence

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From this reading From whence had it come?

which

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

with

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From this reading What was that tantalizing half-conviction which seemed to demand the recognition of his memory that the yellow pile for which these men had fought and died had been intimately connected with his past—that it had been his?

yellow

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From this reading Tarzan Recovers His Reason As Tarzan let the pebbles from the recovered pouch run through his fingers, his thoughts returned to the pile of yellow ingots about which the Arabs and the Abyssinians had waged their relentless battle.

Chapter 22 of Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs holds 182 sentences, grouped into 37 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

What does chapter 22 of Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar contain?

Chapter 22 holds 182 sentences of Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 22 of Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 182 sentences, grouped into 37 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.

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Work through the 37 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 22 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #92, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 252 minutes of reading across 606 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar

Words and structures a reader meets early in Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Lieutenant
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Albert
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Werper
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Prestige
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