Chapter 1 of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
—_Arab Proverb._ "Niuna corrotta mente intese mai sanamente parole." —"_Decameron_"—_conclusion_. "Erubuit, posuitque meum Lucretia librum Sed coram Bruto. Brute! recede, leget." —_Martial._ "Mieulx est de ris que de larmes escripre, Pour ce que rire est le propre des hommes."
Chapter 1 of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 is here in full — 434 sentences across 87 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
From this reading “—_Martial._ "Mieulx est de ris que de larmes escripre, Pour ce que rire est le propre des hommes."”
standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States
From this reading “—_Martial._ "Mieulx est de ris que de larmes escripre, Pour ce que rire est le propre des hommes."”
(of persons) befitting a warrior
a promise
From this reading “—_Arab Proverb._ "Niuna corrotta mente intese mai sanamente parole."”
cause to run
From this reading “—_Martial._ "Mieulx est de ris que de larmes escripre, Pour ce que rire est le propre des hommes."”
a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
From this reading “—_Arab Proverb._ "Niuna corrotta mente intese mai sanamente parole."”
pull back or move away or backward
From this reading “Brute! recede, leget."”
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a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
From this reading —_Arab Proverb._ "Niuna corrotta mente intese mai sanamente parole."
a cruelly rapacious person
From this reading Brute! recede, leget."
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From this reading "Erubuit, posuitque meum Lucretia librum Sed coram Bruto.
a ductile grey metallic element of the lanthanide series; used in lighter flints; the most abundant of the rare-earth group
From this reading —_Martial._ "Mieulx est de ris que de larmes escripre, Pour ce que rire est le propre des hommes."
a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
From this reading —"_Decameron_"—_conclusion_.
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From this reading "Erubuit, posuitque meum Lucretia librum Sed coram Bruto.
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From this reading —_Arab Proverb._ "Niuna corrotta mente intese mai sanamente parole."
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading —_Martial._ "Mieulx est de ris que de larmes escripre, Pour ce que rire est le propre des hommes."
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From this reading —"_Decameron_"—_conclusion_.
a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
From this reading —_Martial._ "Mieulx est de ris que de larmes escripre, Pour ce que rire est le propre des hommes."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Erubuit, posuitque meum Lucretia librum Sed coram Bruto.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading —_Martial._ "Mieulx est de ris que de larmes escripre, Pour ce que rire est le propre des hommes."
standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States
From this reading —_Martial._ "Mieulx est de ris que de larmes escripre, Pour ce que rire est le propre des hommes."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading —_Martial._ "Mieulx est de ris que de larmes escripre, Pour ce que rire est le propre des hommes."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading —_Arab Proverb._ "Niuna corrotta mente intese mai sanamente parole."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading —_Martial._ "Mieulx est de ris que de larmes escripre, Pour ce que rire est le propre des hommes."
a chronic inflammatory collagen disease affecting connective tissue (skin or joints)
From this reading —_Martial._ "Mieulx est de ris que de larmes escripre, Pour ce que rire est le propre des hommes."
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From this reading Brute! recede, leget."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Erubuit, posuitque meum Lucretia librum Sed coram Bruto.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Erubuit, posuitque meum Lucretia librum Sed coram Bruto.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading —_Arab Proverb._ "Niuna corrotta mente intese mai sanamente parole."
(of persons) befitting a warrior
From this reading —_Martial._ "Mieulx est de ris que de larmes escripre, Pour ce que rire est le propre des hommes."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading —_Arab Proverb._ "Niuna corrotta mente intese mai sanamente parole."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Erubuit, posuitque meum Lucretia librum Sed coram Bruto.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading —_Martial._ "Mieulx est de ris que de larmes escripre, Pour ce que rire est le propre des hommes."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading —_Arab Proverb._ "Niuna corrotta mente intese mai sanamente parole."
a promise
From this reading —_Arab Proverb._ "Niuna corrotta mente intese mai sanamente parole."
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From this reading "Erubuit, posuitque meum Lucretia librum Sed coram Bruto.
cause to run
From this reading —_Martial._ "Mieulx est de ris que de larmes escripre, Pour ce que rire est le propre des hommes."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading —_Martial._ "Mieulx est de ris que de larmes escripre, Pour ce que rire est le propre des hommes."
a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
From this reading —_Arab Proverb._ "Niuna corrotta mente intese mai sanamente parole."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading —_Martial._ "Mieulx est de ris que de larmes escripre, Pour ce que rire est le propre des hommes."
pull back or move away or backward
From this reading Brute! recede, leget."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading —_Martial._ "Mieulx est de ris que de larmes escripre, Pour ce que rire est le propre des hommes."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading —_Martial._ "Mieulx est de ris que de larmes escripre, Pour ce que rire est le propre des hommes."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading —_Arab Proverb._ "Niuna corrotta mente intese mai sanamente parole."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Erubuit, posuitque meum Lucretia librum Sed coram Bruto.
Chapter 1 of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02 by Richard Francis, Sir [Translator] Burton holds 434 sentences, grouped into 87 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 1 holds 434 sentences of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 02, unabridged, divided into 87 reading sections.
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