Chapter 1 of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a — Volume 06, of 10 is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a — Volume 06, of 10 is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend. Richard F. Burton. 133. Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman a. The First Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman b.
Chapter 1 of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a — Volume 06, of 10 is here in full — 447 sentences across 90 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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past form of “annotate” — add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments
From this reading “Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.”
English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890)
From this reading “Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.”
someone who communicates by means of letters
From this reading “Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.”
carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
From this reading “Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.”
a person who lives and works on land
From this reading “Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman a.”
a man who serves as a sailor
From this reading “Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman a.”
past form of “translate” — restate (words) from one language into another language
From this reading “Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.”
(usually used in combination) having value of a specified kind
From this reading “Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.”
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From this reading 133.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman a.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.
past form of “annotate” — add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments
From this reading Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.
a scholar who specializes in Arab languages and culture
From this reading Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading The First Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman b.
English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890)
From this reading Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.
someone who communicates by means of letters
From this reading Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.
the state of owing something (especially money)
From this reading Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.
relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
From this reading Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.
a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
From this reading Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading The First Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman b.
a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.
carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
From this reading Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.
a person who lives and works on land
From this reading Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman a.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The First Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman b.
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.
a specialist in philosophy
From this reading Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.
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From this reading Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.
a man who serves as a sailor
From this reading Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman a.
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From this reading Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman a.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman a.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.
past form of “translate” — restate (words) from one language into another language
From this reading Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.
(usually used in combination) having value of a specified kind
From this reading Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
From this reading Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.
an act of traveling by water
From this reading The First Voyage of Sindbad the Seaman b.
belonging to which person
From this reading Translated and Annotated by Richard F. Burton I Inscribe This Volume To My Old And Valued Correspondent, I Whose Debt I Am Deep, Arabist, Philosopher and Friend.
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