Chapter 12 of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Beareth for love a burden sore this soul of me, viii. 66. Beauty they brought with him to make compare, i. 144. Beguiled as Fortune who her guile displays, iv.
Chapter 12 of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 is here in full — 411 sentences across 83 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading “Beauty they brought with him to make compare, i.”
filled with wonder and delight
From this reading “Beguiled as Fortune who her guile displays, iv.”
an onerous or difficult concern
From this reading “Beareth for love a burden sore this soul of me, viii.”
examine and note the similarities or differences of
From this reading “Beauty they brought with him to make compare, i.”
plural of “display” — something intended to communicate a particular impression
From this reading “Beguiled as Fortune who her guile displays, iv.”
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading “Beguiled as Fortune who her guile displays, iv.”
shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
From this reading “Beguiled as Fortune who her guile displays, iv.”
hurting
From this reading “Beareth for love a burden sore this soul of me, viii.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
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From this reading 144.
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From this reading 66.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Beareth for love a burden sore this soul of me, viii.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Beguiled as Fortune who her guile displays, iv.
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From this reading Beareth for love a burden sore this soul of me, viii.
the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
From this reading Beauty they brought with him to make compare, i.
filled with wonder and delight
From this reading Beguiled as Fortune who her guile displays, iv.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Beauty they brought with him to make compare, i.
an onerous or difficult concern
From this reading Beareth for love a burden sore this soul of me, viii.
examine and note the similarities or differences of
From this reading Beauty they brought with him to make compare, i.
plural of “display” — something intended to communicate a particular impression
From this reading Beguiled as Fortune who her guile displays, iv.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Beareth for love a burden sore this soul of me, viii.
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
From this reading Beguiled as Fortune who her guile displays, iv.
shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
From this reading Beguiled as Fortune who her guile displays, iv.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Beguiled as Fortune who her guile displays, iv.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Beauty they brought with him to make compare, i.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Beauty they brought with him to make compare, i.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading Beguiled as Fortune who her guile displays, iv.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Beareth for love a burden sore this soul of me, viii.
engage in
From this reading Beauty they brought with him to make compare, i.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Beareth for love a burden sore this soul of me, viii.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Beareth for love a burden sore this soul of me, viii.
hurting
From this reading Beareth for love a burden sore this soul of me, viii.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading Beareth for love a burden sore this soul of me, viii.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Beauty they brought with him to make compare, i.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Beareth for love a burden sore this soul of me, viii.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Beauty they brought with him to make compare, i.
the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
From this reading Beareth for love a burden sore this soul of me, viii.
which person or people
From this reading Beguiled as Fortune who her guile displays, iv.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Beauty they brought with him to make compare, i.
Chapter 12 of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Richard Francis, Sir [Translator] Burton holds 411 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.
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