Chapter 15 of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a — Volume 10, of 10 is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 15 of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a — Volume 10, of 10 is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Now, by my life, brown hue hath point of comeliness, iv. 258. Now, by thy life, and wert thou just my life thou hadst not ta’en, i. 182. Now, by your love! your love I’ll ne’er forget, viii, 315.
Chapter 15 of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a — Volume 10, of 10 is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading “Now, by my life, brown hue hath point of comeliness, iv.”
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading “Now, by your love! your love I’ll ne’er forget, viii, 315.”
an old form of “has”
From this reading “Now, by my life, brown hue hath point of comeliness, iv.”
the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
From this reading “Now, by my life, brown hue hath point of comeliness, iv.”
not ever; at no time in the past or future
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading “Now, by my life, brown hue hath point of comeliness, iv.”
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “Now, by thy life, and wert thou just my life thou hadst not ta’en, i.”
an old form of “were”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Now, by thy life, and wert thou just my life thou hadst not ta’en, i.”
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From this reading 182.
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From this reading 258.
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From this reading Now, by your love! your love I’ll ne’er forget, viii, 315.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Now, by thy life, and wert thou just my life thou hadst not ta’en, i.
an orange of low brightness and saturation
From this reading Now, by my life, brown hue hath point of comeliness, iv.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Now, by my life, brown hue hath point of comeliness, iv.
the quality of being good looking and attractive
From this reading Now, by my life, brown hue hath point of comeliness, iv.
dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
From this reading Now, by your love! your love I’ll ne’er forget, viii, 315.
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From this reading Now, by thy life, and wert thou just my life thou hadst not ta’en, i.
an old form of “has”
From this reading Now, by my life, brown hue hath point of comeliness, iv.
the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
From this reading Now, by my life, brown hue hath point of comeliness, iv.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Now, by thy life, and wert thou just my life thou hadst not ta’en, i.
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From this reading Now, by your love! your love I’ll ne’er forget, viii, 315.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading Now, by my life, brown hue hath point of comeliness, iv.
and nothing more
From this reading Now, by thy life, and wert thou just my life thou hadst not ta’en, i.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading Now, by my life, brown hue hath point of comeliness, iv.
a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading Now, by your love! your love I’ll ne’er forget, viii, 315.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Now, by my life, brown hue hath point of comeliness, iv.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Now, by your love! your love I’ll ne’er forget, viii, 315.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Now, by thy life, and wert thou just my life thou hadst not ta’en, i.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading Now, by my life, brown hue hath point of comeliness, iv.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Now, by my life, brown hue hath point of comeliness, iv.
a geometric element that has position but no extension
From this reading Now, by my life, brown hue hath point of comeliness, iv.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now, by thy life, and wert thou just my life thou hadst not ta’en, i.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Now, by thy life, and wert thou just my life thou hadst not ta’en, i.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Now, by thy life, and wert thou just my life thou hadst not ta’en, i.
the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
From this reading Now, by your love! your love I’ll ne’er forget, viii, 315.
an old form of “were”, used with “thou”
From this reading Now, by thy life, and wert thou just my life thou hadst not ta’en, i.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Now, by your love! your love I’ll ne’er forget, viii, 315.
Chapter 15 of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a — Volume 10, of 10 by Richard Francis, Sir [Translator] Burton holds 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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.
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