Chapter 18 of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 is here in full — 651 sentences across 131 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 is here in full — 651 sentences across 131 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
iii. 269. Wine cup and ruby wine high worship claim, x. 41. With all my soul I’ll ransom him who came to me in gloom, vii.
Chapter 18 of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 is here in full — 651 sentences across 131 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an assertion of a right (as to money or property)
From this reading “Wine cup and ruby wine high worship claim, x.”
a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
From this reading “Wine cup and ruby wine high worship claim, x.”
a state of partial or total darkness
From this reading “With all my soul I’ll ransom him who came to me in gloom, vii.”
money demanded for the return of a captured person
From this reading “With all my soul I’ll ransom him who came to me in gloom, vii.”
a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
From this reading “Wine cup and ruby wine high worship claim, x.”
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading “With all my soul I’ll ransom him who came to me in gloom, vii.”
fermented juice (of grapes especially)
From this reading “Wine cup and ruby wine high worship claim, x.”
love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
From this reading “Wine cup and ruby wine high worship claim, x.”
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.
In this reading “Wine cup and ruby wine high worship claim, x.”
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From this reading 269.
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From this reading 41.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading With all my soul I’ll ransom him who came to me in gloom, vii.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Wine cup and ruby wine high worship claim, x.
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading With all my soul I’ll ransom him who came to me in gloom, vii.
an assertion of a right (as to money or property)
From this reading Wine cup and ruby wine high worship claim, x.
a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
From this reading Wine cup and ruby wine high worship claim, x.
a state of partial or total darkness
From this reading With all my soul I’ll ransom him who came to me in gloom, vii.
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading Wine cup and ruby wine high worship claim, x.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading With all my soul I’ll ransom him who came to me in gloom, vii.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading With all my soul I’ll ransom him who came to me in gloom, vii.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading iii.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading With all my soul I’ll ransom him who came to me in gloom, vii.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading With all my soul I’ll ransom him who came to me in gloom, vii.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading With all my soul I’ll ransom him who came to me in gloom, vii.
money demanded for the return of a captured person
From this reading With all my soul I’ll ransom him who came to me in gloom, vii.
a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
From this reading Wine cup and ruby wine high worship claim, x.
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading With all my soul I’ll ransom him who came to me in gloom, vii.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading With all my soul I’ll ransom him who came to me in gloom, vii.
the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one
From this reading With all my soul I’ll ransom him who came to me in gloom, vii.
which person or people
From this reading With all my soul I’ll ransom him who came to me in gloom, vii.
fermented juice (of grapes especially)
From this reading Wine cup and ruby wine high worship claim, x.
in the company of; together with
From this reading With all my soul I’ll ransom him who came to me in gloom, vii.
love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol
From this reading Wine cup and ruby wine high worship claim, x.
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading Wine cup and ruby wine high worship claim, x.
Chapter 18 of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Richard Francis, Sir [Translator] Burton holds 651 sentences, grouped into 131 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 18 holds 651 sentences of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10, unabridged, divided into 131 reading sections.
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