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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10

Chapter XXV

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And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;
And laud The Faultless and His might exalt!
After which I have only to make my bow and to say “Salam.”
Arabian Nights, Volume 10 Footnotes [FN#1] Arab.
“Zarábín” (pl. of zarbún), lit. slaves’ shoes or sandals (see vol. iii. p.
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The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10

Chapter XXV

Chapter 25 of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 is here in full — 28 sentences across 6 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;
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And laud The Faultless and His might exalt!
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After which I have only to make my bow and to say “Salam.”
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Arabian Nights, Volume 10 Footnotes [FN#1] Arab.
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“Zarábín” (pl. of zarbún), lit. slaves’ shoes or sandals (see vol. iii. p.

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These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

Arab noun US /ˈærəb/

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 “Arabian Nights, Volume 10 Footnotes [FN#1] Arab.”

Arabian noun US /əˈreɪbiən/

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 “Arabian Nights, Volume 10 Footnotes [FN#1] Arab.”

exalt verb US /ɪɡˈzɔːlt/

praise, glorify, or honor

From this reading “And laud The Faultless and His might exalt!”

Footnotes noun US /ˈfʊtnoʊts/

plural of “footnote” — a printed note placed below the text on a printed page

From this reading “Arabian Nights, Volume 10 Footnotes [FN#1] Arab.”

laud verb US /lɔːd/

praise, glorify, or honor

From this reading “And laud The Faultless and His might exalt!”

repeating noun US /rɪˈpiːtɪŋ/

the act of doing or performing again

From this reading “And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;”

sandals noun US /ˈsændəlz/

plural of “sandal” — a shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot

From this reading ““Zarábín” (pl. of zarbún), lit. slaves’ shoes or sandals (see vol. iii. p.”

slaves noun US /sleɪvz/

plural of “slave” — a person who is owned by someone

From this reading ““Zarábín” (pl. of zarbún), lit. slaves’ shoes or sandals (see vol. iii. p.”

Word partnerships in these lines

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.

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other words adjective + noun

In this reading “And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;”

All words in this reading · 59

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

1

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Arabian Nights, Volume 10 Footnotes [FN#1] Arab.

10

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Arabian Nights, Volume 10 Footnotes [FN#1] Arab.

AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading After which I have only to make my bow and to say “Salam.”

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;

ArabnounUS /ˈærəb/

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 Arabian Nights, Volume 10 Footnotes [FN#1] Arab.

ArabiannounUS /əˈreɪbiən/

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 Arabian Nights, Volume 10 Footnotes [FN#1] Arab.

bownounUS /baʊ/

a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces

From this reading After which I have only to make my bow and to say “Salam.”

endnounUS /end/

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;

exaltverbUS /ɪɡˈzɔːlt/

praise, glorify, or honor

From this reading And laud The Faultless and His might exalt!

faultnounUS /fɔːlt/

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

From this reading And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;

Faultlessadjective

without fault or error

From this reading And laud The Faultless and His might exalt!

FN

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Arabian Nights, Volume 10 Footnotes [FN#1] Arab.

FootnotesnounUS /ˈfʊtnoʊts/

plural of “footnote” — a printed note placed below the text on a printed page

From this reading Arabian Nights, Volume 10 Footnotes [FN#1] Arab.

foundverbUS /faʊnd/

set up or found

From this reading And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading After which I have only to make my bow and to say “Salam.”

hereadverbUS /hiːr/

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;

HideverbUS /haɪd/

prevent from being seen or discovered

From this reading And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;

HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading And laud The Faultless and His might exalt!

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;

iiinoun

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading “Zarábín” (pl. of zarbún), lit. slaves’ shoes or sandals (see vol. iii. p.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;

L'Envoi

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;

laudverbUS /lɔːd/

praise, glorify, or honor

From this reading And laud The Faultless and His might exalt!

litadjectiveUS /lɪt/

provided with artificial light

From this reading “Zarábín” (pl. of zarbún), lit. slaves’ shoes or sandals (see vol. iii. p.

longadjectiveUS /lɔːŋ/

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;

makeverbUS /meɪk/

engage in

From this reading After which I have only to make my bow and to say “Salam.”

mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading And laud The Faultless and His might exalt!

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading After which I have only to make my bow and to say “Salam.”

NightsnounUS /naɪts/

Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.

From this reading Arabian Nights, Volume 10 Footnotes [FN#1] Arab.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;

onlyadverbUS /ˈoʊnli/

and nothing more

From this reading After which I have only to make my bow and to say “Salam.”

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading “Zarábín” (pl. of zarbún), lit. slaves’ shoes or sandals (see vol. iii. p.

otheradjectiveUS /ˈʌðər/

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;

pnounUS /piː/

a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

From this reading “Zarábín” (pl. of zarbún), lit. slaves’ shoes or sandals (see vol. iii. p.

pl

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “Zarábín” (pl. of zarbún), lit. slaves’ shoes or sandals (see vol. iii. p.

repeatingnounUS /rɪˈpiːtɪŋ/

the act of doing or performing again

From this reading And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;

saidadjectiveUS /sed/

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;

Salam

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading After which I have only to make my bow and to say “Salam.”

sandalsnounUS /ˈsændəlz/

plural of “sandal” — a shoe consisting of a sole fastened by straps to the foot

From this reading “Zarábín” (pl. of zarbún), lit. slaves’ shoes or sandals (see vol. iii. p.

sayverbUS /seɪ/

express in words

From this reading After which I have only to make my bow and to say “Salam.”

seeverbUS /siː/

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading “Zarábín” (pl. of zarbún), lit. slaves’ shoes or sandals (see vol. iii. p.

shoesnounUS /ʃuːz/

a particular situation

From this reading “Zarábín” (pl. of zarbún), lit. slaves’ shoes or sandals (see vol. iii. p.

slavesnounUS /sleɪvz/

plural of “slave” — a person who is owned by someone

From this reading “Zarábín” (pl. of zarbún), lit. slaves’ shoes or sandals (see vol. iii. p.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading And laud The Faultless and His might exalt!

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;

thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading After which I have only to make my bow and to say “Salam.”

tonguenounUS /tʌŋ/

a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity

From this reading And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;

vol

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “Zarábín” (pl. of zarbún), lit. slaves’ shoes or sandals (see vol. iii. p.

volumenounUS /ˈvɑːljuːm/

the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

From this reading And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;

whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/

any or all of a kind, it does not matter which

From this reading And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading After which I have only to make my bow and to say “Salam.”

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;

wordsnounUS /wɜːrdz/

the words that are spoken

From this reading And here I end this long volume with repeating in other words and other tongue what was said in “L’Envoi”:— Hide thou whatever here is found of fault;

zarbún

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “Zarábín” (pl. of zarbún), lit. slaves’ shoes or sandals (see vol. iii. p.

Zarábín

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “Zarábín” (pl. of zarbún), lit. slaves’ shoes or sandals (see vol. iii. p.

Chapter 25 of The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Richard Francis, Sir [Translator] Burton holds 28 sentences, grouped into 6 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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