Chapter 1 of The Eye of Zeitoon is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter I
Chapter 1 of The Eye of Zeitoon is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Author of Rung Ho, King--of the Khyber Rifles, Hira Singh, The Ivory Trail, etc. I Parthians, Medes and Elamites .............................. 1 II "How did sunshine get into the garden? By whose leave came the wind?"
Chapter 1 of The Eye of Zeitoon is here in full — 436 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading “Author of Rung Ho, King--of the Khyber Rifles, Hira Singh, The Ivory Trail, etc.”
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading “1 II "How did sunshine get into the garden?”
a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
From this reading “Author of Rung Ho, King--of the Khyber Rifles, Hira Singh, The Ivory Trail, etc.”
plural of “rifle” — a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore
From this reading “Author of Rung Ho, King--of the Khyber Rifles, Hira Singh, The Ivory Trail, etc.”
a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
From this reading “Author of Rung Ho, King--of the Khyber Rifles, Hira Singh, The Ivory Trail, etc.”
the rays of the sun
From this reading “1 II "How did sunshine get into the garden?”
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading “Author of Rung Ho, King--of the Khyber Rifles, Hira Singh, The Ivory Trail, etc.”
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading “By whose leave came the wind?"”
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From this reading 1 II "How did sunshine get into the garden?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I Parthians, Medes and Elamites ..............................
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
From this reading Author of Rung Ho, King--of the Khyber Rifles, Hira Singh, The Ivory Trail, etc.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By whose leave came the wind?"
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading By whose leave came the wind?"
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading 1 II "How did sunshine get into the garden?
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From this reading I Parthians, Medes and Elamites ..............................
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From this reading Author of Rung Ho, King--of the Khyber Rifles, Hira Singh, The Ivory Trail, etc.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading 1 II "How did sunshine get into the garden?
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading 1 II "How did sunshine get into the garden?
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From this reading Author of Rung Ho, King--of the Khyber Rifles, Hira Singh, The Ivory Trail, etc.
a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
From this reading Author of Rung Ho, King--of the Khyber Rifles, Hira Singh, The Ivory Trail, etc.
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From this reading 1 II "How did sunshine get into the garden?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I Parthians, Medes and Elamites ..............................
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading 1 II "How did sunshine get into the garden?
moving to the inside of something
From this reading 1 II "How did sunshine get into the garden?
a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
From this reading Author of Rung Ho, King--of the Khyber Rifles, Hira Singh, The Ivory Trail, etc.
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From this reading Author of Rung Ho, King--of the Khyber Rifles, Hira Singh, The Ivory Trail, etc.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading Author of Rung Ho, King--of the Khyber Rifles, Hira Singh, The Ivory Trail, etc.
go away from a place
From this reading By whose leave came the wind?"
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From this reading I Parthians, Medes and Elamites ..............................
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of Rung Ho, King--of the Khyber Rifles, Hira Singh, The Ivory Trail, etc.
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From this reading I Parthians, Medes and Elamites ..............................
plural of “rifle” — a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore
From this reading Author of Rung Ho, King--of the Khyber Rifles, Hira Singh, The Ivory Trail, etc.
a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
From this reading Author of Rung Ho, King--of the Khyber Rifles, Hira Singh, The Ivory Trail, etc.
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From this reading Author of Rung Ho, King--of the Khyber Rifles, Hira Singh, The Ivory Trail, etc.
the rays of the sun
From this reading 1 II "How did sunshine get into the garden?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Author of Rung Ho, King--of the Khyber Rifles, Hira Singh, The Ivory Trail, etc.
a track or mark left by something that has passed
From this reading Author of Rung Ho, King--of the Khyber Rifles, Hira Singh, The Ivory Trail, etc.
belonging to which person
From this reading By whose leave came the wind?"
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading By whose leave came the wind?"
Chapter 1 of The Eye of Zeitoon by Talbot Mundy holds 436 sentences, grouped into 88 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 1 holds 436 sentences of The Eye of Zeitoon, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.
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