Chapter 25 of The House of Islâm is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 25 of The House of Islâm is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“They are impostors, robbers, murderers. They shall die, every one of them. They robbed me—me, the Câdi—of the moneys I had collected from my lands. Two of them. Two devils!
Chapter 25 of The House of Islâm is here in full — 120 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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brought together in one place
From this reading “They robbed me—me, the Câdi—of the moneys I had collected from my lands.”
plural of “devil” — (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading “Two devils!”
plural of “impostor” — a person who makes deceitful pretenses
From this reading ““They are impostors, robbers, murderers.”
plural of “land” — the land on which real estate is located
From this reading “They robbed me—me, the Câdi—of the moneys I had collected from my lands.”
plural of “money” — the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading “They robbed me—me, the Câdi—of the moneys I had collected from my lands.”
plural of “murderer” — a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
From this reading ““They are impostors, robbers, murderers.”
inflected form of “rob” — take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading “They robbed me—me, the Câdi—of the moneys I had collected from my lands.”
Persons who steal from a person or place, especially using violence or threats.
From this reading ““They are impostors, robbers, murderers.”
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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the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “They are impostors, robbers, murderers.
brought together in one place
From this reading They robbed me—me, the Câdi—of the moneys I had collected from my lands.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading They robbed me—me, the Câdi—of the moneys I had collected from my lands.
plural of “devil” — (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
From this reading Two devils!
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
From this reading They shall die, every one of them.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading They shall die, every one of them.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They robbed me—me, the Câdi—of the moneys I had collected from my lands.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They robbed me—me, the Câdi—of the moneys I had collected from my lands.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading They robbed me—me, the Câdi—of the moneys I had collected from my lands.
plural of “impostor” — a person who makes deceitful pretenses
From this reading “They are impostors, robbers, murderers.
plural of “land” — the land on which real estate is located
From this reading They robbed me—me, the Câdi—of the moneys I had collected from my lands.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They robbed me—me, the Câdi—of the moneys I had collected from my lands.
plural of “money” — the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
From this reading They robbed me—me, the Câdi—of the moneys I had collected from my lands.
plural of “murderer” — a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
From this reading “They are impostors, robbers, murderers.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading They robbed me—me, the Câdi—of the moneys I had collected from my lands.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They shall die, every one of them.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading They shall die, every one of them.
inflected form of “rob” — take something away by force or without the consent of the owner
From this reading They robbed me—me, the Câdi—of the moneys I had collected from my lands.
Persons who steal from a person or place, especially using violence or threats.
From this reading “They are impostors, robbers, murderers.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading They shall die, every one of them.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They robbed me—me, the Câdi—of the moneys I had collected from my lands.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They shall die, every one of them.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “They are impostors, robbers, murderers.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading Two of them.
Chapter 25 of The House of Islâm by Marmaduke William Pickthall holds 120 sentences, grouped into 24 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 25 holds 120 sentences of The House of Islâm, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.
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