Chapter 1 of The Lance of Kanana: A Story of Arabia is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 1 of The Lance of Kanana: A Story of Arabia is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO. Norwood Press BERWICK & SMITH CO. Norwood, Mass. U. S. A. Encircled by the fiery, trackless sand, A fainting Arab halted at a well Held in the hollow of the desert's hand.
Chapter 1 of The Lance of Kanana: A Story of Arabia is here in full — 443 sentences across 89 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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 “Encircled by the fiery, trackless sand, A fainting Arab halted at a well Held in the hollow of the desert's hand.”
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading “BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.”
confined on all sides
From this reading “Encircled by the fiery, trackless sand, A fainting Arab halted at a well Held in the hollow of the desert's hand.”
-ing form of “faint” — pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
From this reading “Encircled by the fiery, trackless sand, A fainting Arab halted at a well Held in the hollow of the desert's hand.”
characterized by intense emotion
From this reading “Encircled by the fiery, trackless sand, A fainting Arab halted at a well Held in the hollow of the desert's hand.”
past form of “halt” — cause to stop
From this reading “Encircled by the fiery, trackless sand, A fainting Arab halted at a well Held in the hollow of the desert's hand.”
United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
From this reading “BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.”
United States author of surrealistic allegorical plays (born in 1943)
From this reading “BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.”
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In this reading “Encircled by the fiery, trackless sand, A fainting Arab halted at a well Held in the hollow of the desert's hand.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading U. S. A.
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 Encircled by the fiery, trackless sand, A fainting Arab halted at a well Held in the hollow of the desert's hand.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Encircled by the fiery, trackless sand, A fainting Arab halted at a well Held in the hollow of the desert's hand.
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From this reading Norwood Press BERWICK & SMITH CO.
state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services
From this reading BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Encircled by the fiery, trackless sand, A fainting Arab halted at a well Held in the hollow of the desert's hand.
an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon
From this reading BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Encircled by the fiery, trackless sand, A fainting Arab halted at a well Held in the hollow of the desert's hand.
confined on all sides
From this reading Encircled by the fiery, trackless sand, A fainting Arab halted at a well Held in the hollow of the desert's hand.
-ing form of “faint” — pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
From this reading Encircled by the fiery, trackless sand, A fainting Arab halted at a well Held in the hollow of the desert's hand.
characterized by intense emotion
From this reading Encircled by the fiery, trackless sand, A fainting Arab halted at a well Held in the hollow of the desert's hand.
past form of “halt” — cause to stop
From this reading Encircled by the fiery, trackless sand, A fainting Arab halted at a well Held in the hollow of the desert's hand.
the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
From this reading Encircled by the fiery, trackless sand, A fainting Arab halted at a well Held in the hollow of the desert's hand.
occupied or in the control of; often used in combination
From this reading Encircled by the fiery, trackless sand, A fainting Arab halted at a well Held in the hollow of the desert's hand.
not solid; having a space or gap or cavity
From this reading Encircled by the fiery, trackless sand, A fainting Arab halted at a well Held in the hollow of the desert's hand.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Encircled by the fiery, trackless sand, A fainting Arab halted at a well Held in the hollow of the desert's hand.
United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
From this reading BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
From this reading Norwood, Mass.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Norwood Press BERWICK & SMITH CO.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Encircled by the fiery, trackless sand, A fainting Arab halted at a well Held in the hollow of the desert's hand.
exert pressure or force to or upon
From this reading Norwood Press BERWICK & SMITH CO.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading U. S. A.
a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
From this reading Encircled by the fiery, trackless sand, A fainting Arab halted at a well Held in the hollow of the desert's hand.
United States author of surrealistic allegorical plays (born in 1943)
From this reading BOSTON LOTHROP, LEE & SHEPARD CO.
Rhodesian statesman who declared independence of Zimbabwe from Great Britain (born in 1919)
From this reading Norwood Press BERWICK & SMITH CO.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Encircled by the fiery, trackless sand, A fainting Arab halted at a well Held in the hollow of the desert's hand.
having no tracks
From this reading Encircled by the fiery, trackless sand, A fainting Arab halted at a well Held in the hollow of the desert's hand.
a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
From this reading U. S. A.
(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)
From this reading Encircled by the fiery, trackless sand, A fainting Arab halted at a well Held in the hollow of the desert's hand.
Chapter 1 of The Lance of Kanana: A Story of Arabia by Harry W. (Harry Willard) French holds 443 sentences, grouped into 89 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 443 sentences of The Lance of Kanana: A Story of Arabia, unabridged, divided into 89 reading sections.
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