Chapter 3 of The Sahara is here in full — 950 sentences across 190 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 3 of The Sahara is here in full — 950 sentences across 190 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
I ... Three years had passed.... Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert.... Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.
Chapter 3 of The Sahara is here in full — 950 sentences across 190 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
From this reading “Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....”
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
From this reading “Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.”
structures collectively in which people are housed
From this reading “Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.”
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading “Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....”
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
From this reading “Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....”
a village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin); seat of Irish kings until 6th century
a physiological need to drink
From this reading “Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....”
coated with whitewash
From this reading “Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.”
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a period of unusually cold weather
In this reading “Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....”
by a factor of three
In this reading “Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....”
In this reading “Three years had passed....”
In this reading “Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....”
In this reading “Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....”
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anew
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
in a state of sleep
From this reading Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.
having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Three years had passed....
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.
a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
From this reading Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I ...
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric
From this reading Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.
structures collectively in which people are housed
From this reading Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.
past form of “pass” — go across or through
From this reading Three years had passed....
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From this reading Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.
a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
the season of growth
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
a village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin); seat of Irish kings until 6th century
From this reading Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
a physiological need to drink
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading Three years had passed....
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
coated with whitewash
From this reading Jean was lying asleep on his _tara_ in his whitewashed lodging in Samba-Hamet’s house.
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
in the company of; together with
From this reading Three times the terrible spring and the cold weather season had come again; three times the “season of thirst,” with its cold nights, its wind from the desert....
a late time of life
From this reading Three years had passed....
Chapter 3 of The Sahara by Pierre Loti holds 950 sentences, grouped into 190 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 3 holds 950 sentences of The Sahara, unabridged, divided into 190 reading sections.
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