Chapter XXXIV · A Visit to a Harem in Upper Egypt.--Life Among the Nubians

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

be present or associated with an event or entity

From this reading THE ladies of the party did not accompany us to the Tombs of the Kings, as the day was hot and the ride a long one.

inflected form of “admit” — declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of

From this reading I volunteered to accompany them, but my escort was declined, for the reason that gentlemen were not admitted any more than they were to the studios of some of the fortune-tellers of New York.

any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading When we returned to the boat, they were in great glee, and it was not long before we had all the details, or at any rate, all that they chose to give us.

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

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

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading I volunteered to accompany them, but my escort was declined, for the reason that gentlemen were not admitted any more than they were to the studios of some of the fortune-tellers of New York.

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 _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

plural of “arab” — 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 _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

an orderly arrangement

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

plural of “arrow” — a mark to indicate a direction or relation

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading THE ladies of the party did not accompany us to the Tombs of the Kings, as the day was hot and the ride a long one.

the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm

From this reading Besides, they had what was more attractive to them, an invitation to visit the harem of the English Consul.

plural of “ax” — an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

earlier than; in front of

From this reading When we returned to the boat, they were in great glee, and it was not long before we had all the details, or at any rate, all that they chose to give us.

in addition to; as well as

From this reading Besides, they had what was more attractive to them, an invitation to visit the harem of the English Consul.

a statute in draft before it becomes law

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

a small vessel for travel on water

From this reading When we returned to the boat, they were in great glee, and it was not long before we had all the details, or at any rate, all that they chose to give us.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading I volunteered to accompany them, but my escort was declined, for the reason that gentlemen were not admitted any more than they were to the studios of some of the fortune-tellers of New York.

inflected form of “choose” — pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

From this reading When we returned to the boat, they were in great glee, and it was not long before we had all the details, or at any rate, all that they chose to give us.

a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country

From this reading Besides, they had what was more attractive to them, an invitation to visit the harem of the English Consul.

a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

plural of “daughter” — a female human offspring

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading THE ladies of the party did not accompany us to the Tombs of the Kings, as the day was hot and the ride a long one.

English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632)

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

past form of “decline” — grow worse

From this reading I volunteered to accompany them, but my escort was declined, for the reason that gentlemen were not admitted any more than they were to the studios of some of the fortune-tellers of New York.

true confidential information

From this reading When we returned to the boat, they were in great glee, and it was not long before we had all the details, or at any rate, all that they chose to give us.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading THE ladies of the party did not accompany us to the Tombs of the Kings, as the day was hot and the ride a long one.

the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

plural of “dish” — a piece of dishware normally used as a container for holding or serving food

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

put on clothes

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

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From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

the power to withstand hardship or stress

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

From this reading Besides, they had what was more attractive to them, an invitation to visit the harem of the English Consul.

someone who escorts and protects a prominent person

From this reading I volunteered to accompany them, but my escort was declined, for the reason that gentlemen were not admitted any more than they were to the studios of some of the fortune-tellers of New York.

plural of “eyelid” — either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

plural of “finger” — any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading I volunteered to accompany them, but my escort was declined, for the reason that gentlemen were not admitted any more than they were to the studios of some of the fortune-tellers of New York.

plural of “fork” — cutlery used for serving and eating food

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

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

From this reading I volunteered to accompany them, but my escort was declined, for the reason that gentlemen were not admitted any more than they were to the studios of some of the fortune-tellers of New York.

plural of “garment” — an article of clothing

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

plural of “gentleman” — a man of refinement

From this reading I volunteered to accompany them, but my escort was declined, for the reason that gentlemen were not admitted any more than they were to the studios of some of the fortune-tellers of New York.

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

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

plural of “girl” — a young female

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading When we returned to the boat, they were in great glee, and it was not long before we had all the details, or at any rate, all that they chose to give us.

great merriment

From this reading When we returned to the boat, they were in great glee, and it was not long before we had all the details, or at any rate, all that they chose to give us.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading When we returned to the boat, they were in great glee, and it was not long before we had all the details, or at any rate, all that they chose to give us.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Besides, they had what was more attractive to them, an invitation to visit the harem of the English Consul.

living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

a reddish brown dye used especially on hair

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

where you live at a particular time

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning

From this reading THE ladies of the party did not accompany us to the Tombs of the Kings, as the day was hot and the ride a long one.

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

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

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

From this reading I volunteered to accompany them, but my escort was declined, for the reason that gentlemen were not admitted any more than they were to the studios of some of the fortune-tellers of New York.

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

From this reading When we returned to the boat, they were in great glee, and it was not long before we had all the details, or at any rate, all that they chose to give us.

a formal or official examination

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

a request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something

From this reading Besides, they had what was more attractive to them, an invitation to visit the harem of the English Consul.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading When we returned to the boat, they were in great glee, and it was not long before we had all the details, or at any rate, all that they chose to give us.

plural of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading THE ladies of the party did not accompany us to the Tombs of the Kings, as the day was hot and the ride a long one.

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From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman

From this reading THE ladies of the party did not accompany us to the Tombs of the Kings, as the day was hot and the ride a long one.

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 THE ladies of the party did not accompany us to the Tombs of the Kings, as the day was hot and the ride a long one.

past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

a city in central Egypt on the east bank of the Nile that is a center for visitors to the ruins of and around Thebes

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

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

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I volunteered to accompany them, but my escort was declined, for the reason that gentlemen were not admitted any more than they were to the studios of some of the fortune-tellers of New York.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading I volunteered to accompany them, but my escort was declined, for the reason that gentlemen were not admitted any more than they were to the studios of some of the fortune-tellers of New York.

the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading THE ladies of the party did not accompany us to the Tombs of the Kings, as the day was hot and the ride a long one.

an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

a native or inhabitant of Nubia

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

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

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading THE ladies of the party did not accompany us to the Tombs of the Kings, as the day was hot and the ride a long one.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading When we returned to the boat, they were in great glee, and it was not long before we had all the details, or at any rate, all that they chose to give us.

plural of “ostrich” — a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand)

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

coated with paint

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

an organization to gain political power

From this reading THE ladies of the party did not accompany us to the Tombs of the Kings, as the day was hot and the ride a long one.

plural of “pipe” — a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit

From this reading When we returned to the boat, they were in great glee, and it was not long before we had all the details, or at any rate, all that they chose to give us.

a rational motive for a belief or action

From this reading I volunteered to accompany them, but my escort was declined, for the reason that gentlemen were not admitted any more than they were to the studios of some of the fortune-tellers of New York.

snacks and drinks served as a light meal

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading When we returned to the boat, they were in great glee, and it was not long before we had all the details, or at any rate, all that they chose to give us.

sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions

From this reading THE ladies of the party did not accompany us to the Tombs of the Kings, as the day was hot and the ride a long one.

lacking in magnitude or quantity

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading I volunteered to accompany them, but my escort was declined, for the reason that gentlemen were not admitted any more than they were to the studios of some of the fortune-tellers of New York.

a short musical composition with words

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

plural of “stoic” — a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

plural of “studio” — workplace for the teaching or practice of an art

From this reading I volunteered to accompany them, but my escort was declined, for the reason that gentlemen were not admitted any more than they were to the studios of some of the fortune-tellers of New York.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading I volunteered to accompany them, but my escort was declined, for the reason that gentlemen were not admitted any more than they were to the studios of some of the fortune-tellers of New York.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading I volunteered to accompany them, but my escort was declined, for the reason that gentlemen were not admitted any more than they were to the studios of some of the fortune-tellers of New York.

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

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Besides, they had what was more attractive to them, an invitation to visit the harem of the English Consul.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

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

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

plural of “tomb” — a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)

From this reading THE ladies of the party did not accompany us to the Tombs of the Kings, as the day was hot and the ride a long one.

an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading THE ladies of the party did not accompany us to the Tombs of the Kings, as the day was hot and the ride a long one.

the act of using

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

precisely as stated

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

go to see a place, as for entertainment

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

past form of “volunteer” — tell voluntarily

From this reading I volunteered to accompany them, but my escort was declined, for the reason that gentlemen were not admitted any more than they were to the studios of some of the fortune-tellers of New York.

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

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

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

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading When we returned to the boat, they were in great glee, and it was not long before we had all the details, or at any rate, all that they chose to give us.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading I volunteered to accompany them, but my escort was declined, for the reason that gentlemen were not admitted any more than they were to the studios of some of the fortune-tellers of New York.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading _A Visit to a Harem--Among the Daughters of the Nile--How they Looked and What was Done--Painted Eyelids--The Use of Henna--A Minute Inspection of Garments--Mustapha Agar “At Home”--Arab Astonishment--A Dinner a l’Arabe--Fingers vs. Forks--An Array of Queer Dishes--Novel Refreshment--Dancing Girls--Truck and Decker at Luxor--More “Ghawazee,” Pipes and Coffee--“A Love of a Donkey”--Song of Arabs--Arab Cruelty--A Nation of Stoics--Endurance of Pain--Among the Nubians--Ostriches, Arrows and Battle Axes--A Nubian Dress--A Very Small Dressmaker’s Bill--A Scanty Wardrobe._

at the time that

From this reading When we returned to the boat, they were in great glee, and it was not long before we had all the details, or at any rate, all that they chose to give us.

the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

From this reading I volunteered to accompany them, but my escort was declined, for the reason that gentlemen were not admitted any more than they were to the studios of some of the fortune-tellers of New York.