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Zoraida

Chapter I

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Zoraida A Romance of the Harem and the Great Sahara By William Le Queux Illustrations by Harold Piffard Published by Tower Publishing Co Ltd, London.
Zoraida, by William Le Queux.
________________________________________________________________________ ZORAIDA, BY WILLIAM LE QUEUX.
CHAPTER ONE.
ALI BEN HAFIZ.
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Zoraida

Chapter I

Reading 1/82 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Zoraida A Romance of the Harem and the Great Sahara By William Le Queux Illustrations by Harold Piffard Published by Tower Publishing Co Ltd, London.
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Zoraida, by William Le Queux.
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________________________________________________________________________ ZORAIDA, BY WILLIAM LE QUEUX.
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CHAPTER ONE.
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ALI BEN HAFIZ.

Learner Dictionary

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Great noun US /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Zoraida A Romance of the Harem and the Great Sahara By William Le Queux Illustrations by Harold Piffard Published by Tower Publishing Co Ltd, London.”

ONE pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “CHAPTER ONE.”

All words in this reading · 27

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AdeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading Zoraida A Romance of the Harem and the Great Sahara By William Le Queux Illustrations by Harold Piffard Published by Tower Publishing Co Ltd, London.

ALI

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From this reading ALI BEN HAFIZ.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Zoraida A Romance of the Harem and the Great Sahara By William Le Queux Illustrations by Harold Piffard Published by Tower Publishing Co Ltd, London.

BEN

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From this reading ALI BEN HAFIZ.

ByprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Zoraida A Romance of the Harem and the Great Sahara By William Le Queux Illustrations by Harold Piffard Published by Tower Publishing Co Ltd, London.

CHAPTER

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From this reading CHAPTER ONE.

Co

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From this reading Zoraida A Romance of the Harem and the Great Sahara By William Le Queux Illustrations by Harold Piffard Published by Tower Publishing Co Ltd, London.

GreatnounUS /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Zoraida A Romance of the Harem and the Great Sahara By William Le Queux Illustrations by Harold Piffard Published by Tower Publishing Co Ltd, London.

HAFIZ

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From this reading ALI BEN HAFIZ.

Harem

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Harold

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Illustrations

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Le

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London

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Ltd

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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Zoraida A Romance of the Harem and the Great Sahara By William Le Queux Illustrations by Harold Piffard Published by Tower Publishing Co Ltd, London.

ONEpronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading CHAPTER ONE.

Piffard

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Published

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Publishing

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Queux

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Romance

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Sahara

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thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

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Tower

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William

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Zoraida

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