Pack One of the Gateway to Arabic Keyword Rings contains five sets of eighty key ring flashcards providing a vocabulary of over 450 words. Each word is given in Arabic English & French together with its plural form where appropriate. A transliteration of the Arabic text is also provided as well as a key to the transliteration system. Each card set is presented in full colour & the text is also colour coded according to language for ease of reference. The themes of the five sets are as follows: * Travel vocabulary* Food & drink* Buildings & places* Numbers & time (part 1)* Forty verbs & forty other key words including questioning words prepositions adverbs & useful expressions. Verbs are shown in the 3rd person masculine singular past & present tense. Each set of these handy pocket-sized cards is mounted on a hinged key ring so that cards may easily be added or removed to tailor them to the users requirements. Their portable format makes it easy to learn new vocabulary in any spare moment! Each individual card measures 84 mm by 40 mm & each set of eighty cards comes ready mounted onto a 23mm diameter hinged key ring. ...

This pack of flashcards contains 50 double-sided cards in full colour each measuring 210 by 148 mm. The pack has been designed to help students of Arabic master the intricacies of conjugating all the major groups of Form I triliteral verbs including: * Sound pure verbs * Doubled root letter verbs * Verbs with a weak first middle or third root letter * Verbs with hamza as the first second or third root letter * Split complex verbs (weak first & third root letters) * Adjacent complex verbs (weak second & third root letters). A two-sided template is provided for each verb group enabling the learner to see the pattern of the verb in the past & present tenses the jussive & subjunctive moods as well as the imperative forms. Colour coding has been used to highlight the gender differences across the verb patterns. Each group of verbs is followed by a card giving additional samples of verbs of the same template patterns for further practice. A verb index is also included. ...

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The world seemed to dip & darken & I smelled wet earth & thick musk & fresh blood. The wind whipped past like I was running. Running so fast the ground whizzed beneath me & the wind cut across my skin.. . Maya Delaney has always felt a close bond with nature. The woods around her home are a much-loved sanctuary
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The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It wasnt the drink that killed him
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When mattie Gokey is given a bundle of letters to burn she fully intends to execute the wishes of the giver Grace Brown. When Grace Brown is found drowned the next day in Big Moose Lake Mattie finds that it is not as easy to burn those letters as she had thought. & as she reads a riveting story emerges
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SHE WILL NOT STAND ALONE. Five years after the assault on her stronghold home Malian of Night remains missing believed dead amidst the wilds of Jaransor. But not all accept her death & now both Darkswarm & Derai agents are on the hunt. Suspicion falls on Tarathan of Ar & Jehane Mor who find themselves caught in a web of intrigue & murder amidst the Ijiri Festival of Masks. They flee bearing word of a death on the Wall
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SHE WILL NOT STAND ALONE. Five years after the assault on her stronghold home Malian of Night remains missing believed dead amidst the wilds of Jaransor. But not all accept her death & now her enemies are on the hunt. Suspicion falls on heralds Tarathan & Jehane who find themselves caught in a web of intrigue & murder amidst the Ijiri Festival of Masks. They flee bearing word of a death on the Wall
- & a call to duty & honour that Malian must answer or be forsworn.
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Tarmon Gai'don the Last Battle looms. & mankind is not ready. Rand al' Thor struggles to unite a fractured network of kingdoms & alliances in preparation for the Last Battle as his allies watch in terror the shadow that seems to be growing within the heart of the Dragon Reborn himself. Egwene al' Vere is a captive of the White Tower & subject to the whims of their tyrannical leader. She works to hold together the disparate factions of Aes Sedai as the days tick toward the Seanchan attack she knows is imminent. Her fight will prove the mettle of the Aes Sedai & her conflict will decide the future of the White Tower
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The cataclysm long foretold has shaken the world. King Henrys obsession with uniting the warring kingdoms of Wendar & Varre has left his people destitute & vulnerable to attack. As earthly & supernatural forces gather to overthrow all Henry has fought for Alain & Liath come to realise their twin destinies. Between them they hold the key to secrets which could yet save Henrys realm but even they may be powerless should the Cursed Ones return. Look out for more information on this & other titles at www.orbitbooks.co.uk ...