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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Arrangement of the Book | |
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| List of Abbreviations and Symbols | |
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| Arabic Alphabet and Vowels | |
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| The Iraqi Alphabet | |
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| The Iraqi Vowels | |
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| Phonetics of Iraqi Arabic: Pronunciation Exercises | |
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| Drills | |
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| Greetings and Courtesy Expressions | |
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| Basic Dialogue | |
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| Additional Expressions | |
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| Some Basic Greetings | |
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| Vocabulary | |
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| Grammar and Remarks | |
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| Independent Pronouns | |
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| Word Stress: Stress Syllable | |
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| Idioms and Common Phrases | |
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| Drills | |
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| Creative Dialogues | |
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| Asking for Directions | |
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| Basic Dialogue | |
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| Vocabulary | |
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| Grammar and Remarks | |
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| Attached Pronouns (Pronoun Suffixes) | |
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| The Article il-: the | |
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| Idioms and Common Phrases | |
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| Drills | |
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| Creative Dialogues | |
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| Arrival at Baghdad Airport, Part I | |
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| Basic Dialogue | |
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| Vocabulary | |
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| Grammar and Remarks | |
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| The Helping Vowels: i, u | |
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| The Negation | |
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| Idioms and Common Phrases | |
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| Drills | |
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| Creative Dialogues | |
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| Arrival at Baghdad Airport, Part II | |
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| Basic Dialogue | |
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| Additional Expressions | |
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| Vocabulary | |
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| Grammar and Remarks | |
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| The Preposition ma9a: have, with | |
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| The Preposition Prefix b- / bi-: in, by, at, with | |
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| The Noun: il-isim | |
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| The Cardinal Numerals 1-10 arqaam | |
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| Idioms and Common Phrases | |
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| Drills | |
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| Creative Dialogues | |
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| Taking a Taxi | |
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| Basic Dialogue | |
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| Vocabulary | |
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| Grammar and Remarks | |
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| The Adjective: is-sifa | |
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| The Relative Adjective | |
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| Noun-Adjective Agreement | |
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| The Word aku: there is/are | |
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| The Cardinal Numerals 11-20 | |
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| Idioms and Common Phrases | |
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| Drills | |
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| Creative Dialogues | |
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| At the Rashid Hotel | |
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| Basic Dialogue | |
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| Vocabulary | |
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| Grammar and Remarks | |
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| Nouns of Occupations with Suffixes -chi and -chiyya | |
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| The Word abu: father (of) | |
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| The Imperative Verb: fi9il il-amur | |
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| The Cardinal Numerals 20-100 | |
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| Idioms and Common Phrases | |
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| Drills | |
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| Creative Dialogues | |
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| Introductions | |
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| Basic Dialogue | |
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| Vocabulary | |
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| Grammar and Remarks | |
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| The Verb: il-fi9il | |
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| The Past Tense Verb: il-fi9il il-maadi | |
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| The Regular Verb | |
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| The Hollow Verb | |
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| Idioms and Common Phrases | |
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| Drills | |
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| Creative Dialogues | |
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| Speaking Arabic | |
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| Basic Dialogue | |
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| Additional Expressions | |
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| Vocabulary | |
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| Grammar and Remarks | |
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| The Past Tense Verb | |
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| The Double Verb | |
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| The Weak Verb | |
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| The Past Tense Verb with Attached Pronoun | |
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| Idioms and Common Phrases | |
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| Drills | |
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| Creative Dialogues | |
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| Telling Time | |
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| Basic Dialogue | |
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| Additional Expressions | |
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| Vocabulary | |
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| Grammar and Remarks | |
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| Time Expressions: il-waqit | |
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| Days of the Week: ayyaam lis-buu9 | |
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| Months of the Year: ashhur is-sana | |
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| The Four Seasons: is-fusuul il-arba9a | |
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| The Preposition wiyya: with | |
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| Idioms and Common Phrases | |
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| Drills | |
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| Creative Dialogues | |
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| Visiting the Iraqi Museum | |
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| Basic Dialogue | |
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| Additional Expressions | |
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| Vocabulary | |
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| Grammar and Remarks | |
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| The Present/Imperfect Tense Verb: il-fi9il il-mudaari9 | |
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| The Present Tense Verb Paradigm | |
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| Idioms and Common Phrases | |
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| Drills | |
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| Creative Dialogues | |
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| Trip to Babylon | |
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| Basic Dialogue | |
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| Additional Expressions | |
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| Vocabulary | |
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| Grammar and Remarks | |
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| The Present Progressive Prefix da- -ing | |
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| The Future Verb Prefixes rah-, ha- will, shall, going to | |
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| Idioms and Common Phrases | |
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| Drills | |
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| Creative Dialogues | |
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| At the Bank | |
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| Basic Dialogue | |
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| Additional Expressions of Money Matters | |
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| Vocabulary | |
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| Grammar and Remarks | |
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| The Participle raayih: going, having gone | |
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| The Demonstrative Words: asmaa[Characters not reproducible] il-ishaara | |
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| Idioms and Common Phrases | |
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| Drills | |
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| Creative Dialogues | |
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| At the Post Office | |
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| Basic Dialogue | |
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| Additional Expressions | |
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| Vocabulary | |
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| Grammar and Remarks | |
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| The Verb chaan / ykuun: was, were/will | |
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| The Words il, 9ind, maal: have, to | |
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| Idioms and Common Phrases | |
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| Drills | |
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| Creative Dialogues | |
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| In the Restaurant | |
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| Basic Dialogue | |
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| Additional Expressions | |
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| Vocabulary | |
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| Additional Vocabulary Related to Food | |
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| Grammar and Remarks | |
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| The Preposition 9ala / 9a-: on, upon, about | |
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| The Interrogative Words: adawaat lis-tifhaam | |
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| Idioms and Common Phrases | |
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| Drills | |
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| Creative Dialogues | |
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| Family and Relatives | |
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| Basic Dialogue | |
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| Additional Kin Names | |
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| Vocabulary | |
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| Grammar and Remarks | |
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| The Participle yyaa- | |
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| The Feminine "t" Ending | |
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| The idaafa Construction | |
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| Idioms and Common Phrases | |
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| Drills | |
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| Creative Dialogues | |
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| Medical Care | |
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| Basic Dialogue | |
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| Additional Medical Expressions | |
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| Vocabulary | |
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| Some Additional Body Parts | |
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| Grammar and Remarks | |
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| Ordinal Numbers First to Tenth | |
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| Cardinal Numbers Higher than 100 | |
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| Counting: hsaab | |
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| Idioms and Common Phrases | |
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| Drills | |
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| Creative Dialogues | |
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| Media: Radio, Television, and Journalism | |
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| Basic Dialogue | |
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| Vocabulary | |
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| Additional Vocabulary on Media | |
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| Grammar and Remarks | |
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| Comparative and Superlative | |
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| The Colors | |
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| Idioms and Common Phrases | |
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| Drills | |
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| Creative Dialogues | |
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| Telephone Conversations | |
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| Basic Dialogue | |
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| Vocabulary | |
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| Additional Vocabulary and Phrases on Telephone | |
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| Grammar and Remarks | |
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| Conditional Sentences (if) | |
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| The Relative Pronoun (i)lli | |
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| Idioms and Common Phrases | |
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| Drills | |
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| Creative Dialogues | |
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| Cultural and Folkloric Tales | |
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| The Story of the Caliph Harun ir-Rashid and Abu Nuwas | |
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| Vocabulary | |
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| The Story of the Lion and the Wolf | |
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| Vocabulary | |
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| Grammar and Remarks | |
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| Conjunctions | |
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| Idioms and Common Phrases | |
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| Drills | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Arabic-English | |
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| English-Arabic | |