Word: familiar
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...next readings showed the wonderful skill Mohammed displayed in using the Jewish traditions for his own advantage. These traditions had worked their way into the Arabic language so Mohammed was using material familiar to his audience. The translation of the suras in which he uses the story of Moses to justify and define his own mission was one of the most interesting portion of the lecture...
...Beacon street boulevard. There will probably be a large number of entries from each club, but only the first five men from each side will count at the finish. There will be a run over the course today and Thursday in order that the competitors may become familiar with the turns. The joint committee have considered the question of a perpetual challenge cup, and have found it to be impracticable at present. Both clubs are in favor of some such arrangement, but nothing more will be done about it until next fall...
...coxswains. Two of the four class crews will probably pass under the span nearest the draw on one side and two under the corresponding span on the other. The positions will be determined by lot in ample time to give each crew a chance to get perfectly familiar with its course before the day of the race...
...Francaise, which is destined to become very popular with all who take an interest in French literature and enjoy short French stories. The magazine is published in a very attractive form, and is full of bright stories which cannot but be of interest to all who are at all familiar with the French language...
...personal pronouns with noun or verb, absence of a neuter gender-these are some of the distinguishing traits of Semitic languages. The Babylonian is closely related to its sisters and especially to the Hebrew. A Hebrew scholar on first looking at a translated Babylonian writing recognizes many familiar words. If Sennacherib's letters to Hezekiah had been in the Assyrian language but in the Hebrew written character the receiver could have understood it with ease. There was no essential difference between the Ninevite and the Babylonian forms of language. After the Persian conquest of Babylon...