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"The blow was so heavy that his mind almost gave way, and he declared that he was quite sure that at bottom all women were as wicked as the sultana, if you could only find them out, and that the fewer the world contained the better."
"Arabian Nights"
My meaning: queen
Sultana: a wife or concubine of a sultan
(thefreedictionary.com)

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"In their two years of married life she had become completely infected by his passion for "modern methods" and his denigration of "these old and superannuated people in the teaching field who would be better employed as traders in the Onitsha market."
"Dead Men's Path"
My Meaning: thought
Denigration:  to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame
(googledictionary.com)

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“Look ‘ere,” he said. “I don’t take orders from a kaffir. I don’t know what kind of kaffir you tink you are. Why don’t you say Baas. I’m your Baas. Why don’t you say Baas, hey?”
"Prisoner Who Wore Glasses:
My meaning: thief
Kaffir: an insulting and contemptuous term for a black African.

(dictionary.com)

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"A diviner was immediately consulted and he prescribed heavy sacrifices to propitiate ancestors insulted by the fence."
"Dead Men's Path"
My meaning: right
Propitiate: win or regain the favor of (a god, spirit, or person) by doing something that pleases them.
(googledictionary.com)

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"The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (1993), a short story collection, and the novels Reservation Blues (1995) and Indian Killer (1996), all of which have garnered numerous awards and honors."
"Indian Education"

My meaning: successfully; won
Garnered: gather or collect (something, especially information or approval)
(googledictionary.com)

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"Heavy sticks were planted closely across the path at the two places where it entered and left the school premises."
"Dead Men's Path"
My meaning: ground; land
Premises: a house or building, together with its land and outbuildings, occupied by a business or considered in an official context
(thefreedictionary.com)

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"In his pre sent posture, however, all his bodily strength seemed to have retired behind his deep set eyes, giving them an extraordinary power of penetration."
"Dead Men's Path"
My meaning:  power
Penetration: the perceptive understanding of complex matters
(googledictionary.com)

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"In the chronicles of the ancient dynasty of the Sassanidae, who reigned for about four hundred years, from Persia to the borders of China, beyond the great river Ganges itself, we read the praises of one of the kings of this race, who was said to be the best monarch of his time."
"Arabian Nights"
My Meaning: a ruler
Sassanidae: a ruling empire
(dictionary.com)

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"hey were grouped together for convenience, as it was one of the prison regulations that no black warder should be in charge of a political prisoner lest this prisoner convert him to his views."
"Prisoner Who Wore Glasses"
My Meaning:  set rules
Regulations: a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority.
(googledictionary.com)

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"They both lived on the reservation, though, and when the headlines and stories filled the papers later, not one word was made of their color."
"Indian Education"
Meaning: piece of land
Reservation: the action of reserving something

(googledictionary.com)

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" I implore you, by all the affection you bear me, to allow the honour to fall upon me."
"Arabian Nights"
Meaning: tell you
Implore: beg someone earnestly or desperately to do something

(dictionary.com)

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"Menial tasks in South Africa are invariably performed by Africans."
"Indian Education"
Meaning: misinformed, wrong
Invariably: in every case or on every occasion; always
(dictionary.com)

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"He had had sound secondary school education which designated him a "pivotal teacher" in the official records and set him apart from the other headmasters in the mission field."
"Prisoner Who Wore Glasses"
Meaning: changing, easy going
Pivotal: of crucial importance in relation to the development or success of something else
(thefreedictionary.com)

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"As my white friends revived me and prepared to take me to the emergency room where doctors would later diagnose my diabetes, the Chicano teacher ran up to us."
"Indian Education"
Meaning: gym teacher?
Chicano: a person of Mexican origin or descent, especially a man or boy.
(googledictionary.com)

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“We’re in for trouble this time comrades.”
"The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses"
Meaning:  their friends
Comrades: a companion who shares one's activities or is a fellow member of an organization
(thefreedictionary.com)

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"The porter, although half asleep from the wine he had drunk, heard the words, and without moving cried angrily to the Calender, "Sit down and mind your own business."
"The Story of the Three Calenders, Sons of Kings, and of Five Ladies of Bagdad"
Meaning:  a homeless person
Porter: a man that carries things for another person. (thefreedictionary.com)

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"His subjects loved him, and his neighbors feared him, and when he died he left his kingdom in a more prosperous and powerful condition than any king had done before him."
"The Arabian Nights"
Meaning: bigger and better
Prosperous: successful in material terms; flourishing financially (dictionary.com)