Chapter 2 of Caribbee is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter II
Chapter 2 of Caribbee is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Exactly. He also brought back something else for Briggs." She smiled. "Can you guess?" Jeremy flushed and carefully smoothed his new moustache.
Chapter 2 of Caribbee is here in full — 409 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
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inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading “He also brought back something else for Briggs."”
taking care or paying attention
From this reading “Jeremy flushed and carefully smoothed his new moustache.”
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading “"Exactly.”
having the pinkish flush of health
From this reading “Jeremy flushed and carefully smoothed his new moustache.”
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading “"Can you guess?"”
an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip
From this reading “Jeremy flushed and carefully smoothed his new moustache.”
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading “She smiled.”
made smooth by ironing
From this reading “Jeremy flushed and carefully smoothed his new moustache.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
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bring back to the point of departure
In this reading “He also brought back something else for Briggs."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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in addition
From this reading He also brought back something else for Briggs."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Jeremy flushed and carefully smoothed his new moustache.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading He also brought back something else for Briggs."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He also brought back something else for Briggs."
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading He also brought back something else for Briggs."
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Can you guess?"
taking care or paying attention
From this reading Jeremy flushed and carefully smoothed his new moustache.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He also brought back something else for Briggs."
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading "Exactly.
having the pinkish flush of health
From this reading Jeremy flushed and carefully smoothed his new moustache.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He also brought back something else for Briggs."
expect, believe, or suppose
From this reading "Can you guess?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He also brought back something else for Briggs."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Jeremy flushed and carefully smoothed his new moustache.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jeremy flushed and carefully smoothed his new moustache.
an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip
From this reading Jeremy flushed and carefully smoothed his new moustache.
not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
From this reading Jeremy flushed and carefully smoothed his new moustache.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She smiled.
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading She smiled.
made smooth by ironing
From this reading Jeremy flushed and carefully smoothed his new moustache.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading He also brought back something else for Briggs."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Can you guess?"
Chapter 2 of Caribbee by Thomas Hoover holds 409 sentences, grouped into 82 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 2 holds 409 sentences of Caribbee, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of Caribbee by Thomas Hoover exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 409 sentences, grouped into 82 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 82 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading Caribbee by Thomas Hoover on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 14489 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #34317 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #34317, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 600 minutes of reading across 2898 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Caribbee section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 36 chapters of Caribbee to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Caribbee, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
