Chapter 4 of Caribbee is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 4 of Caribbee is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"What if she is? It's no matter to me." He drank again. "I just want my sight bills paid, in coin as agreed, not in bales of their damned worthless tobacco." She seemed not to hear.
Chapter 4 of Caribbee is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/81 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
united by being of the same opinion
From this reading “"I just want my sight bills paid, in coin as agreed, not in bales of their damned worthless tobacco."”
plural of “bale” — a large bundle bound for storage or transport
From this reading “"I just want my sight bills paid, in coin as agreed, not in bales of their damned worthless tobacco."”
plural of “bill” — a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading “"I just want my sight bills paid, in coin as agreed, not in bales of their damned worthless tobacco."”
make up
From this reading “"I just want my sight bills paid, in coin as agreed, not in bales of their damned worthless tobacco."”
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “"I just want my sight bills paid, in coin as agreed, not in bales of their damned worthless tobacco."”
inflected form of “drink” — take in liquids
From this reading “He drank again.”
leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
From this reading “"I just want my sight bills paid, in coin as agreed, not in bales of their damned worthless tobacco."”
lacking in usefulness or value
From this reading “"I just want my sight bills paid, in coin as agreed, not in bales of their damned worthless tobacco."”
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.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
anew
From this reading He drank again.
united by being of the same opinion
From this reading "I just want my sight bills paid, in coin as agreed, not in bales of their damned worthless tobacco."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "I just want my sight bills paid, in coin as agreed, not in bales of their damned worthless tobacco."
plural of “bale” — a large bundle bound for storage or transport
From this reading "I just want my sight bills paid, in coin as agreed, not in bales of their damned worthless tobacco."
plural of “bill” — a statute in draft before it becomes law
From this reading "I just want my sight bills paid, in coin as agreed, not in bales of their damned worthless tobacco."
make up
From this reading "I just want my sight bills paid, in coin as agreed, not in bales of their damned worthless tobacco."
expletives used informally as intensifiers
From this reading "I just want my sight bills paid, in coin as agreed, not in bales of their damned worthless tobacco."
inflected form of “drink” — take in liquids
From this reading He drank again.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He drank again.
perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading She seemed not to hear.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I just want my sight bills paid, in coin as agreed, not in bales of their damned worthless tobacco."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "What if she is?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I just want my sight bills paid, in coin as agreed, not in bales of their damned worthless tobacco."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "What if she is?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It's no matter to me."
and nothing more
From this reading "I just want my sight bills paid, in coin as agreed, not in bales of their damned worthless tobacco."
a vaguely specified concern
From this reading It's no matter to me."
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It's no matter to me."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I just want my sight bills paid, in coin as agreed, not in bales of their damned worthless tobacco."
not any; not one
From this reading It's no matter to me."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "I just want my sight bills paid, in coin as agreed, not in bales of their damned worthless tobacco."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "I just want my sight bills paid, in coin as agreed, not in bales of their damned worthless tobacco."
marked by the reception of pay
From this reading "I just want my sight bills paid, in coin as agreed, not in bales of their damned worthless tobacco."
past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading She seemed not to hear.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "What if she is?
an instance of visual perception
From this reading "I just want my sight bills paid, in coin as agreed, not in bales of their damned worthless tobacco."
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading "I just want my sight bills paid, in coin as agreed, not in bales of their damned worthless tobacco."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It's no matter to me."
leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
From this reading "I just want my sight bills paid, in coin as agreed, not in bales of their damned worthless tobacco."
feel or have a desire for; want strongly
From this reading "I just want my sight bills paid, in coin as agreed, not in bales of their damned worthless tobacco."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What if she is?
lacking in usefulness or value
From this reading "I just want my sight bills paid, in coin as agreed, not in bales of their damned worthless tobacco."
Chapter 4 of Caribbee by Thomas Hoover holds 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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 4 holds 405 sentences of Caribbee, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Caribbee by Thomas Hoover exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 405 sentences, grouped into 81 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 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 81 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 4 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.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Caribbee, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
