Chapter 8 of Caribbee is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 8 of Caribbee is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"So perhaps you'd care to tell me . Katherine, to what I owe the pleasure of this afternoon's visit. I'd venture you've probably seen the western coast of this island a few hundred times before, entirely without my aid."
Chapter 8 of Caribbee is here in full — 405 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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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.
possessive form of “afternoon” — the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading “Katherine, to what I owe the pleasure of this afternoon's visit.”
a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
From this reading “I'd venture you've probably seen the western coast of this island a few hundred times before, entirely without my aid."”
the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading “I'd venture you've probably seen the western coast of this island a few hundred times before, entirely without my aid."”
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading “I'd venture you've probably seen the western coast of this island a few hundred times before, entirely without my aid."”
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading “I'd venture you've probably seen the western coast of this island a few hundred times before, entirely without my aid."”
be obliged to pay or repay
From this reading “Katherine, to what I owe the pleasure of this afternoon's visit.”
any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
From this reading “I'd venture you've probably seen the western coast of this island a few hundred times before, entirely without my aid."”
relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts
From this reading “I'd venture you've probably seen the western coast of this island a few hundred times before, entirely without my aid."”
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.
In this reading “I'd venture you've probably seen the western coast of this island a few hundred times before, entirely without my aid."”
In this reading “I'd venture you've probably seen the western coast of this island a few hundred times before, entirely without my aid."”
In this reading “I'd venture you've probably seen the western coast of this island a few hundred times before, entirely without my aid."”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I'd venture you've probably seen the western coast of this island a few hundred times before, entirely without my aid."
possessive form of “afternoon” — the part of the day between noon and evening
From this reading Katherine, to what I owe the pleasure of this afternoon's visit.
a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do
From this reading I'd venture you've probably seen the western coast of this island a few hundred times before, entirely without my aid."
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I'd venture you've probably seen the western coast of this island a few hundred times before, entirely without my aid."
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading "So perhaps you'd care to tell me .
the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading I'd venture you've probably seen the western coast of this island a few hundred times before, entirely without my aid."
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading I'd venture you've probably seen the western coast of this island a few hundred times before, entirely without my aid."
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading I'd venture you've probably seen the western coast of this island a few hundred times before, entirely without my aid."
ten 10s
From this reading I'd venture you've probably seen the western coast of this island a few hundred times before, entirely without my aid."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Katherine, to what I owe the pleasure of this afternoon's visit.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'd venture you've probably seen the western coast of this island a few hundred times before, entirely without my aid."
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
From this reading I'd venture you've probably seen the western coast of this island a few hundred times before, entirely without my aid."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Katherine, to what I owe the pleasure of this afternoon's visit.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "So perhaps you'd care to tell me .
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I'd venture you've probably seen the western coast of this island a few hundred times before, entirely without my aid."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Katherine, to what I owe the pleasure of this afternoon's visit.
be obliged to pay or repay
From this reading Katherine, to what I owe the pleasure of this afternoon's visit.
by chance
From this reading "So perhaps you'd care to tell me .
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
From this reading Katherine, to what I owe the pleasure of this afternoon's visit.
with considerable certainty; without much doubt
From this reading I'd venture you've probably seen the western coast of this island a few hundred times before, entirely without my aid."
inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading I'd venture you've probably seen the western coast of this island a few hundred times before, entirely without my aid."
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "So perhaps you'd care to tell me .
express in words
From this reading "So perhaps you'd care to tell me .
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Katherine, to what I owe the pleasure of this afternoon's visit.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Katherine, to what I owe the pleasure of this afternoon's visit.
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading I'd venture you've probably seen the western coast of this island a few hundred times before, entirely without my aid."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "So perhaps you'd care to tell me .
any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome
From this reading I'd venture you've probably seen the western coast of this island a few hundred times before, entirely without my aid."
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading Katherine, to what I owe the pleasure of this afternoon's visit.
relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts
From this reading I'd venture you've probably seen the western coast of this island a few hundred times before, entirely without my aid."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Katherine, to what I owe the pleasure of this afternoon's visit.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading I'd venture you've probably seen the western coast of this island a few hundred times before, entirely without my aid."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "So perhaps you'd care to tell me .
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'd venture you've probably seen the western coast of this island a few hundred times before, entirely without my aid."
Chapter 8 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 8 holds 405 sentences of Caribbee, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 8 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.
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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.
