Chapter 12 of Caribbee is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of Caribbee is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Winston was staring down at the shore, toward his own waiting seamen. If the English navy entered Carlisle Bay, the first vessel they'd confiscate would be the _Defiance_. "God help me." He paused a moment longer, then walked to the edge of the hill and drew a pistol. The shot echoed through the morning silence.
Chapter 12 of Caribbee is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading “If the English navy entered Carlisle Bay, the first vessel they'd confiscate would be the _Defiance_.”
take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
From this reading “If the English navy entered Carlisle Bay, the first vessel they'd confiscate would be the _Defiance_.”
intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude
past form of “echo” — to say again or imitate
From this reading “The shot echoed through the morning silence.”
an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare
From this reading “If the English navy entered Carlisle Bay, the first vessel they'd confiscate would be the _Defiance_.”
a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
From this reading “He paused a moment longer, then walked to the edge of the hill and drew a pistol.”
plural of “seaman” — a man who serves as a sailor
From this reading “Winston was staring down at the shore, toward his own waiting seamen.”
(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
From this reading “Winston was staring down at the shore, toward his own waiting seamen.”
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 “The shot echoed through the morning silence.”
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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 He paused a moment longer, then walked to the edge of the hill and drew a pistol.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He paused a moment longer, then walked to the edge of the hill and drew a pistol.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Winston was staring down at the shore, toward his own waiting seamen.
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
From this reading If the English navy entered Carlisle Bay, the first vessel they'd confiscate would be the _Defiance_.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading If the English navy entered Carlisle Bay, the first vessel they'd confiscate would be the _Defiance_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If the English navy entered Carlisle Bay, the first vessel they'd confiscate would be the _Defiance_.
take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority
From this reading If the English navy entered Carlisle Bay, the first vessel they'd confiscate would be the _Defiance_.
intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude
From this reading If the English navy entered Carlisle Bay, the first vessel they'd confiscate would be the _Defiance_.
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading Winston was staring down at the shore, toward his own waiting seamen.
United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)
From this reading He paused a moment longer, then walked to the edge of the hill and drew a pistol.
past form of “echo” — to say again or imitate
From this reading The shot echoed through the morning silence.
the boundary of a surface
From this reading He paused a moment longer, then walked to the edge of the hill and drew a pistol.
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading If the English navy entered Carlisle Bay, the first vessel they'd confiscate would be the _Defiance_.
past form of “enter” — to come or go into
From this reading If the English navy entered Carlisle Bay, the first vessel they'd confiscate would be the _Defiance_.
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading If the English navy entered Carlisle Bay, the first vessel they'd confiscate would be the _Defiance_.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
From this reading "God help me."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He paused a moment longer, then walked to the edge of the hill and drew a pistol.
give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading "God help me."
a local and well-defined elevation of the land
From this reading He paused a moment longer, then walked to the edge of the hill and drew a pistol.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Winston was staring down at the shore, toward his own waiting seamen.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If the English navy entered Carlisle Bay, the first vessel they'd confiscate would be the _Defiance_.
for more time
From this reading He paused a moment longer, then walked to the edge of the hill and drew a pistol.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "God help me."
a particular point in time
From this reading He paused a moment longer, then walked to the edge of the hill and drew a pistol.
the time period between dawn and noon
From this reading The shot echoed through the morning silence.
an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare
From this reading If the English navy entered Carlisle Bay, the first vessel they'd confiscate would be the _Defiance_.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He paused a moment longer, then walked to the edge of the hill and drew a pistol.
have ownership or possession of
From this reading Winston was staring down at the shore, toward his own waiting seamen.
past form of “pause” — interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
From this reading He paused a moment longer, then walked to the edge of the hill and drew a pistol.
a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
From this reading He paused a moment longer, then walked to the edge of the hill and drew a pistol.
plural of “seaman” — a man who serves as a sailor
From this reading Winston was staring down at the shore, toward his own waiting seamen.
the land along the edge of a body of water
From this reading Winston was staring down at the shore, toward his own waiting seamen.
the act of firing a projectile
From this reading The shot echoed through the morning silence.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading The shot echoed through the morning silence.
(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder
From this reading Winston was staring down at the shore, toward his own waiting seamen.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Winston was staring down at the shore, toward his own waiting seamen.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading He paused a moment longer, then walked to the edge of the hill and drew a pistol.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading If the English navy entered Carlisle Bay, the first vessel they'd confiscate would be the _Defiance_.
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading The shot echoed through the morning silence.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He paused a moment longer, then walked to the edge of the hill and drew a pistol.
in the direction of
From this reading Winston was staring down at the shore, toward his own waiting seamen.
a tube in which a body fluid circulates
From this reading If the English navy entered Carlisle Bay, the first vessel they'd confiscate would be the _Defiance_.
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading Winston was staring down at the shore, toward his own waiting seamen.
past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
From this reading He paused a moment longer, then walked to the edge of the hill and drew a pistol.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Winston was staring down at the shore, toward his own waiting seamen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Winston was staring down at the shore, toward his own waiting seamen.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If the English navy entered Carlisle Bay, the first vessel they'd confiscate would be the _Defiance_.
Chapter 12 of Caribbee by Thomas Hoover holds 404 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 12 holds 404 sentences of Caribbee, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of Caribbee by Thomas Hoover exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 404 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 12 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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About 600 minutes of reading across 2898 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Caribbee, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
