Chapter 16 of Caribbee is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 16 of Caribbee is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"In time, sir. For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores." "What if I offered to trade all that for just a few kegs of brandy?" Morris appealed to Calvert. "I warrant the men'd sooner have it."
Chapter 16 of Caribbee is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
past form of “appeal” — take a court case to a higher court for review
From this reading “Morris appealed to Calvert.”
towards the shore from the water
From this reading “For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores."”
distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice
From this reading “"What if I offered to trade all that for just a few kegs of brandy?"”
plural of “keg” — the quantity contained in a keg
From this reading “"What if I offered to trade all that for just a few kegs of brandy?"”
United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902)
From this reading “Morris appealed to Calvert.”
meat from a domestic hog or pig
From this reading “For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores."”
plural of “store” — a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
From this reading “For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores."”
a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
From this reading “"I warrant the men'd sooner have it."”
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.
fat from the back and sides and belly of a hog carcass cured with salt
In this reading “For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores."”
arrive on shore
In this reading “For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores."”
In this reading “"What if I offered to trade all that for just a few kegs of brandy?"”
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.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "What if I offered to trade all that for just a few kegs of brandy?"
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "What if I offered to trade all that for just a few kegs of brandy?"
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores."
past form of “appeal” — take a court case to a higher court for review
From this reading Morris appealed to Calvert.
towards the shore from the water
From this reading For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores."
distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice
From this reading "What if I offered to trade all that for just a few kegs of brandy?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Morris appealed to Calvert.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores."
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number
From this reading "What if I offered to trade all that for just a few kegs of brandy?"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores."
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "What if I offered to trade all that for just a few kegs of brandy?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "In time, sir.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I warrant the men'd sooner have it."
and nothing more
From this reading "What if I offered to trade all that for just a few kegs of brandy?"
plural of “keg” — the quantity contained in a keg
From this reading "What if I offered to trade all that for just a few kegs of brandy?"
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I warrant the men'd sooner have it."
United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902)
From this reading Morris appealed to Calvert.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores."
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores."
past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading "What if I offered to trade all that for just a few kegs of brandy?"
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores."
meat from a domestic hog or pig
From this reading For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores."
in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle
From this reading For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores."
a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)
From this reading For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores."
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores."
term of address for a man
From this reading "In time, sir.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores."
comparatives of “soon” or “early”
From this reading "I warrant the men'd sooner have it."
plural of “store” — a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
From this reading For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "What if I offered to trade all that for just a few kegs of brandy?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "I warrant the men'd sooner have it."
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading "In time, sir.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "What if I offered to trade all that for just a few kegs of brandy?"
the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services
From this reading "What if I offered to trade all that for just a few kegs of brandy?"
the cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one
From this reading For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores."
a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
From this reading "I warrant the men'd sooner have it."
binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
From this reading For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What if I offered to trade all that for just a few kegs of brandy?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading For now I can let you have twenty hogsheads of water, and I'll set ashore some salt pork from our regular stores."
Chapter 16 of Caribbee by Thomas Hoover holds 403 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 16 holds 403 sentences of Caribbee, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 16 of Caribbee by Thomas Hoover exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 403 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.
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