Chapter 18 of Caribbee is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 18 of Caribbee is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Your brother! You don't mean it." Morris' goatee twitched with surprise as he moved next to Jeremy and studied his face. "God is my witness, it's scarcely a name you need blush to give out. England never bred a braver, finer soldier, royalist or no.
Chapter 18 of Caribbee is here in full — 403 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.
turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
From this reading “"God is my witness, it's scarcely a name you need blush to give out.”
comparative of “brave” — possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
From this reading “England never bred a braver, finer soldier, royalist or no.”
inflected form of “breed” — call forth
From this reading “England never bred a braver, finer soldier, royalist or no.”
(comparative of “fine”) greater in quality or excellence
From this reading “England never bred a braver, finer soldier, royalist or no.”
a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard
From this reading “Morris' goatee twitched with surprise as he moved next to Jeremy and studied his face.”
United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902)
From this reading “Morris' goatee twitched with surprise as he moved next to Jeremy and studied his face.”
an advocate of the principles of monarchy
From this reading “England never bred a braver, finer soldier, royalist or no.”
past form of “twitch” — make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
From this reading “Morris' goatee twitched with surprise as he moved next to Jeremy and studied his face.”
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 “Morris' goatee twitched with surprise as he moved next to Jeremy and studied his face.”
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 "God is my witness, it's scarcely a name you need blush to give out.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Morris' goatee twitched with surprise as he moved next to Jeremy and studied his face.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Morris' goatee twitched with surprise as he moved next to Jeremy and studied his face.
turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame
From this reading "God is my witness, it's scarcely a name you need blush to give out.
comparative of “brave” — possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching
From this reading England never bred a braver, finer soldier, royalist or no.
inflected form of “breed” — call forth
From this reading England never bred a braver, finer soldier, royalist or no.
a male with the same parents as someone else
From this reading "Your brother!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading You don't mean it."
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading England never bred a braver, finer soldier, royalist or no.
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
From this reading Morris' goatee twitched with surprise as he moved next to Jeremy and studied his face.
(comparative of “fine”) greater in quality or excellence
From this reading England never bred a braver, finer soldier, royalist or no.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "God is my witness, it's scarcely a name you need blush to give out.
a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard
From this reading Morris' goatee twitched with surprise as he moved next to Jeremy and studied his face.
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 is my witness, it's scarcely a name you need blush to give out.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Morris' goatee twitched with surprise as he moved next to Jeremy and studied his face.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Morris' goatee twitched with surprise as he moved next to Jeremy and studied his face.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "God is my witness, it's scarcely a name you need blush to give out.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading You don't mean it."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "God is my witness, it's scarcely a name you need blush to give out.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Morris' goatee twitched with surprise as he moved next to Jeremy and studied his face.
mean or intend to express or convey
From this reading You don't mean it."
United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902)
From this reading Morris' goatee twitched with surprise as he moved next to Jeremy and studied his face.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading Morris' goatee twitched with surprise as he moved next to Jeremy and studied his face.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "God is my witness, it's scarcely a name you need blush to give out.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "God is my witness, it's scarcely a name you need blush to give out.
a condition requiring relief
From this reading "God is my witness, it's scarcely a name you need blush to give out.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading England never bred a braver, finer soldier, royalist or no.
immediately following in time or order
From this reading Morris' goatee twitched with surprise as he moved next to Jeremy and studied his face.
not any; not one
From this reading England never bred a braver, finer soldier, royalist or no.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading England never bred a braver, finer soldier, royalist or no.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading "God is my witness, it's scarcely a name you need blush to give out.
an advocate of the principles of monarchy
From this reading England never bred a braver, finer soldier, royalist or no.
only a very short time before
From this reading "God is my witness, it's scarcely a name you need blush to give out.
an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
From this reading England never bred a braver, finer soldier, royalist or no.
produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation
From this reading Morris' goatee twitched with surprise as he moved next to Jeremy and studied his face.
the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
From this reading Morris' goatee twitched with surprise as he moved next to Jeremy and studied his face.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Morris' goatee twitched with surprise as he moved next to Jeremy and studied his face.
past form of “twitch” — make an uncontrolled, short, jerky motion
From this reading Morris' goatee twitched with surprise as he moved next to Jeremy and studied his face.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Morris' goatee twitched with surprise as he moved next to Jeremy and studied his face.
someone who sees an event and reports what happened
From this reading "God is my witness, it's scarcely a name you need blush to give out.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You don't mean it."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Your brother!
Chapter 18 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 18 holds 403 sentences of Caribbee, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 18 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 18 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.
How to work through Caribbee section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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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.
