Chapter 21 of Caribbee is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 21 of Caribbee is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Never. I've ridden out here maybe a dozen times, but there's never been a soul." He turned and surveyed the coast. "What else is around this place?" "Nothing much, really.
Chapter 21 of Caribbee is here in full — 406 sentences across 82 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.
the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading “He turned and surveyed the coast.”
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading “I've ridden out here maybe a dozen times, but there's never been a soul."”
by chance
From this reading “I've ridden out here maybe a dozen times, but there's never been a soul."”
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading “"Nothing much, really.”
inflected form of “ride” — sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading “I've ridden out here maybe a dozen times, but there's never been a soul."”
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading “I've ridden out here maybe a dozen times, but there's never been a soul."”
past form of “survey” — consider in a comprehensive way
From this reading “He turned and surveyed the coast.”
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading “I've ridden out here maybe a dozen times, but there's never been a soul."”
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've ridden out here maybe a dozen times, but there's never been a soul."”
hang on during a trial of endurance
In this reading “I've ridden out here maybe a dozen times, but there's never been a soul."”
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've ridden out here maybe a dozen times, but there's never been a soul."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He turned and surveyed the coast.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading "What else is around this place?"
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I've ridden out here maybe a dozen times, but there's never been a soul."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I've ridden out here maybe a dozen times, but there's never been a soul."
the shore of a sea or ocean
From this reading He turned and surveyed the coast.
the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one
From this reading I've ridden out here maybe a dozen times, but there's never been a soul."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What else is around this place?"
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He turned and surveyed the coast.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading I've ridden out here maybe a dozen times, but there's never been a soul."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I've ridden out here maybe a dozen times, but there's never been a soul."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "What else is around this place?"
by chance
From this reading I've ridden out here maybe a dozen times, but there's never been a soul."
to a great degree or extent
From this reading "Nothing much, really.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading "Never.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "Nothing much, really.
not allowed to continue to bat or run
From this reading I've ridden out here maybe a dozen times, but there's never been a soul."
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading "What else is around this place?"
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading "Nothing much, really.
inflected form of “ride” — sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
From this reading I've ridden out here maybe a dozen times, but there's never been a soul."
the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
From this reading I've ridden out here maybe a dozen times, but there's never been a soul."
past form of “survey” — consider in a comprehensive way
From this reading He turned and surveyed the coast.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He turned and surveyed the coast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I've ridden out here maybe a dozen times, but there's never been a soul."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "What else is around this place?"
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading I've ridden out here maybe a dozen times, but there's never been a soul."
moved around an axis or center
From this reading He turned and surveyed the coast.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What else is around this place?"
Chapter 21 of Caribbee by Thomas Hoover holds 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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 21 holds 406 sentences of Caribbee, unabridged, divided into 82 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 21 of Caribbee by Thomas Hoover exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 406 sentences, grouped into 82 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 82 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 82 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 21 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.
Choose one of the 36 chapters of Caribbee to begin.
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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.
