Chapter 27 of Caribbee is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 27 of Caribbee is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Give me some of that." She motioned toward the bottle. He quickly filled another glass and placed it in her hands. The servants watched, astonished, as she downed it in one gulp, then turned back to Winston. "How can I go just yet?
Chapter 27 of Caribbee is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
From this reading “The servants watched, astonished, as she downed it in one gulp, then turned back to Winston.”
a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
From this reading “She motioned toward the bottle.”
past form of “down” — drink down entirely
From this reading “The servants watched, astonished, as she downed it in one gulp, then turned back to Winston.”
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading “He quickly filled another glass and placed it in her hands.”
to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
From this reading “The servants watched, astonished, as she downed it in one gulp, then turned back to Winston.”
past form of “motion” — show, express or direct through movement
From this reading “She motioned toward the bottle.”
plural of “servant” — a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
From this reading “The servants watched, astonished, as she downed it in one gulp, then turned back to Winston.”
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading “The servants watched, astonished, as she downed it in one gulp, then turned back to Winston.”
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.
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In this reading “The servants watched, astonished, as she downed it in one gulp, then turned back to Winston.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He quickly filled another glass and placed it in her hands.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading He quickly filled another glass and placed it in her hands.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The servants watched, astonished, as she downed it in one gulp, then turned back to Winston.
filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock
From this reading The servants watched, astonished, as she downed it in one gulp, then turned back to Winston.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading The servants watched, astonished, as she downed it in one gulp, then turned back to Winston.
a glass or plastic vessel used for storing drinks or other liquids; typically cylindrical without handles and with a narrow neck that can be plugged or capped
From this reading She motioned toward the bottle.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "How can I go just yet?
past form of “down” — drink down entirely
From this reading The servants watched, astonished, as she downed it in one gulp, then turned back to Winston.
(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with
From this reading He quickly filled another glass and placed it in her hands.
cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense
From this reading "Give me some of that."
a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
From this reading He quickly filled another glass and placed it in her hands.
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
From this reading "How can I go just yet?
to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught
From this reading The servants watched, astonished, as she downed it in one gulp, then turned back to Winston.
(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
From this reading He quickly filled another glass and placed it in her hands.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He quickly filled another glass and placed it in her hands.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He quickly filled another glass and placed it in her hands.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How can I go just yet?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "How can I go just yet?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He quickly filled another glass and placed it in her hands.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He quickly filled another glass and placed it in her hands.
and nothing more
From this reading "How can I go just yet?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Give me some of that."
past form of “motion” — show, express or direct through movement
From this reading She motioned toward the bottle.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Give me some of that."
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The servants watched, astonished, as she downed it in one gulp, then turned back to Winston.
situated in a particular spot or position
From this reading He quickly filled another glass and placed it in her hands.
with speed
From this reading He quickly filled another glass and placed it in her hands.
plural of “servant” — a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
From this reading The servants watched, astonished, as she downed it in one gulp, then turned back to Winston.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She motioned toward the bottle.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading "Give me some of that."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Give me some of that."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She motioned toward the bottle.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading The servants watched, astonished, as she downed it in one gulp, then turned back to Winston.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The servants watched, astonished, as she downed it in one gulp, then turned back to Winston.
in the direction of
From this reading She motioned toward the bottle.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading The servants watched, astonished, as she downed it in one gulp, then turned back to Winston.
past form of “watch” — look attentively
From this reading The servants watched, astonished, as she downed it in one gulp, then turned back to Winston.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The servants watched, astonished, as she downed it in one gulp, then turned back to Winston.
but in spite of that
From this reading "How can I go just yet?
Chapter 27 of Caribbee by Thomas Hoover holds 401 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 27 holds 401 sentences of Caribbee, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 27 of Caribbee by Thomas Hoover exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 401 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 27 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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Words and structures a reader meets early in Caribbee, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
