Chapter 29 of Caribbee is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 29 of Caribbee is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"In this squall?" Mewes' voice was incredulous. "We can't put on any canvas now. It'd be ripped off the yards." "We've got to.
Chapter 29 of Caribbee is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 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.
a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
From this reading “"We can't put on any canvas now.”
not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
From this reading “Mewes' voice was incredulous.”
third-person singular of “mew” — cry like a cat
From this reading “Mewes' voice was incredulous.”
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading “"We can't put on any canvas now.”
stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
From this reading “It'd be ripped off the yards."”
make high-pitched, whiney noises
From this reading “"In this squall?"”
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading “Mewes' voice was incredulous.”
plural of “yard” — a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading “It'd be ripped off the yards."”
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.
put clothing on one's body
In this reading “"We can't put on any canvas now.”
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.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading "We can't put on any canvas now.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It'd be ripped off the yards."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We can't put on any canvas now.
a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)
From this reading "We can't put on any canvas now.
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "We've got to.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "In this squall?"
not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
From this reading Mewes' voice was incredulous.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It'd be ripped off the yards."
third-person singular of “mew” — cry like a cat
From this reading Mewes' voice was incredulous.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading "We can't put on any canvas now.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading It'd be ripped off the yards."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "We can't put on any canvas now.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading "We can't put on any canvas now.
stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
From this reading It'd be ripped off the yards."
make high-pitched, whiney noises
From this reading "In this squall?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It'd be ripped off the yards."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "In this squall?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "We've got to.
the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
From this reading Mewes' voice was incredulous.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mewes' voice was incredulous.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We can't put on any canvas now.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We've got to.
plural of “yard” — a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride
From this reading It'd be ripped off the yards."
Chapter 29 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 29 holds 404 sentences of Caribbee, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 29 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 29 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.
Common questions about reading Caribbee by Thomas Hoover on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 14489 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #34317 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #34317, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
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.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
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.
