Chapter 32 of Caribbee is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 32 of Caribbee is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"Jacques, we've got victuals on the _Defiance_." "Is that what you think of me?" He sighed. "That I would forgo this chance to relive old times? Bring this _petite_ Anglaise of yours up and let her meet your old _ami_.
Chapter 32 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.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading “"That I would forgo this chance to relive old times?”
intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude
do without or cease to hold or adhere to
From this reading “"That I would forgo this chance to relive old times?”
come together
From this reading “Bring this _petite_ Anglaise of yours up and let her meet your old _ami_.”
very small
experience again, often in the imagination
From this reading “"That I would forgo this chance to relive old times?”
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading “He sighed.”
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading “Bring this _petite_ Anglaise of yours up and let her meet your old _ami_.”
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.
past times remembered with nostalgia
In this reading “"That I would forgo this chance to relive old times?”
keep in mind for attention or consideration
In this reading “"Is that what you think of me?"”
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From this reading Bring this _petite_ Anglaise of yours up and let her meet your old _ami_.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Bring this _petite_ Anglaise of yours up and let her meet your old _ami_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Bring this _petite_ Anglaise of yours up and let her meet your old _ami_.
take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading Bring this _petite_ Anglaise of yours up and let her meet your old _ami_.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading "That I would forgo this chance to relive old times?
intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude
From this reading "Jacques, we've got victuals on the _Defiance_."
do without or cease to hold or adhere to
From this reading "That I would forgo this chance to relive old times?
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading "Jacques, we've got victuals on the _Defiance_."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He sighed.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Bring this _petite_ Anglaise of yours up and let her meet your old _ami_.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "That I would forgo this chance to relive old times?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Is that what you think of me?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Jacques, we've got victuals on the _Defiance_."
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Bring this _petite_ Anglaise of yours up and let her meet your old _ami_.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Is that what you think of me?"
come together
From this reading Bring this _petite_ Anglaise of yours up and let her meet your old _ami_.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Is that what you think of me?"
(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
From this reading "That I would forgo this chance to relive old times?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Jacques, we've got victuals on the _Defiance_."
very small
From this reading Bring this _petite_ Anglaise of yours up and let her meet your old _ami_.
experience again, often in the imagination
From this reading "That I would forgo this chance to relive old times?
past form of “sigh” — heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily
From this reading He sighed.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Is that what you think of me?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Jacques, we've got victuals on the _Defiance_."
judge or regard; look upon; judge
From this reading "Is that what you think of me?"
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "That I would forgo this chance to relive old times?
a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
From this reading "That I would forgo this chance to relive old times?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "That I would forgo this chance to relive old times?
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading Bring this _petite_ Anglaise of yours up and let her meet your old _ami_.
a stock or supply of foods
From this reading "Jacques, we've got victuals on the _Defiance_."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Jacques, we've got victuals on the _Defiance_."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Is that what you think of me?"
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "That I would forgo this chance to relive old times?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Is that what you think of me?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Bring this _petite_ Anglaise of yours up and let her meet your old _ami_.
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading Bring this _petite_ Anglaise of yours up and let her meet your old _ami_.
Chapter 32 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 32 holds 403 sentences of Caribbee, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 32 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 32 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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How to work through Caribbee section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
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Words and structures a reader meets early in Caribbee, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
