Chapter 33 of Caribbee is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 33 of Caribbee is here in full — 404 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"To his credit, I will admit he at least helped us bait the hook, Mademoiselle." Jacques smiled. "Did you not, Anglais?" "That I did. Except it caught an English fish, instead of a Spaniard."
Chapter 33 of Caribbee is here in full — 404 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.
declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
From this reading “"To his credit, I will admit he at least helped us bait the hook, Mademoiselle."”
harass with persistent criticism or carping
From this reading “"To his credit, I will admit he at least helped us bait the hook, Mademoiselle."”
approval
From this reading “"To his credit, I will admit he at least helped us bait the hook, Mademoiselle."”
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading “Except it caught an English fish, instead of a Spaniard."”
past form of “help” — give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading “"To his credit, I will admit he at least helped us bait the hook, Mademoiselle."”
fasten with a hook
From this reading “"To his credit, I will admit he at least helped us bait the hook, Mademoiselle."”
small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico
From this reading “"To his credit, I will admit he at least helped us bait the hook, Mademoiselle."”
a native or inhabitant of Spain
From this reading “Except it caught an English fish, instead of a Spaniard."”
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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 Except it caught an English fish, instead of a Spaniard."
declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of
From this reading "To his credit, I will admit he at least helped us bait the hook, Mademoiselle."
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Except it caught an English fish, instead of a Spaniard."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Did you not, Anglais?"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "To his credit, I will admit he at least helped us bait the hook, Mademoiselle."
harass with persistent criticism or carping
From this reading "To his credit, I will admit he at least helped us bait the hook, Mademoiselle."
inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
From this reading Except it caught an English fish, instead of a Spaniard."
approval
From this reading "To his credit, I will admit he at least helped us bait the hook, Mademoiselle."
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Did you not, Anglais?"
an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
From this reading Except it caught an English fish, instead of a Spaniard."
apart from; not including
From this reading Except it caught an English fish, instead of a Spaniard."
any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
From this reading Except it caught an English fish, instead of a Spaniard."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "To his credit, I will admit he at least helped us bait the hook, Mademoiselle."
past form of “help” — give help or assistance; be of service
From this reading "To his credit, I will admit he at least helped us bait the hook, Mademoiselle."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "To his credit, I will admit he at least helped us bait the hook, Mademoiselle."
fasten with a hook
From this reading "To his credit, I will admit he at least helped us bait the hook, Mademoiselle."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "To his credit, I will admit he at least helped us bait the hook, Mademoiselle."
in place of, or as an alternative to
From this reading Except it caught an English fish, instead of a Spaniard."
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Except it caught an English fish, instead of a Spaniard."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Jacques smiled.
the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
From this reading "To his credit, I will admit he at least helped us bait the hook, Mademoiselle."
small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico
From this reading "To his credit, I will admit he at least helped us bait the hook, Mademoiselle."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Did you not, Anglais?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Except it caught an English fish, instead of a Spaniard."
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Jacques smiled.
a native or inhabitant of Spain
From this reading Except it caught an English fish, instead of a Spaniard."
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "That I did.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "To his credit, I will admit he at least helped us bait the hook, Mademoiselle."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "To his credit, I will admit he at least helped us bait the hook, Mademoiselle."
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "To his credit, I will admit he at least helped us bait the hook, Mademoiselle."
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "To his credit, I will admit he at least helped us bait the hook, Mademoiselle."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Did you not, Anglais?"
Chapter 33 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 33 holds 404 sentences of Caribbee, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 33 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 33 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.
