Chapter 34 of Caribbee is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 34 of Caribbee is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"We'll not permit it, sir. We'll not let the Frenchmen have it back." "How do you figure on stopping them? This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this. I'd say this place'll have no choice but stay French."
Chapter 34 of Caribbee is here in full — 403 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the person or thing chosen or selected
From this reading “I'd say this place'll have no choice but stay French."”
group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
From this reading “This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.”
plural of “frenchman” — a person of French nationality
From this reading “We'll not let the Frenchmen have it back."”
third-person singular of “hear” — perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading “This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.”
a legal document giving official permission to do something
From this reading “"We'll not permit it, sir.”
affix in a public place or for public notice
From this reading “This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.”
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
From this reading “This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.”
fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
From this reading “"How do you figure on stopping them?”
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 “This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.”
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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 This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.
anew
From this reading This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading We'll not let the Frenchmen have it back."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I'd say this place'll have no choice but stay French."
the person or thing chosen or selected
From this reading I'd say this place'll have no choice but stay French."
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "How do you figure on stopping them?
being or moving lower in position or less in some value
From this reading This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.
a diagram or picture illustrating textual material
From this reading "How do you figure on stopping them?
group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership
From this reading This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.
the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France
From this reading I'd say this place'll have no choice but stay French."
plural of “frenchman” — a person of French nationality
From this reading We'll not let the Frenchmen have it back."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We'll not let the Frenchmen have it back."
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.
third-person singular of “hear” — perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
From this reading This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "How do you figure on stopping them?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'd say this place'll have no choice but stay French."
moving to the inside of something
From this reading This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "We'll not permit it, sir.
having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior
From this reading This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading We'll not let the Frenchmen have it back."
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
From this reading This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.
not any; not one
From this reading I'd say this place'll have no choice but stay French."
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "We'll not permit it, sir.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "How do you figure on stopping them?
a legal document giving official permission to do something
From this reading "We'll not permit it, sir.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'd say this place'll have no choice but stay French."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.
affix in a public place or for public notice
From this reading This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.
express in words
From this reading I'd say this place'll have no choice but stay French."
any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)
From this reading This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.
term of address for a man
From this reading "We'll not permit it, sir.
stay the same; remain in a certain state
From this reading I'd say this place'll have no choice but stay French."
fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to join steel members
From this reading "How do you figure on stopping them?
having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
From this reading This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.
carry out
From this reading This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We'll not let the Frenchmen have it back."
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "How do you figure on stopping them?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "We'll not permit it, sir.
plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading This fortress'll take weeks to put into any kind of shape again, and de Poncy's sure to post a fleet down the minute he hears of this.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "How do you figure on stopping them?
Chapter 34 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 34 holds 403 sentences of Caribbee, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 34 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.
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About 600 minutes of reading across 2898 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
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