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Sailing Alone Around the World Flashcards

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ridge

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ketera, gūbrys; kalvagūbris, kalno viršūnė; kalnų virtinė; takoskyra

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resolve

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pasiryžti, ryžtis; apsispręsti; I resolved to tell the truth pasiryžau sakyti tiesą
2 išspręsti, nuspręsti, nutarti; nuspręsti balsavimu

I had resolved on a voyage around the world

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shot

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sloop shot ahead under full sail

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outward-bound

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  1. That is going out or leaving

Adjective: outward
1. Relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind
Adverb: outward
1. Toward the outside

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astern

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astern [əˈstə:n]

Adverb: astern

  1. Stern foremost or backward
  2. At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
  3. (of a ship or an airplane) behind

jūr.
adv
1 užpakalinėje laivo dalyje, laivagalyje; užpakalyje

2 atgal;

to fall astern atsilikti;

full speed astern visu greičiu atgal!
a atbulinis, atbulinės eigos

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helm

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helm

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squall

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squall

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cove

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cove [kəuv]

Small sheltered bay

I made for the cove, a lovely branch of Gloucester’s fine harbor

n
1 įlankėlė; užutekis

2 saugi vieta prie uolėto jūros kranto; prieplauka

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wharf

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wharf

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brain

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Verb: brain

  1. Hit on the head
  2. Kill by smashing someone’s skull
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calamity

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calamity [kəˈlæmətɪ]

Noun: calamity
1. An event resulting in great loss and misfortune
I hardly know how a calamity was averted

n didžiulė nelaimė; katastrofa, baisus įvykis;

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sloop

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sloop

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“You couldn’t ‘a’ done it better,”

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You couldn’t to do better

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uttered

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Adjective: uttered
1. Communicated in words

Verb: utter

  1. Articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
  2. Express audibly; make sounds (not necessarily words)
  3. Express in speech
  4. Put into circulation
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ablest

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ablest

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fitting out

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Verb: fit out

  1. Provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
  2. Provide with clothes or put clothes on
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article

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Particular item or object

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dory

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Noun: dory

  1. A small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
  2. Pike-like freshwater perches
  3. Marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters
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mackerel

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mackerel [ˈmækrəl] n (pl mackerel) zool. skumbrė;
jack/horse mackerel stauridė

² mackerel sky baltų debesėlių išmargintas dangus

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twilight

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1 prietema, sutema, prieblanda
2 saulėlydis (ir prk.);
the twilight of the Roman Empire Romos imperijos saulėlydis;
in the twilight of one’s life savo gyvenimo saulėlydyje
3 aušra, apyaušris, prieblanda
4 (padėties ir pan.) neaiškumas

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intimidated

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intimidate [ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt]

Adjective: intimidated
1. Made timid or fearful as by threats

Verb: intimidate

  1. Make timid or fearful
  2. To compel or deter by or as if by threats

v (į)bauginti, (į)gąsdinti, (į)baidyti

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stand out

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Nautical To maintain a course away from shore

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peer out

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Verb: peer

  1. Look searchingly
  2. (Internet) carry communications traffic to and from another network, usually without charge or payment

Noun: peer

  1. A person who is of equal standing with another in a group
  2. A nobleman (duke, marquis, earl, viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage
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square away

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Nautical To square the yards of a sailing vessel.

SQUARED AWAY - “from the nautical meaning of having changed a sailing ship’s positions to that of the prevailing wind, with the yards turned at right angles to the deck.” From “Listening to America” by Stuart Berg Flexner (Simon and Schuster, New York, 1982).

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ledge

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Noun: ledge

  1. A projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
  2. A shelf on which articles may be laid, esp. projecting from a wall
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thence

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Adverb: thence

  1. From that place or from there
  2. From that circumstance or source
  3. (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact, reason or as a result
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naturally

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naturally [ˈnætʃərəlɪ]

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haul

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Verb: haul

  1. (nautical) steer a vessel closer to the wind
  2. Draw slowly or heavily
  3. Transport in a vehicle
  4. Carry with difficulty

Noun: haul

  1. The act of drawing or hauling something
  2. The quantity that was caught
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in earnest

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Adverb: in earnest

1. In a serious manner

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halibut

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[ˈhælɪbət]

Noun: halibut (halibut,halibuts)

  1. Lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific
  2. Marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes

halibut n zool. otas (žuvis)

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