Sailing Alone Around the World Flashcards
ridge
ketera, gūbrys; kalvagūbris, kalno viršūnė; kalnų virtinė; takoskyra
resolve
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
shot
sloop shot ahead under full sail
outward-bound
- 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
astern
astern [əˈstə:n]
Adverb: astern
- Stern foremost or backward
- At or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
- (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
helm
helm
squall
squall
cove
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
wharf
wharf
brain
Verb: brain
- Hit on the head
- Kill by smashing someone’s skull
calamity
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;
sloop
sloop
“You couldn’t ‘a’ done it better,”
You couldn’t to do better
uttered
Adjective: uttered
1. Communicated in words
Verb: utter
- Articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
- Express audibly; make sounds (not necessarily words)
- Express in speech
- Put into circulation
ablest
ablest
fitting out
Verb: fit out
- Provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
- Provide with clothes or put clothes on
article
Particular item or object
dory
Noun: dory
- A small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
- Pike-like freshwater perches
- Marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope waters
mackerel
mackerel [ˈmækrəl] n (pl mackerel) zool. skumbrė;
jack/horse mackerel stauridė
² mackerel sky baltų debesėlių išmargintas dangus
twilight
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
intimidated
intimidate [ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt]
Adjective: intimidated
1. Made timid or fearful as by threats
Verb: intimidate
- Make timid or fearful
- To compel or deter by or as if by threats
v (į)bauginti, (į)gąsdinti, (į)baidyti
stand out
Nautical To maintain a course away from shore
peer out
Verb: peer
- Look searchingly
- (Internet) carry communications traffic to and from another network, usually without charge or payment
Noun: peer
- A person who is of equal standing with another in a group
- A nobleman (duke, marquis, earl, viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage
square away
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).
ledge
Noun: ledge
- A projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
- A shelf on which articles may be laid, esp. projecting from a wall
thence
Adverb: thence
- From that place or from there
- From that circumstance or source
- (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact, reason or as a result
naturally
naturally [ˈnætʃərəlɪ]
haul
Verb: haul
- (nautical) steer a vessel closer to the wind
- Draw slowly or heavily
- Transport in a vehicle
- Carry with difficulty
Noun: haul
- The act of drawing or hauling something
- The quantity that was caught
in earnest
Adverb: in earnest
1. In a serious manner
halibut
[ˈhælɪbət]
Noun: halibut (halibut,halibuts)
- Lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific
- 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)
