Explain........................... in chapter we are not afraid to die...
Question 1.
I honing our seafaring skills
Question 2.
ominous silence
Question 3.
Mayday calls
Question 4.
pinpricks in the vast ocean
Question 5.
a tousled head
Answers
Answer 1:
It refers to the efforts made by the narrator and his wife to perfect or sharpen their knowledge of navigation, handling of the boat and equipment and other sea skills.
Answer 2:
It refers to the silence just before an impending danger. The peace and quiet suggests that something bad is going to happen.
Answer 3:
They are radio-telephonic calls which are given by aircraft or ships stuck in a disastrous situation. They are distress calls made to secure help from other ships nearby.
Answer 4:
This phrase refers to tiny islands in the vast ocean.
They are so small that they appear like tiny pinheads on a map of the vast ocean.
Answer 5:
It refers to hair in disarray or the disarranged hair of the author’s son. His hair was all messed up and uncombed.
Answer:
Honing our seafaring skills: This refers to the effort by the author and his wife, to perfect or sharper their seafaring skills. They advanced towards making themselves fit to travel on the sea. Ominous Silence: The silence here refers to an impending danger. The threatening absence of sound indicated a worse situation for the author. Mayday calls: Mayday calls are radiotelephonic words which signal aircrafts or ships in danger stuck in an extremely important and urgent disastrous situation, the author called out for help, in vain. Pinpricks in the vast ocean: This phrase expresses the insignificance of two small islands in the vast ocean. A tousled head: This refers to hair in disarray or a disarranged hair of the author’s son Jonathan.
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