Notice these expressions in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
honing our seafaring skills ominous silence Mayday calls pinpricks in the vast ocean a tousled head
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ANSWER :
1.HONING OUR SEAFARING SKILLS means that the author and his wife spend all their free time in improving their seafaring skills on the British sea.
2.OMINOUS SILENCE means a dreadful silence. The wind stopped blowing and the sky grew dark.
3.MAYDAY CALLS means radio signals . They are sent by ships and aircrafts for help.
4.PINPRICKS IN THE VAST OCEAN means search for two small Islands in the vast ocean. One of the island was Amsterdam.
5.A TOUSLED HEAD means head (Jonathan,the son of author ) with untidy or messy hair.
HOPE THIS ANSWER WILL HELP YOU….
1- It mean's the author & his wife spend all their free-time in improving their sea-faring skill's on the British sea.
2- It mean's a dreadful silence.The wind stopped blowing & the sky grew dark.
3- It mean's radio-signal's.
4- It mean's the search of two small island's in the vast ocean.
5- It mean's head,untidy or the messy hair's.