Michael’s Ark. Alex Nuller
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Название: Michael’s Ark
Автор: Alex Nuller
Издательство: Издательские решения
Жанр: Книги для детей: прочее
isbn: 9785447481940
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Famous naval battles that took place very many years ago.
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Wolf confused top French award “Legion of Honor”. But it’s unlikely that he ever got it
Примечания
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Pay no attention to your idea
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Familiar with difficult words
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Being too friendly when we don’t know each other very well.
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Make sure everybody likes you
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Fussy
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You shouldn’t do it with somebody you don’t know well
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Means that we think we’re friends
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It seems too early
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It makes me happy. 11 Beginning
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The study of how language is used.
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The biggest University in Africa
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With highest honours (Latin)
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A famous scientist that lived 150 years ago.
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I still don’t know everybody that lives here.
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Living
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Plant-eating
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aware
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not worry about because it’s not important
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assume that it’s true
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Asleep.
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Mammalian – related to mammals, animals that feed their young with milk like camels, horses, moose and many others do.
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Can’t do it.
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Think about it.
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Ability to float
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A little bit of intelligence.
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“Square rigged’ means that the spars make a right angle with the masts. “Gaff rigged’ means the main sail angles away from the main mast.
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Where the sails are square shaped, or rectangular shaped.
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I don’t want to be blamed if there’s a problem.
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Argument
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A yardarm is a horizontal pole on a mast that the sail hangs from.
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Study of the earth, and how to know where you are by looking at the earth or the sky.
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Tools you use to check the position of the sun, moon and stars.
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How to maneuver sails on a ship to best use the force of the wind.
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Little balls with a strong smell that people put in cupboards to keep moths away.
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The sailors’ name for the devil.
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Different types of rigging on a ship.
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A device to pull things up using ropes that can be opened on the side.
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A big spike used to work lines on a ship.
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What the wolf likes to eat.
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Make sure that he doesn’t have to worry.
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Famous naval battles that took place very many years ago.
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Wolf confused top French award “Legion of Honor”. But it’s unlikely that he ever got it
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Wolf doesn’t eat meat.
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Sailors say that whistling on board ship is bad luck, except when there’s no wind; then you have to whistle to make the wind come up.
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Like when a black cat crosses your path, or walking under a ladder.
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Like an animal that preys on other animals.
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Let it be! I have spoken!
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A “point” is 1/32 of the distance around a circle. “Port” means left. Turning “two points to port” means turning left 22.5%.
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A “jib” is a triangular sail that is attached to the bow of a brig.
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“Starboard” is the right side of the ship, just like “port” is the left side.
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To steer the ship.
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Up in the sails.
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The lines between the sails and the deck.
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The assistant captain on sailing ships in the old days.
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A wise comment.
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The kitchen on a ship.
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The “mainsail’ is the largest sail. The “mainbrace’ is a big line used to move the mainsail into the wind.
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The bottom of the sea, where drowned sailors go.
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A triangle-shaped sail in the front of the ship.
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Turn around the ship
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The “boom’ is a mast connected to the bottom of a sail. It can swing around and knock you over if you change course suddenly.
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A weatherman.
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We need to do things before something bad happens.
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Fears.
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A special stone shaped like a brick that was used to scrub wooden decks on old ships.
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Trial.
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Islands in the southern Caribbean Sea.
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The captain of the British ship
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Stop your useless talk.
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Tie up the mainsail so only half of it is open.
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Rocks under the water level that the ship may hit.
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100 fathoms, or about 600 yards.
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Close the doors and portholes.
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The surface of the ground.
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An albatross is a big sea bird. A thieves cat is a big knotted whip used to punish sailors in the old days.
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