By The Great Horn Spoon - Chapter 5

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Patagonia

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a dry grassy region in southern South America. (p.50)

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impending

Back 2

about to happen (p.50)

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sea yarns

Back 3

sea stories and tales that often seem hard to believe (p.50)

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vile-tempered

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in a wicked, angry, very bad state (p.51)

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Strait of Magellan

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a channel between the mainland tip of South America & Tierra del Fuego that links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (p.51)

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inclement

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rough; severe; stormy (p.51)

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to the furious tip of the continent

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to the stormy waters and bad weather of Cape Horn (p.51)

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notorious

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widely but unfavorably known or talked about (p.52)

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Tierra del Fuego

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a group of islands at the tip of South America (p.52)

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troughs

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the low, narrow bottom part between waves (p.53)

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battening the hatches

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fasten canvas over the hatches of a ship, especially in preparing for a storm (p.53)

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gale

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a strong wind from 32 to 63 miles per hour (p.54)

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mite

Back 13

little (p.55)

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the furies of the past 37 days

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the violence and fierceness of the weather (p.57)