Before You Read: Target Vocabulary
Essential words to understand this chapter easily.
exhausted
/ɪɡˈzɔːstɪd/extremely tired, with no energy left
authority
/ɔːˈθɒrəti/the official power or right to give orders and control people
vanish
/ˈvænɪʃ/to disappear suddenly and completely
overboard
/ˌəʊvəˈbɔːd/over the side of a boat or ship into the water
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All that night we were extremely busy putting everything in its place. Friends of Mr. Trelawney came on board to wish him a safe journey. I had never worked so hard in my life, and I was completely exhausted. But when the whistle blew before dawn and the crew began to turn the capstan to lift the anchor, I refused to go below deck. Everything was so exciting and new—the sharp orders, the glowing lanterns, and the sailors rushing to their stations. "Give us a song, Long John!" someone shouted. "The old one!" another voice called out. Long John Silver,...
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