Before You Read: Target Vocabulary
Essential words to understand this chapter easily.
cove
/kəʊv/A small, sheltered bay along the coast.
fierce
/fɪəs/Angry, aggressive, and ready to attack or fight.
haunt
/hɔːnt/To cause repeated worry, fear, or disturbing thoughts in someone's mind.
scoundrel
/ˈskaʊndrəl/A dishonest, immoral, or wicked person.
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Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey, and the other gentlemen have asked me to write down the whole story of Treasure Island, from the very beginning to the end, keeping nothing back except the exact location of the island, because some treasure still remains buried there. So I go back to the time when my father kept the Admiral Benbow inn, and the old brown seaman with the sabre cut first came to stay under our roof. I remember him clearly, walking slowly to our inn door with his heavy sea-chest carried behind him on a handcart. He was a tall, strong,...
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