Before You Read: Target Vocabulary
Essential words to understand this chapter easily.
transport
/trænˈspɔːt/to take or carry people or goods from one place to another
lookout
/ˈlʊkaʊt/a person who watches carefully for danger or for something to happen
loyal
/ˈlɔɪəl/always supporting and staying faithful to someone or something
weigh anchor
/weɪ ˈæŋkər/to lift a ship's anchor from the water in order to begin sailing
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The next morning, we began our hard work early. Transporting this huge mass of gold nearly a mile across the land to the beach, and then three miles by small boat to the Hispaniola, was a major task for our small crew. The three mutineers still hiding on the island did not trouble us. A single lookout on the hill was enough to protect us from any sudden attack, and we knew they had had more than enough of fighting. Gray and Ben Gunn rowed back and forth with the boat, while the rest of us piled the treasure on...
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