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Sir Samuel Cunard-The name of the well-known Canadian ship owner of a prestigious British and North American Line.

When his ship, the scotia is attacked, the world is outraged. Cunard s ship have an outstanding reputation and never sink. WORD MEANING PART OF SPEECH OWN SENTENCE

mysterious

Of, relating to, or being a mystery: mysterious and infinite truths. A spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large fish. Moving, acting, or occurring with great speed. See Synonyms 1 at fast . A state of reduced or suspended sensibility To enlarge or increase to an abnormal degree: thick lenses that exaggerated the size of her eyes.

Adj.

harpooner

n.

A series of mysterious accidents shocked the world. We also had the best harpooner, Ned land. The Abraham Lincoln moved rapidly round the south-east coast of America. Fear and stupor held us motionless. The reports had exaggerated its size earlier.

rapidly

Adj.

Stupor Exaggerated

n. v.

Dazzling

To dim the vision of, especially to blind with intense light.

v.

Exhaustion contraction

The act or an instance of exhausting The act of contracting or the state of being contracted.

n. n.

A few minutes before eleven we spotted the dazzling light we had seen the previous night. Then he fell back out of sheer exhaustion. The quick contraction of his brows was a proof of his energy. The other man shook his head and replied in the same language.

shook
A set of parts for assembling a barrel or packing box. Causing wonder or astonishment.

n.

Marvelous

What a marvelous sight! POINT OF VIEW-The book is written as first-person narrative by professor pierre aronnax. It often takes the form of a journal in which arronax records minute of each day aboard the nautilus. Since Aronnax is a scientist, many parts of the book are about science.

Adj.

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