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Notice these expressions in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
i) honing our seafaring skills
ii) ominous silence
iii) Mayday calls
iv) pinpricks in the vast ocean v)a tousled head

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i) honing our seafaring skills: This refers to the efforts made by the author and his wife to perfect or sharpen their seafaring skills.
ii) ominous silence: the silence here refers to an impending danger.
iii) Mayday calls: Mayday calls are radio-telephonic words which signal aircrafts or ships stuck in a disastrous situation. ltBrgt iv) pinpricks in the vast ocean: This phrase expresses the search for two small islands in the vast ocean.They were somewhere in 150,000 kilometre of ocean looking for a 65 kilometre wide island.
v) a tousled head: this refers to hair in disarray or the disarranged hair of the author‟s son, Jonathan
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