Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Chapter 9

Words: Conquest: he act of conquering
success in mastering something difficult; "the conquest of space"
seduction: an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone

Chatham: Chatham was a parliamentary constituency in Kent which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 1832 general election, when the borough of Chatham was enfranchised under the Reform Act 1832.

Ferocity: the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence"

Exhibited: exhibit - show an attribute, property, knowledge, or skill; "he exhibits a great talent"
exhibit - expose: to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"
exhibit - show: give an exhibition of to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington"
exhibit - an object or statement produced before a court of law and referred to while giving evidence
exhibit - parade: walk ostentatiously; "She parades her new husband around town"
exhibit - display: something shown to the public; "the museum had many exhibits of oriental art"

Abide: bide: dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"
digest: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"


Plot: This chapter is about how Kamehameha and George vancouver became friends and that Ka'ahumanu and Kamehameha broke up and Vancouver was mad tht they broke up so Vancouver brought Ka'ahumnu to come to his boat but then Kamehameha came before her and she saw him and ran into his arms and Kamehameha thanked him and they were back together.


Other: I learned that George Vancouver is a good friend so that he can bring peace to the island of Hawai'i.

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