ngoc_lan
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- Dec 19, 2011
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I don't understand the words "jump ship". Can you explain it to me?
"In 1841 Melville went to the South Seas on a whaling ship, were he gained the information about whaling that he later used in Moby-Dick. After jumping ship in the Marquesa Islands, he and a friend were captured by some of the islanders"
(Herman Melville, American Study Collection in American Resource Center)
I hope you will explain it so that I can know more about English. Thank you!
"In 1841 Melville went to the South Seas on a whaling ship, were he gained the information about whaling that he later used in Moby-Dick. After jumping ship in the Marquesa Islands, he and a friend were captured by some of the islanders"
(Herman Melville, American Study Collection in American Resource Center)
I hope you will explain it so that I can know more about English. Thank you!