1. Take over Bos'n！

take over （from sb.） ： 接管，接替 落伍、落在后面

eg： A competent young woman took over from Mr. White as the CEO of the company last year.

去年一位年輕有為的女士接替了懷特先生成了公司的首席執行官。

eg： Who's going to take over the running of the park when Mr. Liu retires？

劉先生退休以后誰管理體制公署這攤子事？

eg： Who's going to take over the running of the park when Mr. Liu retires？

一年之內，那家媒體托拉斯兼并了好幾家報業

2. Hour after hour kept the gun pointed at tothe other nine men.

kept the gun pointed at：

eg： He kept the door locked　他一直鎖著門 eg： Keep sb. covered一直瞄準某人

3. From the lifeboat' s stern， where I'd sat most of the twenty days our drifting， I could keep them a covered

cover： to continue aiming a gun at， so that they cannot attack you　瞄準，控制在范圍之內

eg： Cover her while I phone the police. 把槍對準她讓她別動，我去叫警察來

3. If I had to shoot at such close quarters.

at/from close quarters/range：很近

eg： The boys love to watch the aircraft take off and land at close quarters

這些男孩子酷愛在近處觀看飛機起飛、降落。

eg：The birds were photographed at close range這些小鳥是近距離拍攝下來的。

eg：The victim had been shot at close range/quarters被害者遭到近距離槍殺。

4. But in the way they all　glared I could see hoe they'd come to hate my guts.

glare at： 怒目而視

eg：He did not shout or swear， but just glared at me silently.他沒有大喊，也沒有叫罵，而是一言不發，憤怒地盯著我

5. hold out forever！

hold out： 抵抗，堅持

eg：　The whole village held out until the last man

他沒有大喊，也沒有叫罵，而是一言不發，憤怒地盯著我。

eg：　The refugees held out against the severe cold winter.　難民們熬過了那年冬天的嚴寒

7. Very soon now I'ddoze off and the instant that happened they'd jump on the little water that was left.

doze off： 打盹，小息

eg：The lecture was so boring that the audience began to doze off.講座太乏