| A | B |
| to flee | to run away from danger |
| setting | time and place of a story |
| to preserve | to care about the existence of someone or something |
| deck | place on a ship for the captain or the officer in charge |
| to give up | to yield, to surrender |
| journey | long trip |
| stage | where the actors move and perform in a theater |
| to join | to get together |
| to be engrossed | with full attention |
| makeshift | a temporary substitute |
| amazing | awsome, extraordinary |
| watertight | no water can go in or out, impermeable |
| voyage | a ship going from one point to another |
| telegraph | old electric system of communications |
| icebergs | huge pieces of ice |
| immigrants | people who leave their countries to settle in a new land |
| bagpipes | musical instruments from Scottland |
| lookouts | persons who reports of any danger |
| hymns | religious songs |
| lifeboats | emergency small boats |