Based on the context clues, what is the meaning of the
word maritime in the passage?
Read the excerpt from "Ship's Chronometer from HMS
Beagle."
As a maritime nation, the British were concerned with one
problem in particular: they could make clocks that kept
very good time as long as they stayed perfectly still but not
when they were shaken about, and particularly not on
board a rolling ship. If you wanted to sail, it was impossible
to keep a precise record of time.
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bordering the sea; nautical
over-scheduled
characterized by calm; restful
accurate or specific

Is the sentence the refree blew her whistle and both teams rushed onto the field a coumpound or simple sentence

Multiple ! in this excerpt from act i, scene vi, of macbeth, duncan praises the atmosphere in the castle and the hospitality of his hostess. identify two reasons that these comments are ironic. duncan: this castle hath a pleasant seat: the air nimbly and sweetly recommends itself unto our gentle sense. . . (enter lady macbeth.) duncan: see, see, our honour'd hostess! — the love that follows us sometime is our trouble, which still we as love. herein i teach you how you shall bid god ild us for your pains, and us for your trouble. he will meet his death in the castle, which he considers a pleasant place. his praise for inverness and his hostess, lady macbeth, is deceptive. duncan secretly plans to give macbeth's title to donalbain. the hostess he praises is actually plotting his murder.

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