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in full bearing of

English translation: loaded with sailors

15:21 Aug 14, 2012
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
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English term or phrase: in full bearing of
Clinging to a spar with one hand, some reached forth the other with impatient wavings; others, shading their eyes from the vivid sunlight, sat far out on the rocking yards; all the spars --------------------in full bearing of ---------------------mortals, ready and ripe for their fate. Ah! how they still strove through that infinite blueness to seek out the thing that might destroy them!

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Michael Kislov
Russian Federation
Local time: 08:36
Selected answer:loaded with sailors
Explanation:
This is how I understand it - the spars are bearing a large number of sailors, "ready and ripe for their fate", which could be falling to the deck or into the sea, with serious, if not fatal, consequences.
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Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 02:36
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4 +3loaded with sailors
Martin Riordan


  

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loaded with sailors


Explanation:
This is how I understand it - the spars are bearing a large number of sailors, "ready and ripe for their fate", which could be falling to the deck or into the sea, with serious, if not fatal, consequences.

Martin Riordan
Brazil
Local time: 02:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 275

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mehmet Hascan: holding sailors
4 mins
  -> Thanks, Mehmet!
agree  Yvonne Gallagher: yes, fully bearing
1 hr
  -> Thanks, gallagy2!
agree  Phong Le
10 hrs
  -> Thanks, Phong Le!
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