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Extract: The Storm Warning
¶1Despite the storm warnings crackling over the radio, Captain Hale remained composed, giving orders in the same level voice he used on ordinary mornings.
¶2The crew, who had expected shouting, found his calm strangely arresting; one by one, they stopped what they were doing to listen.
| Entry |
Word class |
Meaning |
| 1 |
arrest (verb) |
to seize someone by legal authority |
| 2 |
arrest (verb) |
to stop or slow the progress of something, e.g. to arrest a decline |
| 3 |
arresting (adjective) |
so striking or unusual that it catches and holds attention |
| 4 |
arresting (adjective) |
(rare) causing alarm or fear |
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