All 10 Uses of
ration
in
Life of Pi
- I found cartons of Seven Oceans Standard Emergency Ration, from faraway, exotic Bergen, Norway.†
Chpt 49-52ration = a fixed portion of something given as a person's share when there is a shortage
- In English it said the ration consisted of eighteen fortified biscuits of baked wheat, animal fat and glucose, and that no more than six should be eaten in a twenty-four-hour period.†
Chpt 49-52
- Actually, with half a kilo of emergency ration in my stomach, I felt quite heavy.†
Chpt 49-52
- That meant I had food rations to last me—31 X 3—93 days!†
Chpt 49-52 *rations = fixed portions of something that is allotted -- especially food for military personnel
- So I had water rations to last me 124 days.†
Chpt 49-52
- After a thorough investigation, I made a complete list: 192 tablets of anti-seasickness medicine 124 tin cans of fresh water, each containing 500 millilitres, so 62 litres in all 32 plastic vomit bags 31 cartons of emergency rations, 500 grams each, so 15.5 kilos in all 16 wool blankets 12 solar stills 10 or so orange life jackets, each with an orange, headless whistle attached by a string 6 morphine ampoule syringes 6 hand flares 5 buoyant oars 4 rocket parachute flares 3 tough, transparent plastic bags, each with a capacity of about 50 litres 3 can openers 3 graduated glass beakers for drinking 2 boxes of waterproof matches 2 buoyant orange smoke signals 2 mid-size orange plastic buckets 2†
Chpt 49-52
- I opened a carton of emergency ration and ate my fill, about one-third of the package.†
Chpt 57-60ration = a fixed portion of something given as a person's share when there is a shortage
- I gathered a can of water, a can opener, four biscuits of survival ration and four blankets.†
Chpt 57-60
- As the cartons of survival rations diminished, I reduced my intake till I was following instructions exactly, holding myself to only two biscuits every eight hours.†
Chpt 77-80rations = fixed portions of something that is allotted -- especially food for military personnel
- She took hold of the plastic container in which we put the open rations of biscuits.†
Chpt 97-100
Definition:
verb: to restrict the amount of something each person can have -- such as food or gasoline when there is a shortage, or when more is wanted than is available
or:
noun: a fixed portion of something that is given as a person's share -- such as goods of which there is a shortage, or food for soldiers in the field
or:
noun: a fixed portion of something that is given as a person's share -- such as goods of which there is a shortage, or food for soldiers in the field