All 23 Uses of
ration
in
Unbroken - adapted for young adults
- The rations dwindled.
p. 156..8rations = fixed portions of something that is allotted -- especially food for military personnel
- Unloading ration trucks, captives saw nutritious fare, but it was never served to them, because the Japanese were stealing it.
p. 156..8ration = a fixed portion of something given as a person's share when there is a shortage
- The rations weren't nearly enough, and he was plagued by diarrhea.
p. 157..0rations = fixed portions of something that is allotted -- especially food for military personnel
- Rations were slashed.
p. 165..5
- Camp officials stole the rations, and the captives wasted away.
p. 167..6 *rations = a fixed portion of food for each person
- Rations were meager and of terrible quality and nutritive value.
p. 177..2rations = fixed portions of something that is allotted -- especially food for military personnel
- For unenslaved officers and men too sick to work, rations were halved.
p. 177..4
- He looked for the corporal through morning roll call, farting at the emperor, and forcing down rations.
p. 179..1
- The one good thing about being an officer in Omori was the exemption from slave labor, though at the painful cost of half the ration.
p. 179..2ration = a fixed portion of something given as a person's share when there is a shortage
- On a late October day in 1944, Louie pushed a wheelbarrow into Tokyo, joining a guard to pick up rations.
p. 183..1rations = fixed portions of something that is allotted -- especially food for military personnel
- The Naoetsu rations—mostly seaweed—didn't help him.
p. 202..0
- And because they were working, the officers were granted full rations.
p. 202..9
- Though rations were dwindling as Japan's fortunes fell, a full bowl of seaweed was better than half a bowl of seaweed.
p. 202..9
- He would now be the only officer trapped in camp with the Bird all day, and his rations would be halved.
p. 205..9
- To get his rations restored, he had to find work he could do on one leg.
p. 205..9
- He'd get full rations, but there was a catch: he'd have to use his bare hands to clean the sty.
p. 206..1
- With the import of the new POWs, the population had more than doubled, but the rations hadn't.
p. 209..9
- Now the rations were still smaller, usually nothing but seaweed.
p. 209..9
- They were told their rations and supplies of heating fuel would be cut more in winter, and might be discontinued.
p. 209..9
- Louie was back on half rations.
p. 212..7
- Limping, ill, and starved, he pleaded with the Bird for work to get full rations.
p. 212..8
- Japanese trucks soon arrived, and out came rations, biscuits, and canned fruit.
p. 226..7
- Finding a table stacked with K rations—meal boxes for servicemen—he crammed several under his shirt, ignoring an attendant who tried to assure him that no one would starve him anymore.
p. 233..7
Definition:
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(ration) 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