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Old Man & Sea Vocab
Activities for E. Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| skif | a small, flat-bottomed boat |
| salao | unlucky |
| gaff | a handled hook for holding or lifting heavy fish |
| furled | wrapped or rolled |
| coiled | rolled or twisted |
| gaunt | extremely thin |
| benevolent | abundant |
| humility | the quality of not bragging or boasting about one's accomplishments |
| guano | royal palm leaves |
| bodega | bar |
| terminal of the lottery | lottery ticket |
| bitt | a post on the deck of a boat, usually with rope attached,used either to secure the boat or to tow it |
| bow | the front end of a boat |
| brisa | Spanish for breeze |
| calumbre | Spanish for a cramp |
| cast net | A round, weighted net designed to be thrown downward and pulled back by strings. Used for catching small bait fish. |
| dentuso | Something having big teeth. |
| dorado | Spanish for "golden" |
| fathom | a sea term meaning 6 feet deep |
| flying fish | a fish with a long pectoral fin which looks like a wing |
| hawk-bill | a deep sea turtle that's very valuable |
| juego | Spanish for "game" or "sport" |
| loggerhead | large deep sea turtle that isn't so valuable |
| plankton | tiny plants and aniimals that float in water |
| Que Va | Spanish for "that's life" or "whatever happens, happens" |
| salac | a Cuban word that means if you have bad luck you can spread it to other people |
| thole pins | pegs set into the upper edge of the side of a boat. The oars are attached to these. |
| thwart | the wide board that goes across the middle of the boat for people to sit on. |
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