The old man and the sea Flashcards
Churn
1. a machine or container in which butter is made by agitating milk or cream. 2. short for churn rate. verb 1. agitate or turn (milk or cream) in a machine in order to produce butter. "the cream is ripened before it is churned" Similar: stir agitate beat whip whisk 2. (with reference to liquid) move or cause to move about vigorously. "the seas churned"
Taut
stretched or pulled tight; not slack.
Thwart
prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
Bitt
a pair of posts on the deck of a ship for fastening mooring lines or cables.
Slant
1.
slope or lean in a particular direction; diverge or cause to diverge from the vertical or horizontal.
Tow
(of a motor vehicle or boat) pull (another vehicle or boat) along with a rope, chain, or tow bar.
Remplis
Fill in, fill out, Complete
Formulaire
Form
Économise
Save up, save
Gagnons
Make, earn, win
Tort
Wrong
Formulaire
Form
Beurre
Butter
Tu gagnes bien ta vie
Do you make a good living
Undulation
the action of moving smoothly up and down.
“the soft undulation of the waves animates the scene”
a smoothly rising and falling form, outline, or movement.