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30 Cards in this Set
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skiff
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small flat-bottomed boat
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salao
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Spanish for jinxed
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gaff
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spear
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furled
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wrapped around
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gaunt
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excessively thin
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block and tackle
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pulley blocks with associated rope or cable
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thwart
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seat in a small boat
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humility
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modest view of oneself
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guano
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palm tree
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relics
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object from an earlier time (memorial)
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bodega
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Spanish for small store
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que va
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idiomatic Spanish phrase meaning not at all
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phosphorescence
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glowing but not producing heat
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la mar
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the sea (ocean)
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Portuguese man-of-war
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large jellyfish
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bight
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a loop in a rope
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bitt
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a strong post (on a wharf or quay or ship) for attaching morring lines
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marlin
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large, salt water fish with a spearlike jaw
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sounds (v)
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dives down suddenly
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coagulated
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clot
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brisa
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Spanish for breeze
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rapier
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straight, two-edged, narrow sword
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dorado
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Spanish for dolphin
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maw
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mouth
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fillets
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boneless side of a fish (long)
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ceding
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surrendering possession of
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interminable
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tiresomely long (endless)
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malignancy
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desire to cause harm
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dentuso
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Spanish slang for someone (something) with ugly teeth
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galanos
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shark
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