Ernest Hemingway "The Old Man and the Sea"

Hard words: gaff, harpoon, sail, path, flour sack, furl, permanent, defeat, gaunt, wrinkle, spot, benign, cancer, tropical, doubt, obey, faith, offer, stuff, butcher, marlin, Havana, shark, cove, sardine, row, serve, green, destroy, slap, club, confident, bait, current, attain, humility, trick, cast net, mast, fishing gear, shack, royal palm, guano, dirt, charcoal, relic, fiction, weigh, bodega, share, keep warm, spread, barefoot, wake up, bean, metal container, water supply, thoughtless, league, lose, be oneself, make the difference, used to, timed, in the older days, harsh-spoken, drink, manager, equal, Que va, come along, prove, resolution, ought to, fresh, alarm clock, roll up, trousers, pillow, cover, spring, dream of, surf, roar, native, breeze, content of strength, in the dusk, unroll, put on, unlocked, take hold of, nod, condensed-milk, although, credit, bore, pebbled, slide, fit, lashing, lean, dip, even though, flying fish, be fond of, principal, delicate, tern, robber, fine, cruel, la mar, el mar, masculine, contestant, feminine, withhold, favour, wicked, steadily, albacore, drift, tuna, hang, blue runner, jack, loop, with precision, man-of-war bird, circle, make a quick drop, dolphin, rise, drop, after a while, stern, taut, shiver, trickle, projecting, sharply, reach out for, thumb, forefinger, tentative, fathom, point, slip down, coil, in reserve, as well as, strike, inch, tow, brace, solidly, visible, cramp, course, cautiously, urinate, eastward, come cut, stupid, unavoidable, spoil, porpoise, blow, pity, ruin, flesh, male, panic, desperate, settle, join, make a surge, coagulate, chain, work one’s way to, slip, no matter how, get tired, favorable, warbler, teeter, grip, lurch, overboard, bleed, shift, kneel down, strip, claw, pick up, chew, unpleasant, stiff, rigor mortis, unknot, treachery, bugle, unendingly, pour, light lavender, sword, taper, rapier, scythe-blade, race out, convince, match, make one’s run, out of sight, fast, suffer, religious, Our Father, Hail Mary, make a pilgrimage, unjust, endure, juego, be worthy of, tavern, negro, elbow, referee, odds, back and forth, el campeon, off balance, athlete, beaten, at daylight, Sargasso weed, flap, burnished, jaw, convulsively. pound, still, slant, lash, anyway, go into a dullness, be gone, determination, relax, dignity, bear, devise, starlight, skin, fillet, flow, cooked, miserable, raw, lime, drop, rig, jerk, burn out, brake, strain, to the breaking point, pay for, splash, frighten, stoop down, scoop up, nauseate, vomit, worthless, be born with, set out, be tired deep into ones’s bones, salt, faint, dizzy, now that, consider, banging, would rather, take air, widen, wound, give up, rub, last, speak of, trade wind, considerable, steer, be lost, bulk, stripe, dorsal, fin, pectoral, besides, placid, try for, hold up, put forth, right, accomplish, alongside, care, get confused, clear up, mushy, in flashes, long-gone, agony, width, crash, belly, shaft, float, slave work, fortune, noose, thwart, trickle, settle, disperse, scent, Mako shark, swordfish, inwards, pyramid-shaped, curled, razor-sharp, cutting edge, might as well, click, tear, ram, malignancy, swing, plough, as though, pattern, butt, unarmed, sin, self-defense, deceive, galano, rebel at, scavenger, rudder, spinal cord, withdraw, swallow, blow, squarely, flat-topped, stab, vertebra, cartilage, wipe, quarter, in shape, under-side, shovel-nose, trough, snap, sink, tiller, handle, broad, spill, loose, shut, base, spear, violate, reflected, glare, useless, seize, chop, coppery, spit, without remedy, notice, pull up, backbone, naked, mass, bill, palm, measure, skeleton, disturb, ask for, proprietor, trap, search for, coast guard, instead of, drugstore, barracuda, tide, garbage, Tiburon, formed, companion