One of the Bahaman boys stopped by Tea Cake’s house in a car and hollered. Tea Cake came out throwin’ laughter over his shoulder into the house.
The text describes an interaction where boys in a car call out to Tea, cake, who responds by coming out laughing
See dat! Mah woman would spread her lungs all over Palm Beach County, let alone knock out mah jaw teeth. You don’t know dat woman uh mine. She got ninety-nine rows uh jaw teeth and git her good and mad, she’ll wade through solid rock up to her hip pockets.”
This text shows a boastful description of a women’s extreme strength and ferocity
Yeah, Ah’m nearly forty and you’se already fifty. How come you can’t talk about dat sometimes instead of always pointin’ at me?”
The text is a complaint about being constantly blamed or criticized by an older person
The great clap of laughter that they have been holding in, bursts out. Sam never cracks a smile. “Yeah, Matt, dat mule so skinny till de women is usin’ his rib bones fuh uh rub-board, and hangin’ things out on his hock-bones tuh dry.”
The text describes a humorous exaggeration about a very skinny mule
Shucks!” said Hicks. “Mah britches is just as long as his. But dat wife uh hisn! Ah’m uh son of uh Combunction if Ah don’t go tuh Georgy and git me one just like her.”
Hicks is expressing admiration for someone’s wife and desires to acquire a similar one
You married? You ain’t hardly old enough to be weaned. Ah betcha you still craves sugar-tits, doncher?”
It’s implying that the person they are addressing is too young and immature to be married and is making a suggestive comment about their desires
They don’t worry me atall, Mis’ Turner. Fact about de thing is, they tickles me wid they talk.”
This suggest a character who is unfazed by something that might concern others, and find that their way of talking is a source of amusement
She grabbed mah workin’ tickets outa mah shirt pocket and Ah run tuh git ’em back,” Tea Cake explained, showing the tickets, considerably mauled about in the struggle.
Scene where someone work tickets were taken and retrieved
Yeah, bushels. Dis ain’t no game fuh pennies. Po’ man ain’t got no business at de show
Situation or event being discussed required a significant amount of money or resources
Yo’ husband gone tuh work dis mornin’, Mis’ Woods? Ah seen him go out uh good while uh go. Me and you kin be comp’ny for one ’nother, can’t us?”
Janie is probably thinking she made another bad choice with who she married
Well, if yo’ mind is already made up, ’tain’t nothin’ nobody kin do. But you’se takin’ uh awful chance.”
Someone has already decided on something , theres nothing anyone else can do to change their mind
Moon’s too pretty fuh anybody tuh be sleepin’ it away,”
Suggest its so captivating shouldn’t miss seeing it by sleeping
No suh! Not mah king. You kin take another one, but not dat one
It expresses a strong protective sentiment towards not mah king
She’d laugh quietly at his no-harm posing and pretend she didn’t see it.
A situation where someone is exhibiting a harmless or perhaps overly cautious behavior
Stands watchful and motionless all day with his sword drawn back, waiting for the messenger to bid him come
Shows a character in a state of tense anticipation
Why is nanny so protective over the main character? Does she see her younger self in Jane?