3,424 Matching Annotations
  1. Apr 2019
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  3. Oct 2017
    1. tail

      "pounding their tail" means working hard .Tail is the part of the animal like this:

    2. on my tail

      behind me. Tail is the part of the animal like this:

    3. poundin

      hitting

    4. stake

      money that is saved

    5. blow

      spend money

    6. stake

      money that is saved

    7. loneliest

      most alone, most lonely

    8. deeper

      more low (down)

    9. supper

      dinner

    10. get a kick outta that

      enjoy that

    11. pleaded

      ask for, in a strong way, like "please please!" (beg)

    12. a coyot

      this animal

    13. for a coyote

      thinking you are a coyote (this animal)

    14. breeze

      small nice wind

    15. whispered

      talking very quiet

    16. sycamore

      type of tree

    17. stream

      small river

    18. yammered

      making a funny sound, like talking

    19. coals

      center of the fire

    20. dimmed

      light disappearing

    21. go to hell

      bad words in English to show you don't agree with someone

    22. cave

    23. furry

      with lots of animal hair

    24. Sacramento

      real city in California

    25. fair

      like a big meeting / party

    26. Furry

      with lots of animal hair

    27. darkness

      no light

    28. trunks

      main body of the tree, in the center

    29. glimmer

      light shining, reflected

    30. faint

      just a little, hard to see

    31. curling

      going like a circle (not in a straight line)

    32. sphere

      circle

    33. blaze

      hot fire

    34. empty

      nothing inside

    35. bean can

    36. tend

      care for

    37. Hide

      go to a place where nobody can find you

    38. Hide

      go to a place where nobody can find you

    39. hide

      go to a place where nobody can find you

    40. gonna

      going to

    41. quarter

      1/4 (0.25)

    42. spoon

    43. motioned

      moved, to show an idea

    44. pride

      like proud -- feel good about yourself

    45. choked

      can't breath

    46. tend

      care for

    47. acres

      area of land

    48. coupla

      couple (some)

    49. fine

      good

    50. gonna

      going to

    51. ain’t

      is not

    52. swallowed

      after you chew the food, you swallow it (to move it from your mouth to your stomach)

    53. concentrated

      focused

    54. chewing

      move your mouth to eat food

    55. mightily

      in a strong, powerful way

    56. chewed

      move your mouth to eat food

    57. gonna

      going to

    58. slipped

      fell

    59. gestured

      move hands, to show an idea

    60. spoon

    61. pocket

    62. sawed

      cut (like cutting a tree)

    63. beans

    64. beans

    65. bean cans

    66. drove

      pushed

    67. ain’t

      is not

    68. pocket knife.

      small knife to keep in your pocket

    69. Nuts

      crazy!

    70. set

      sit

    71. stove

      for cooking or making the house hot

    72. hutch

      house for rabbit

    73. rabbit

    74. patch

      area of land

    75. tend

      care for

    76. hardly

      almost not

    77. cream

      like very heavy milk

    78. thick

      fat

    79. stove

      for cooking or making the house hot

    80. cages

    81. lan

      land (soil, earth)

    82. fatta

      fat of (the extra things)

    83. couple

      few (some)

    84. acres

      area of land

    85. jack

      money

    86. delightedly

      very happy

    87. broke in

      interrupt (say something in the middle of somebody else talking)

    88. gives a damn

      cares

    89. rot

      become old and bad

    90. jus

      just (only)

    91. blowin’ in our jack

      spending our money

    92. bar room

      place to drink alcohol

    93. gives a damn

      cares

    94. delighted

      very happy

    95. look ahead to

      feel hope about

    96. put nothing over on me

      trick me (make me believe something that is not true)

    97. snapped

      make a loud fast sound

    98. craftily

      making a smart plan, maybe to trick someone

    99. advantage

      winning

    100. sensed

      noticed

    101. bait

      bait = the thing that makes the fish want to eat the hook

    102. avoided

      try to NOT do something

    103. pup

      baby dog

    104. paused

      wait a moment

    105. foolin

      fooling = joking

    106. mean

      cruel, not nice

    107. searchingly

      looking for something

    108. Nobody’d

      nobody would

    109. nobody’d

      nobody would

    110. ketchup

    111. swell

      great

    112. ain’t

      is not

    113. sense

      brains, smart

    114. cave

    115. knelt

      sit or stand on knees

    116. go nuts

      become crazy

    117. beans

    118. ketchup

    119. ketchup

    120. foolin

      joking

    121. Whatta

      What do

    122. pretended

      act like you are doing something, but not really do it

    123. unaware

      not notice

    124. bean cans

    125. sat back on his heels

      sitting on feet

    126. cautiously

      careful

    127. crawled

      move on hands and knees

    128. overhead

      above

    129. curving

      go up like a circle

    130. quite

      very

    131. trunks

      the body of the tree (the main part in the middle)

    132. ashamedly

      shame (embarassed)

    133. anguished

      feeling so much pain and hurt

    134. cage

    135. outta

      out of

    136. sneak

      move like a secret

    137. irrigation ditch

      place for water on a farm

    138. jerks

      moves fast

    139. mimicking

      copying (doing the same thing)

    140. manner

      acting

    141. elaborate

      with many details

    142. hot water

      problems, trouble

    143. son-of-a-bitch

      bad word in English for bad man

    144. rose

      went up

    145. worst

      the most bad

    146. shovin

      moving

    147. furiously

      very angry

    148. whatta

      what do

    149. terror

      very scared

    150. knelt

      sit or stand on knees

    151. shoot pool.

      place for playing this game

    152. cards

    153. pool room

      place for playing this game

    154. whisky

      type of alcohol

    155. gallon

      size

    156. damn

      bad word in English (a little bit) to show you have strong emotion

    157. damn

      bad word in English (a little bit) to show you have strong emotion

    158. order

      ask for

    159. cat house

      house for prostitutes (women who sell sex)

    160. bucks

      dollars

    161. mess

      not organized

    162. trouble

      problems

    163. ain’t

      is not

    164. ain’t

      is not

    165. a’mighty

      almighty = very powerful

    166. patiently

      not angry because of waiting

    167. ketchup

    168. flame

      fire

    169. not quite

      almost

    170. blaze

      hot fire

    171. about

      near, close to

    172. beans

    173. cans of beans

    174. can of beans

    175. brought

      bring (in the past)

    176. undid

      opened

    177. fell to work

      started to work

    178. twigs

      small sticks

    179. among

      in the same area with

    180. cracked

      made a sound like "crack!"

    181. flame

      fire

    182. leaves

      green part of tree

    183. lighted

      started the fire

    184. pile

      pile, like a small mountain

    185. whistled