glanced
looked for a moment, looked fast
glanced
looked for a moment, looked fast
Stable—Buck
person who has the job of feeding the horses and taking care of them:
screeched
made a high sound like a scream
brake
the thing that makes your car or your bike stop when you push it
till
until
brush
bushes
rabbits
tend
take care of
contorted
moved in a difficult way so it is not the normal shape
elbow
Never mind
forget about it, it's not important
let ’im have it.
attack him
son-of-a-bitch
bad word for bad man
socks
hits
decisive
confident
stake
saving money
bastard
bad word for bad man
timidly
shy, quiet, afraid
frowned
made a face like you are unhappy or disagree:
back and forth
one to the other, back and back, again and again
jingle
sound like metal hitting metal
brakes
the thing that makes your car or your bike stop when you push it
drag
moving without lifting up
hooves
thud
sound like something heavy hitting
approaching
coming closer
plug himself up for
make himself look like
mourned
sounded very very sad
clear
all the way
mistake
error
get the can
get fired (lose the job)
tangles
fights
plenty
many
bastard
bad word for a bad man
sock me
hit me
plaintively
sounding sad
frightened
scared
take a sock at you
punch you, hit you
feelin’ you out
testing you
set up
trap
bunk
bed like this
flounced
move in a way like you are angry or not patient
lay
organized
clear
easy to hear
axles
thing that connects two wheels
heavy-laden
carrying something heavy
croak
low sound like big frog
harness
thing to put on horse like this
jingling
sound of metal things hitting together
sparks
whipped
moved fast
ace
clubs
built
made
pile
group like small mountain
piles
group like small mountain
pile
group like small mountain
laid
put down
thoughtfully
thinking a lot
brilliant
bright (so much light)
tart
girl who acts sexy to get attention
buck
move, carry
barley
settin
setting (putting)
peered
looked in a focused way
lack
not having
plenty
many
a tart
girl who acts sexy to get attention
grain
grain
grain
grain
grain
high-heeled boots
high-heeled boots
fella
fellow (guy)
give Slim the eye
give the eye = look at him in a special way
pants is full of ants
figurative language: moving around all the time because you are stressed or nervous (like if you had ants in your pants)
got the eye
likes to look at other men
got the eye.
likes to look at other men
Purty
pretty
casually
not trying hard, in an easy way, informally
Purty
pretty
deliberately
carefully
lay
organized
cut
divided in half
statement
thing you wrote or said
derogatory
negative, bad
drawn
gotten something out
reassured
felt better
absorbedly
very focused
Vaseline
gossip
rumors, information about other people that may be true, or maybe not.
warmed
feel more connected, more interested
showin’ off
try to get attention
grunted
made a low sound like working hard
cockier’n ever
more cocky than any time before (more proud and arrogant, thinking he is better than everybody)
lately
recently, in recent times
worse
more bad
mean
not nice
son-of-a-bitch
bad word for bad man
cut
separated in two parts
old man
father
slough
get rid of me, fire me so I lose my job
canned
fired (lose the job)
shuffled
changed the order to random order
gathered
moved them so they will be together
ominously
like something bad is going to happen in the future
gang up on
many people going against one person
pick
choose
oughtta
ought to (should)
gets licked
loses a fight
licks
wins in a fight
S’pose
Suppose -- imagine, think about
skeptically
like he does not believe
messes
makes problems
handy
good at fighting
tough
not afraid, not easy to hurt
scrappy
wanting to fight
picking scraps
making fights
considered
thought (think)
handy
good at fighting
handy
good at fighting
lightweight
small guy
ring
place for fighting --
handy
good at fighting
cautiously
carefully
got on his shoulder
got a problem
bent
at an angle
levelly
not changing
stared
looking directly, for a long time
slightly
a little bit
nodded
moved his head up and down to say yes
helplessly
like he can't do anything
motionless
not moving
tense
stressed tight, rigid
gettin’ into it
getting involved
spoke
speak (talk)
gotta
got to (needs to)
lashed
moved in a violent fast way
S’pose
Suppose (assume, imagine, believe)
twisted
turn to one side
gingerly
carefully
shifted
moved to a different position, to different place
under the look
because of the way he is looking at him
squirmed
move body side to side, sometimes because you are nervous
pugnacious
wanting to fight
calculating
thinking hard to plan for the future
at once
at the same time (two or more things)
glance
look fast for a moment
slight
a little bit
stiffened
became stiff -- rigid, not bending, muscles tight
elbows
elbow
gradually
slowly
coldly
with no emotion
glanced
look fast for a moment
passed over
looked for a moment
old man
father
high-heeled boots
tightly curled hair
hair that goes in small circles
thin
skinny
fella
guy
awright
alright (okay)
knuckles
knuckles
bristly
sharp like small needles
bristled
sharp like small needles
rubbed
move hands again and again on something, putting pressure
rubbing
move hands again and again on something, putting pressure
broom
broom
sheep dog
This type of dog:
sheep dog
This type of dog:
pup
baby dog
hell of an old dog.
very old dog
defense
words he said to protect himself
reassured
felt more confident
mollified
calmed down
slightly
a little bit
ast
ask
ranch
farm
uneasily
not comfortable
nosey
interested and caring too much about other people's life, when it is not really connected to you
ears
pokin
putting inside
wash house.
bathroom
swampin
cleaning
scratchin
touching the dog with my hand
shade
area with no sun
settled
relaxed in one place
moth-eaten
looks like it was eaten by these animals
grizzled
with grey color hair
licking
put the tongue on something
grunting
making a low sound like you are working hard
struggled
with difficulty
blind
can't see
pale
very light color, not dark
muzzle
the mouth area of the dog
gray