3,424 Matching Annotations
  1. Jan 2017
    1. glanced

      looked for a moment, looked fast

    2. Stable—Buck

      person who has the job of feeding the horses and taking care of them:

    3. screeched

      made a high sound like a scream

    4. brake

      the thing that makes your car or your bike stop when you push it

    5. till

      until

    6. brush

      bushes

    7. rabbits

    8. tend

      take care of

    9. contorted

      moved in a difficult way so it is not the normal shape

    10. elbow

    11. Never mind

      forget about it, it's not important

    12. let ’im have it.

      attack him

    13. son-of-a-bitch

      bad word for bad man

    14. socks

      hits

    15. decisive

      confident

    16. stake

      saving money

    17. bastard

      bad word for bad man

    18. timidly

      shy, quiet, afraid

    19. frowned

      made a face like you are unhappy or disagree:

    20. back and forth

      one to the other, back and back, again and again

    21. jingle

      sound like metal hitting metal

    22. brakes

      the thing that makes your car or your bike stop when you push it

    23. drag

      moving without lifting up

    24. hooves

    25. thud

      sound like something heavy hitting

    26. approaching

      coming closer

    27. plug himself up for

      make himself look like

    28. mourned

      sounded very very sad

    29. clear

      all the way

    30. mistake

      error

    31. get the can

      get fired (lose the job)

    32. tangles

      fights

    33. plenty

      many

    34. bastard

      bad word for a bad man

    35. sock me

      hit me

    36. plaintively

      sounding sad

    37. frightened

      scared

    38. take a sock at you

      punch you, hit you

    39. feelin’ you out

      testing you

    40. set up

      trap

    41. bunk

      bed like this

    42. flounced

      move in a way like you are angry or not patient

    43. lay

      organized

    44. clear

      easy to hear

    45. axles

      thing that connects two wheels

    46. heavy-laden

      carrying something heavy

    47. croak

      low sound like big frog

    48. harness

      thing to put on horse like this

    49. jingling

      sound of metal things hitting together

    50. sparks

    51. whipped

      moved fast

    52. ace

    53. clubs

    54. built

      made

    55. pile

      group like small mountain

    56. piles

      group like small mountain

    57. pile

      group like small mountain

    58. laid

      put down

    59. thoughtfully

      thinking a lot

    60. brilliant

      bright (so much light)

    61. tart

      girl who acts sexy to get attention

    62. buck

      move, carry

    63. barley

    64. settin

      setting (putting)

    65. peered

      looked in a focused way

    66. lack

      not having

    67. plenty

      many

    68. a tart

      girl who acts sexy to get attention

    69. grain

    70. grain

    71. grain

    72. grain

    73. grain

    74. high-heeled boots

    75. high-heeled boots

    76. fella

      fellow (guy)

    77. give Slim the eye

      give the eye = look at him in a special way

    78. 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)

    79. got the eye

      likes to look at other men

    80. got the eye.

      likes to look at other men

    81. Purty

      pretty

    82. casually

      not trying hard, in an easy way, informally

    83. Purty

      pretty

    84. deliberately

      carefully

    85. lay

      organized

    86. cut

      divided in half

    87. statement

      thing you wrote or said

    88. derogatory

      negative, bad

    89. drawn

      gotten something out

    90. reassured

      felt better

    91. absorbedly

      very focused

    92. Vaseline

    93. gossip

      rumors, information about other people that may be true, or maybe not.

    94. warmed

      feel more connected, more interested

    95. showin’ off

      try to get attention

    96. grunted

      made a low sound like working hard

    97. cockier’n ever

      more cocky than any time before (more proud and arrogant, thinking he is better than everybody)

    98. lately

      recently, in recent times

    99. worse

      more bad

    100. mean

      not nice

    101. son-of-a-bitch

      bad word for bad man

    102. cut

      separated in two parts

    103. old man

      father

    104. slough

      get rid of me, fire me so I lose my job

    105. canned

      fired (lose the job)

    106. shuffled

      changed the order to random order

    107. gathered

      moved them so they will be together

    108. ominously

      like something bad is going to happen in the future

    109. gang up on

      many people going against one person

    110. pick

      choose

    111. oughtta

      ought to (should)

    112. gets licked

      loses a fight

    113. licks

      wins in a fight

    114. S’pose

      Suppose -- imagine, think about

    115. skeptically

      like he does not believe

    116. messes

      makes problems

    117. handy

      good at fighting

    118. tough

      not afraid, not easy to hurt

    119. scrappy

      wanting to fight

    120. picking scraps

      making fights

    121. considered

      thought (think)

    122. handy

      good at fighting

    123. handy

      good at fighting

    124. lightweight

      small guy

    125. ring

      place for fighting --

    126. handy

      good at fighting

    127. cautiously

      carefully

    128. got on his shoulder

      got a problem

    129. bent

      at an angle

    130. levelly

      not changing

    131. stared

      looking directly, for a long time

    132. slightly

      a little bit

    133. nodded

      moved his head up and down to say yes

    134. helplessly

      like he can't do anything

    135. motionless

      not moving

    136. tense

      stressed tight, rigid

    137. gettin’ into it

      getting involved

    138. spoke

      speak (talk)

    139. gotta

      got to (needs to)

    140. lashed

      moved in a violent fast way

    141. S’pose

      Suppose (assume, imagine, believe)

    142. twisted

      turn to one side

    143. gingerly

      carefully

    144. shifted

      moved to a different position, to different place

    145. under the look

      because of the way he is looking at him

    146. squirmed

      move body side to side, sometimes because you are nervous

    147. pugnacious

      wanting to fight

    148. calculating

      thinking hard to plan for the future

    149. at once

      at the same time (two or more things)

    150. glance

      look fast for a moment

    151. slight

      a little bit

    152. stiffened

      became stiff -- rigid, not bending, muscles tight

    153. elbows

    154. elbow

    155. gradually

      slowly

    156. coldly

      with no emotion

    157. glanced

      look fast for a moment

    158. passed over

      looked for a moment

    159. old man

      father

    160. high-heeled boots

    161. tightly curled hair

      hair that goes in small circles

    162. thin

      skinny

    163. fella

      guy

    164. awright

      alright (okay)

    165. knuckles

    166. knuckles

    167. bristly

      sharp like small needles

    168. bristled

      sharp like small needles

    169. rubbed

      move hands again and again on something, putting pressure

    170. rubbing

      move hands again and again on something, putting pressure

    171. broom

    172. broom

    173. sheep dog

      This type of dog:

    174. sheep dog

      This type of dog:

    175. pup

      baby dog

    176. hell of an old dog.

      very old dog

    177. defense

      words he said to protect himself

    178. reassured

      felt more confident

    179. mollified

      calmed down

    180. slightly

      a little bit

    181. ast

      ask

    182. ranch

      farm

    183. uneasily

      not comfortable

    184. nosey

      interested and caring too much about other people's life, when it is not really connected to you

    185. ears

    186. pokin

      putting inside

    187. wash house.

      bathroom

    188. swampin

      cleaning

    189. scratchin

      touching the dog with my hand

    190. shade

      area with no sun

    191. settled

      relaxed in one place

    192. moth-eaten

      looks like it was eaten by these animals

    193. grizzled

      with grey color hair

    194. licking

      put the tongue on something

    195. grunting

      making a low sound like you are working hard

    196. struggled

      with difficulty

    197. blind

      can't see

    198. pale

      very light color, not dark

    199. muzzle

      the mouth area of the dog

    200. gray