3,424 Matching Annotations
  1. Mar 2017
    1. creeping

      moving like a secret

    2. periscope

    3. periscope

    4. swam

      swim (past)

    5. snake

    6. water snake

    7. motionless

      not moving

    8. shallows

      opposite of deep - not very much water

    9. shallows

      opposite of deep - not very much water

    10. heron

      this type of bird

    11. clearing

      area with no trees or bushes

    12. surface

      top of the water

    13. pool

    14. flowed

      water moving

    15. waves

    16. row

      lines

    17. row

      lines

    18. scudded

      moved in a crazy way for a short time

    19. brown

      this color

    20. silver

      this color

    21. sycamore

      this type of tree

    22. sycamores

      this type of tree

    23. drove

      went

    24. gust

      strong moment of wind

    25. rush

      sound like "ssshhhhhhh"

    26. far

      not close, not near

    27. frantically

      in a crazy desperate way

    28. waved

      moved side to side

    29. tail

      extra part at back of the animal

    30. swallowed

      eat

    31. beak

      this part of the bird

    32. beak

      this part of the bird

    33. plucked

      take it out

    34. lanced

      hit like a lance ( a long thing to attack)

    35. motionless

      not moving

    36. length

      long direction

    37. swam

      swim (past)

    38. twisting

      moving like this

    39. pool

    40. smoothly

      nice and easy, not moving crazy

    41. glided

      moved in a very straight calm way

    42. shade

      area with no sun

    43. pleasant

      nice

    44. mottled

      pattern of color like this

    45. pool

    46. rosy

      pink color

    47. hilltops

      top of the small mountains

    48. slopes

      side of the mountain

    49. climbing

      going up

    50. still

      not moving

    51. deep

      far down

    1. twisted

    2. rattled

      made a sound of metal hitting metal

    3. shifted

      moved

    4. gradually

      slowly

    5. fainter

      weaker, not very loud

    6. squatted

      like "crouch" = put your body down, but not sitting

    7. crouched

      put your body down, but not sitting

    8. dragged

      moved without lifting up

    9. guts

      stomach (inside)

    10. guts

      stomach (inside)

    11. Luger

      this type of gun

    12. nuts

      crazy

    13. bastard’s

      bad word for bad man

    14. poor

      not lucky

    15. fella

      guy

    16. suspiciously

      think someone did something bad

    17. deputy sheriff

      leader of the police

    18. cop

      police

    19. double ’im over

      make him bend in the middle

    20. guts

      stomach (inside)

    21. shotgun

      this type of gun

    22. s’pose

      suppose (imagine, pretend, think aboutthis type of gun

    23. shotgun

      this type of gun

    24. bastard’s

      bad word for bad man

    25. Luger

      this type of gun

    26. s’pose

      suppose (imagine, think about, pretend)

    27. lock

    28. lock

    29. lock

    30. lock

    31. mean

      cruel, not nice

    32. nuts

      crazy

    33. south

    34. north

    35. south

    36. nodded

      move head up and down to say yes

    37. forehead

      this part of your face

    38. nodded

      move head up and down, to say yes

    39. bust

      broken

    40. furiously

      very angry

    41. fury

      very very angry

    42. son-of-a-bitch

      bad word for bad man

    43. spell

      magic

    44. crowded

      move their bodies close together

    45. slightly

      a little bit

    46. cheek

    47. wrist

    48. wrist

    49. still

      not moving

    50. gloom

      sad and dark place

    51. buttoned

      this action

    52. blue denim coat

      jacket like this:

    53. range

      area

    54. burst

      exploded

    55. drum

      sound like this

    56. rise

      going up, louder

    57. stump

      place where a tree was cut and taken away

    58. wrist

    59. bristly whiskers

    60. white stubble whiskers

    61. rubbed

      pushed with pressure

    62. weakly

      not strong

    63. tears

    64. blinded

      can't see

    65. stove

    66. ast

      ask

    67. ta hell

      I don't care

    68. circus

    69. singsong

      like a song

    70. hoed

    71. shook

      shake (in past) = move fast side to side

    72. shook

      shake (in past) = move fast side to side

    73. sniveled

      cry and talk like you are so sad

    74. tart

      woman who will have sex with everyone

    75. tramp

      woman who will have sex with everyone

    76. lousy

      bad

    77. mess things up

      mess up = make problems, destroy something

    78. glad

      happy

    79. s’pose

      suppose (believe, imagine, think)

    80. viciously

      trying to hurt, to attack

    81. sorrow

      sad feeling

    82. gradually

      slowly

    83. I was in on it

      I was part of it

    84. mean

      cruel, not nice

    85. meanness

      cruel, not nice

    86. stared

      look for a long time in a focused way

    87. fella

      guy

    88. bucks

      $

    89. cat house

      house for prostitutes (women who sell sex)

    90. lousy

      bad

    91. sulkily

      showing your are not happy

    92. usta

      used to (a thing that happened in the past many times)

    93. do her

      do it

    94. fear

      thing you are scared of, afraid of

    95. lynched

      lynching is a group of people killing someone because they think he did something bad. It was not just used against Black people, but other people too.

    96. reassure

      make himself feel better, feel more confident

    97. starve

      die from no food

    98. bastard’d

      bastard = bad word for bad man;

      'd = would

    99. hopelessly

      no hope

    100. coldly

      no emotion or bad emotion

    101. stiffly

      not easy to move

    102. beside

      next to

    103. knees

    104. echoed

      say the same thing again

    105. matter

      problem

    106. stared

      looked for a long time, in a focused way

    107. clashed

      hit against

    108. bedding

      bed pieces

    109. straw

    110. hay

    111. chewed

      eat

    112. snorted

      made a sound like a pig

    113. stamped

      hit their feet on the ground

    114. beard

    115. rubbed

      push with pressure

    116. helplessly

      feeling you have no control

    117. disapprovingly

      not agreeing

    118. nearer

      more close

    119. wrist

    120. smooth

      very flat

    121. rubbed

      push with pressure

    122. stiffened

      became stiff (straight, not easy to move)

    123. figuring

      thinking

    124. halter chains

      chain that connect to the horse -- here is a chain:

    125. chains of their halters

      chain that connect to the horse -- here is a chain:

    126. halter chains

      chain that connect to the horse -- here is a chain:

    127. halter chains

      chain that connect to the horse -- here is a chain:

    128. feeding racks

      area for horses to eat

    129. feeding racks

      area for horses to eat

    130. stamped

      hit their feet on the ground

    131. sluggishly

      slow, like a slug (this animal) :

    132. awakened

      wake up

    133. gradually

      slowly

    134. movement

      moving

    135. remained

      stayed

    136. hovered

      staying in the air

    137. settled

      resolved, rested, stayed

    138. parted

      opened a little bit

    139. spread

      put out

    140. sausages

      food like hot dogs: