3,424 Matching Annotations
  1. Feb 2017
    1. idears

      ideas

    2. floozy

      easy to have sex

    3. backward

      in the direction to the back

    4. nail keg

    5. nail keg

    6. knocked

      pushed over (to make it fall)

    7. suddenly

      fast

    8. protective

      protect, defend, keep safe

    9. terrible

      horrible, very bad

    10. retired

      resting

    11. ol’ sheep

      old animal like this, which is famous for following and doing what everyone else is doing:

    12. lousy

      not good, not clean

    13. dum-dum

      stupid person

    14. nigger

      very bad word for black person

    15. pitchers

      pitchers = pictures (movies)

    16. neither

      also not

    17. bindle

    18. bindle

    19. bums

      bad person, homeless person

    20. Whatta

      what do

    21. wanta

      want to

    22. cover ’im up

      keep his secret

    23. Awright

      alright = okay

    24. Awright

      alright = okay

    25. contemptuously

      with hate

    26. sullenly

      sad, depressed

    27. caught

      catch (in past) = stuck, trapped, can't get out

    28. Caught

      catch (in past) = stuck, trapped, can't get out

    29. bust

      broke

    30. bust

      broke

    31. good ol’ one-two

      one-two = punch (hit) two times

    32. baloney

      not true

    33. caught

      catch (in past) = stuck, trapped, can't get out

    34. som’pin’

      something

    35. you’re sellin’ me

      you are trying to make me believe

    36. Baloney

      not true

    37. ma’am

      respectful way to talk to woman, like "miss"

    38. Bust

      broke

    39. coughed

    40. stole a look

      looked secretly, fast

    41. sullenness

      sad or depressed

    42. right cross

      punch with right hand across body

    43. twict

      twice (two times)

    44. lead

      go first

    45. two-by-four

      wood that is 2 inches by 4 inches

    46. Swell

      great

    47. flared up

      got angry, like a fire

    48. trouble

      problems

    49. causin

      causing (making)

    50. foolin

      playing

    51. You got no call

      you have no right (no reason)

    52. accusingly

      say that someone did something bad

    53. gently

      in a soft nice way

    54. knee

    55. knee

    56. wrist

      forefinger is the same as index finger

    57. thumb and forefinger

      forefinger is the same as index finger

    58. stump

      place where a tree was cut and taken away

    59. alla

      all of the

    60. stick

      stay

    61. pause

      wait a moment

    62. get something on you

      learn something about you, so they can say bad things later

    63. the rest

      the other people

    64. hands on her hips

    65. get along fine

      have good connection, feel okay

    66. catch

      find

    67. amusedly

      like a joke

    68. regarded

      looked at them, thinking about them

    69. ast

      ask

    70. scowled

      make an angry face. like this:

    71. scowling

      make an angry face. like this:

    72. scowled

      make an angry face. like this:

    73. fascinated

      very interested, very focused

    74. weak

      not strong

    75. traveled

      moved

    76. wrist

    77. nails

    78. doorway

      area where the door goes

    79. sourly

      not nice

    80. as though

      like

    81. breathed

      bring air into the body

    82. parted

      separated, not together

    83. slightly

      a little bit

    84. lips

    85. lips

    86. heavily made up

      a lot of painting the face with "make up" like this:

    87. toward

      to

    88. swung

      move like part of a circle

    89. son-of-a-bitch

      bad word for bad man

    90. crippled

      can't move normal

    91. lend a hand

      help

    92. just his keep

      only enough to keep alive, stay alive

    93. a hand

      a worker

    94. hesitated

      waited a moment, maybe because not confident

    95. hesitated

      waited a moment, maybe because not confident

    96. blackjack game

      card game

    97. rummy

      card game

    98. whore house

      house for prostitutes (women who sell sex)

    99. loneliness

      feeling alone

    100. nearly

      almost

    101. explored

      look to see what you can find in an area

    102. spine

    103. spine

    104. overwhelmed

      feeling too much emotion

    105. goat

    106. corn

    107. harvest

      take in the food plants

    108. harvested

      take in the food plants

    109. ever’body

      everybody

    110. damn near

      almost

    111. crops

      growing any type of food

    112. whore house

      house for prostitutes (women who sell sex)

    113. cheek

    114. rubbing

      moved hands again and again on something, while also pushing

    115. rubbed

      moved hands again and again on something, while also pushing

    116. rubbing

      moved hands again and again on something, while also pushing

    117. rubbed

      moved hands again and again on something, while also pushing

    118. swamper

      job is to clean the ranch

    119. kiddin’ yourself

      telling a joke or a lie to yourself

    120. interrupted

      said something in the middle of something else

    121. brutally

      uncomfortable, violent, trying to hurt

    122. tend

      take care of

    123. tend

      take care of

    124. broke in

      interrupted (said something in the middle of something else)

    125. insisted

      keep trying, even when they say no

    126. swamper

      job is to clean the ranch

    127. toward

      to

    128. leaned

      moved his body

    129. skinner

      horse driver

    130. colored

      black

    131. darkly

      not happy

    132. wrist

    133. scratched

    134. scratching

    135. collar

      for putting around the horse neck:

    136. collar

      for putting around the horse neck:

    137. leaned

      moved his body

    138. broke in

      interrupted (said something in the middle of something else)

    139. swell

      great

    140. manure pile

      a lot of horse poop

    141. cozy

      feeling warm, comfortable, relaxed, small (but in a good way)

    142. pleasure

      happy

    143. conceal

      hide (keep something so no person can see it)

    144. irritably

      annoyed

    145. figuring

      thinking

    146. attempt

      try

    147. blindly

      blind -- can't see

    148. bald

      no hair

    149. bunk

      bed

    150. toward

      to

    151. upright

      standing up

    152. painfully

      full of pain (it hurts)

    153. looks out for

      takes care of

    154. skinner

      horse driver

    155. whinnied

      make the high sound that horses make when they are not happy

    156. clinked

      made a high sound like metal hitting other metal

    157. halter chains

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

    158. halter chains

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

    159. restlessly

      don't want to relax, want to move

    160. toward

      to

    161. paused

      waited a short time

    162. hunderds

      hundreds

    163. scornful

      showing he thinks he is better than Lennie, he thinks Lennie's idea is stupid

    164. nuts

      crazy

    165. ast

      ask

    166. nuts

      crazy

    167. berry patch

      area for growing strawberry

    168. strawberry patch

      area for growing strawberry

    169. alfalfa

    170. alfalfa

    171. fence rail

    172. set

      sit

    173. brothers’d

      brothers would

    174. alfalfa patch

      area for growing alfalfa

    175. old man

      father's

    176. dreamily

      like a dream

    177. wun’t

      won't

    178. wun’t

      won't

    179. miserably

      very sad

    180. ast

      ask

    181. what ain’t so

      what is not true

    182. what’s so

      what is true

    183. sets

      sits

    184. reassured

      made himself feel more confident

    185. nuts

      crazy

    186. whined

      complain, say you don't like something (in an annoying way)

    187. horseshoes

    188. cards

    189. S’pose

      suppose (imagine, think about the thing that is possible)

    190. S’pose

      suppose (imagine, think about the thing that is possible)

    191. gently

      in a nice soft way

    192. grumbled

      saw in a low voice, not happy

    193. nail keg

    194. growled

      made a low sound, like a bear

    195. set

      sit

    196. wiped

      this action: