idears
ideas
idears
ideas
floozy
easy to have sex
backward
in the direction to the back
nail keg

nail keg

knocked
pushed over (to make it fall)
suddenly
fast
protective
protect, defend, keep safe
terrible
horrible, very bad
retired
resting
ol’ sheep
old animal like this, which is famous for following and doing what everyone else is doing: ![]()
lousy
not good, not clean
dum-dum
stupid person
nigger
very bad word for black person
pitchers
pitchers = pictures (movies)
neither
also not
bindle

bindle

bums
bad person, homeless person
Whatta
what do
wanta
want to
cover ’im up
keep his secret
Awright
alright = okay
Awright
alright = okay
contemptuously
with hate
sullenly
sad, depressed
caught
catch (in past) = stuck, trapped, can't get out
Caught
catch (in past) = stuck, trapped, can't get out
bust
broke
bust
broke
good ol’ one-two
one-two = punch (hit) two times
baloney
not true
caught
catch (in past) = stuck, trapped, can't get out
som’pin’
something
you’re sellin’ me
you are trying to make me believe
Baloney
not true
ma’am
respectful way to talk to woman, like "miss"
Bust
broke
coughed

stole a look
looked secretly, fast
sullenness
sad or depressed
right cross
punch with right hand across body 
twict
twice (two times)
lead
go first
two-by-four
wood that is 2 inches by 4 inches ![]()
Swell
great
flared up
got angry, like a fire
trouble
problems
causin
causing (making)
foolin
playing
You got no call
you have no right (no reason)
accusingly
say that someone did something bad
gently
in a soft nice way
knee

knee

wrist
forefinger is the same as index finger 
thumb and forefinger
forefinger is the same as index finger 
stump
place where a tree was cut and taken away
alla
all of the
stick
stay
pause
wait a moment
get something on you
learn something about you, so they can say bad things later
the rest
the other people
hands on her hips

get along fine
have good connection, feel okay
catch
find
amusedly
like a joke
regarded
looked at them, thinking about them
ast
ask
scowled
make an angry face. like this: 
scowling
make an angry face. like this: 
scowled
make an angry face. like this: 
fascinated
very interested, very focused
weak
not strong
traveled
moved
wrist

nails

doorway
area where the door goes
sourly
not nice
as though
like
breathed
bring air into the body
parted
separated, not together
slightly
a little bit
lips

lips

heavily made up
a lot of painting the face with "make up" like this: 
toward
to
swung
move like part of a circle
son-of-a-bitch
bad word for bad man
crippled
can't move normal
lend a hand
help
just his keep
only enough to keep alive, stay alive
a hand
a worker
hesitated
waited a moment, maybe because not confident
hesitated
waited a moment, maybe because not confident
blackjack game
card game
rummy
card game
whore house
house for prostitutes (women who sell sex)
loneliness
feeling alone
nearly
almost
explored
look to see what you can find in an area
spine

spine

overwhelmed
feeling too much emotion
goat
corn

harvest
take in the food plants 
harvested
take in the food plants 
ever’body
everybody
damn near
almost
crops
growing any type of food 
whore house
house for prostitutes (women who sell sex)
cheek

rubbing
moved hands again and again on something, while also pushing
rubbed
moved hands again and again on something, while also pushing
rubbing
moved hands again and again on something, while also pushing
rubbed
moved hands again and again on something, while also pushing
swamper
job is to clean the ranch
kiddin’ yourself
telling a joke or a lie to yourself
interrupted
said something in the middle of something else
brutally
uncomfortable, violent, trying to hurt
tend
take care of
tend
take care of
broke in
interrupted (said something in the middle of something else)
insisted
keep trying, even when they say no
swamper
job is to clean the ranch
toward
to
leaned
moved his body
skinner
horse driver
colored
black
darkly
not happy
wrist

scratched

scratching

collar
for putting around the horse neck: ![]()
collar
for putting around the horse neck: ![]()
leaned
moved his body
broke in
interrupted (said something in the middle of something else)
swell
great
manure pile
a lot of horse poop 
cozy
feeling warm, comfortable, relaxed, small (but in a good way)
pleasure
happy
conceal
hide (keep something so no person can see it)
irritably
annoyed
figuring
thinking
attempt
try
blindly
blind -- can't see
bald
no hair
bunk
bed
toward
to
upright
standing up
painfully
full of pain (it hurts)
looks out for
takes care of
skinner
horse driver
whinnied
make the high sound that horses make when they are not happy 
clinked
made a high sound like metal hitting other metal
halter chains
chain that connect to the horse -- here is a chain: 
halter chains
chain that connect to the horse -- here is a chain: 
restlessly
don't want to relax, want to move
toward
to
paused
waited a short time
hunderds
hundreds
scornful
showing he thinks he is better than Lennie, he thinks Lennie's idea is stupid
nuts
crazy
ast
ask
nuts
crazy
berry patch
area for growing strawberry ![]()
strawberry patch
area for growing strawberry ![]()
alfalfa

alfalfa

fence rail

set
sit
brothers’d
brothers would
alfalfa patch
area for growing alfalfa 
old man
father's
dreamily
like a dream
wun’t
won't
wun’t
won't
miserably
very sad
ast
ask
what ain’t so
what is not true
what’s so
what is true
sets
sits
reassured
made himself feel more confident
nuts
crazy
whined
complain, say you don't like something (in an annoying way)
horseshoes

cards
S’pose
suppose (imagine, think about the thing that is possible)
S’pose
suppose (imagine, think about the thing that is possible)
gently
in a nice soft way
grumbled
saw in a low voice, not happy
nail keg

growled
made a low sound, like a bear 
set
sit
wiped
this action: 
fingernails

heavily made up.
a lot of make up like this: 
bindle

crops
growing any type of food 