Of mice and men chap 1

Cat house Whore house, house of prostitution

Debris The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

Morosely In a sad gloomy manner

Rabbit hutch Type of cage for keeping rabbits

Reeds Tall grass with hollow stems, often found in or near water

Stake An amount of money

Reluctantly Do something against your will

Recumbent Reclining or lying down

Timidly Shyly

Irrigation ditch A ditch to supply dry land with water artificially

Noiselessly Soundlessly

Slope The side of the hill

Emerge Something appears

Mottled A surface having coloured spots or blotches

Blaze To burn brightly and strongly

Embrace To hug

Juncture A junction, where something is joint together

Twinkle What happens when the sun hits and reflects the water

Anguish A feeling of great physical or mental pain

Periscope A device, through a series of mirrors and prisms, allows one to view something not directly in the line of sight

Tramp In this case, a tramp is a person who travles about foot, usually doing odd jobs for a living

To be in hot water To be in trouble

Live off the "fatta" land Using the existing resorces

Blow their stake Lose and/or spend all their money

Bustin' a gut To engage in very hard psysical labor-so hard that you ache all over-even in your gut

Jungle up To camp out for the evening in the company of other companioins of the road

You ain't puttin' nothing over me You can't fool me

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