d or in a very bad situation. Note again the dropping of the pronoun "I." I declare! I asked you not to take my picture. A very old fashioned way of expressing great emotion and disapproval. Come on, I want to have a chat with you. A "chat" is an excellent word for a small conversation. Bonnie? She’s a peach. A very old-fashioned way of referring to an attractive or nice woman. Is she as good as she looks? :: She’s better. If these words are two men referring to a woman, then they are talking about how she has sex. He put me on the spot. I had to. "To put a person on the spot" is to force them to quickly make an important decision without time to think (In this case, Clyde is saying he had to kill the banker because he had no choice). That time you broke out of jail; Is that true that she talked you into going back? "To break out of jail" is to escape from it. If a person "talks you into" doing something, they convince you that you should do it. I figured we’d all drive up to Missouri. "To figure" is a common colloquial way of saying to think. We have a nice little place to hole up in. We have us a regular vacation. "To hole up in" a place is to stay there for a long period of time, hiding from the police or others. People often hole up in an isolated house. I did a little toe cutting. That ain’t but half of it. Clyde’s slangy way of saying he did a lot more than what he had just said ("That’s only half the story…"). Breaking those damn rocks with a sledge hammer night and day. A "sledge hammer" is a giant hammer-like tool that is used to break huge objects like rocks into small pieces. Clyde is describing the type of "work" he was forced to do in prison. The very next week, I got paroled. If a prisoner is "paroled," they are let out of prison early, so long as they agree to certain conditions, such as meeting a parole officer every week. I walked out of that God-forsaken jail on crutches. If a place is "God-forsaken," it is horrible (because God has abandoned it). "Crutches" are the large supporting sticks or poles that people place between their underarms and the ground to help them walk (especially if they have a broken leg). Ain’t life grand? Clyde’s colorful way of saying that life is great. Dairy farm. A farm where cows are raised to produce milk, cheese and other dairy products. She’s so sick and weakly...I want you to try and persuade her to take a little brandy, just to keep her spirits up. A person who is "weakly" is weak or fragile, but this is no longer used. "To persuade" a person to do something is to convince them to do it. "Brandy" is a type of smooth hard liquor, and to "keep a person’s spirits up" is to keep them happy or in a good mood. Ma’s a teetotaler...she wouldn’t t
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