ere torn loose. A cotton gin is a machine used to pick cotton that was critical to the economies of the South. If muscles are "torn loose" they are violently separated from bones and other parts of the body. You didn't say he sneaked up behind you and knocked you out cold, but that you turned around and there he was. "To sneak up" on somebody is to secretly approach them without them noticing. "To knock someone out cold" is to hit them so hard that they lose consciousness. If you fine fancy gentlemen aien't gonna do something about it, then you're just a bunch of lousy, yellow stinking cowards, "Lousy" is an important word meaning bad or useless. To call someone "yellow" is very old-fashioned way to refer to a person without courage, or as Mayella says here, a coward. Your Mam'in and your Miss Mayella'in aien't come to nothing! In Southern States, men used to address women as "Mam," or use their first name with "Miss," as in "Miss Mayella." The state rests, Judge. This is a way for the prosecutor, who represents the state, to say that he has no other evidence to show the jury. Were you acquainted with Mayella Ewell? "To be acquainted with" somebody is to know them, but not well enough to consider them a friend. Yes Sir, I tipped my hat when I'd go by, and one day she asked me to come inside the fence....to bust up a chifforobe for her. "To tip" one's hat is to take it off and briefly lower it out of respect. She gave me the hatchet and I broke it up. A "hatchet" is a type of small ax used to break up wood. She said I reckon that I'll have to give you a nickel, and I said, no Mam, there's no charge. A common way to say that something has been done for free. And then it come to me. This is a way of saying that you suddenly realized something (though "it came to me" would have been more correct). It's right nice of you to treat them. "Right" used as an adverb for "very" is another old-fashioned and Southern way of speaking. "To treat" somebody is a common way to say to pay for them, often for a meal at a restaurant. I got the box on top of the chifforobe , and the next thing I know, she grabbed me round the legs. "To grab" something is to take it forcefully and hold on to it. She scared me so, I hopped down and turned the chair over. "To hop down" is to jump. In this case, its clear the chair fell over when Tom tried to jump down. Mr. Ewell cursed at her from the window and said he was going to kill her. "To curse" at someone is to scream at them with "dirty words" such as fuck and shit. How come you were so anxious to do that woman's chores. If a person is "anxious to do something," they are in a hurry to do it. "Chores" is a cute little word for errands that are done around the house, such as cleaning the
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