He shot at him to wound him and missed his aim and killed him. "To wound" someone is to injure them. The deputy said Tom just ran like a crazy man. A "deputy" is a police officer with a rank below that of Sheriff. Last thing I told him was not to lose heart, and we'd ask for an appeal. "To lose heart" is to lose hope. In law, an "appeal" is an important word referring to the process of asking a higher level court to overturn the decision in a lower court, for Constitutional or other reasons. By October, things had settled down again. "To settle down" is a widely used phrasal verb meaning to become calmer or more peaceful. There was a pageant representing our county's agricultural products. I was to be a ham. A "pageant" is a type of celebration, festival or fair. Jem was to escort me to the school auditorium, and thus began our longest journey together. "To escort" someone is to accompany them, often in order to protect them. An "auditorium" is a building with many seats for spectators. "Thus" is an alternative way of saying "therefore." Get the janitor to let you in. A person who cleans public buildings, such as schools. Is he dead? :: No, he's unconscious. An important word referring to the state of being unaware, as if asleep. Often caused by disease or injury from an accident. Someone's been after my children. If someone "is after" somebody, they are trying to harm or injure them in some way. Somebody tried to wring his arm off. "To wring" is to twist, in the way that you twist a towel when you want to eliminate water from it. Bobby Ewell is lying under a tree over yonder with a kitchen knife stuck under his ribs. The "ribs" are the curved bones that go out from the spinal cord, located in humans below the neck and above the stomach. Jem hollered and then somebody grabbed me... and then I heard somebody panting and coughing. "To holler" is to scream or yell, and "to pant" is to breath very rapidly, often after running or exercise. It will have to come before the county court; Of course, it's a clear cut case of self-defense. If something is "clear cut," it is obvious or unambiguous. "Self-defense" is a legal term, and an accepted justification for killing or harming someone, if it was considered reasonable. Bob Ewell fell on his knife. He killed himself. This is Sheriff Tate's "analysis" of what happened. I never heard it was against the law for a citizen to do his utmost to prevent a crime from being committed, which is exactly what he did. "To do your utmost" is to do the most or best that you can. With his shy ways....dragging him into the limelight would be a sin. "The limelight" the focus or center center of public attention. I'm not about to have it on my head. In this context, to "have something on one's
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