Glossary

Making a move towards someone

honest

hold someone around the neck so they cannot breathe

To not feel guilty about something, to know you have done nothing wrong

to be made up of

found guilty

to be found guilty

good

To act in a bad way, usually to have gotten into a fight or to disturb other people around you 

To act in a bad way, usually to have gotten into a fight or to disturb other people around you 

Money you have to pay after you have done something wrong 

To be kind and willing to do things for others

A small axe, a tool 

Hold doors together and help them swing open and closed

A tool used in farming or gardening

To have been arrested 

whispering 

To swear or promise that something is true 

A type of tree that grows nuts called pecans

To look sneakily 

Here this means picking cotton 

Someone's land

To stop yourself from doing something 

A tool 

To keep from doing something bad to, to not hurt

Sir

A person's statement of what happened in front of a court and jury

Above your hips, a part of your body