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He was pretty well crocked, which made me apprehensive.
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Uneasy or fearful about something that might happen
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When Johnny and I went, we sat in the back, trying to get something out of the sermon and avoiding the people, because we weren't dressed so sharp most of the time.
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Stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
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Glory, I thought with a bewildering feeling of being rushed, things are happening too quick.
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Very confusing, perplexing, or baffling, often due to a large choice being available.
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"It's the truth" Johnny said with a bleak grin. "I don't care."
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Offering little or no hope
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Dally glanced contemptuously over his shoulder.
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Without respect; in a disdainful manner
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Yet in his hard face there was character, pride, and a savage defiance of the world.
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Intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude
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"No.." Two-Bit said dumbfounded.
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As if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise
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Two-Bit gallantly offered to walk them home.
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Dashing: lively and spirited
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I was still groggy with sleep and wanted to sleep forever right there in the dew and dawn.
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Dazed: stunned or confused and slow to react
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Mickey Mouse was a dark-gold buckskin, sassy and ornery, not much more than a colt
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Cantankerous: having a difficult and contrary disposition
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"It ain't fair!" I cried passionately "It ain't fair that we have all the rough breaks!"
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With passion
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What do you call it? Premonition?
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Foreboding: a feeling of evil to come
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My breath was coming in quivering in sobs.
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Shaking; in a shaky motion
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His voice quavered slightly.
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Quivering as from weakness or fear
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I don't really think a beer blast on the river bottom is super-cool, but I'll rave about one to a girl-friend just to be saying something.
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Rant: talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
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