pampering
taking special care of
1,294 Matching Annotations
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msheathersfihs.weebly.com msheathersfihs.weebly.comCh. 10109
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BON MOT
French for "Good word."
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“Four legs good, two legs BETTER! Four legs good, two legs BETTER! Four legs good, two legs BETTER!”
How did this refrain change? How does is conflict with the 7 commandments?
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simultaneously
at the same time
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ace of spades
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quarrel
argument
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melting
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flitted
moved
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altered
changed
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mugs
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prosperity
success
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brim
top
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suppressed
stopped
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Hitherto
Until now
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lingered
continued to stay
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sole
only
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subversive
disruptive
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gratified
pleased
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stamping of feet
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chins
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witticism
joke
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clash
conflict
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orderliness
organization
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licence
freedom
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prevail
win; overcome
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due
proper
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liable
likely
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hostility
violence, anger
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proprietors
owners
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incumbent
necessary; required
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a toast
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at ease
comfortable
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head
top
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eminent
important
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peered
looked
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tiptoed
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paused
waited
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creep
walking very slowly and quietly (so as not to be heard)
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With one accord
Together; as one group
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mingled
mixed together
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diligently
with great effort and focus
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turnip
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admiration
how you act when you are impressed
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deputation
group of people selected for a specific purpose
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dog-carts
carriages
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watered silk dress
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sow
female pig
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ratcatcher breeches
riding pants
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wardrobes
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bleating
sound a sheep makes
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pipe
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‘John Bull’, ‘Tit-Bits’, and the ‘Daily Mirror’
magazines
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consented
agreed
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tatted
worn-out, falling apart
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tugged
pulled
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dimmer
less bright; deader
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uttered
said
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shock
surprise
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huddling together
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trotter
hand/foot
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whip
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gambolling
running
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haughty
when a person thinks they are better than other people
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upright
standing tall (as opposed to on four legs)
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baying
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trifle
little bit
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file
line
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strolling
walking
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bulk
mass; something large
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hind legs
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neighing
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privacy
secrecy
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browsing
looking
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birch saplings
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tyrannical
using power in a cruel (mean) way
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untrodden
not walked on
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foretold
predicted
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imperishable
something that cannot be destroyed
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masthead
flagpole
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marvel
wonder
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ceased
stopped
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unalterable
unchangeable
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professed
claimed
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speculating
guessing about
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insoluble
impossible to solve
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invariably
without change
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racked
tried to remember
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appetites
desire to eat
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minutes
meeting notes
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ignorant
stupid
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after their fashion
in a way
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frugally
simply; without anything "extra" or wasteful
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denounced
criticized
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luxuries
riches
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dynamos
mechanics for making power
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dogcart
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threshing machine
machine for harvesting hay
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prosperous
made more money
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enlarged
made bigger
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dim
weak; not strong
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taciturn
untalkative
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morose
bad-tempered
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muzzle
nose
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twenty-four stone
24 stone = 336 pounds
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mature
full-grown
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superannuated
animals that had reached retirement age
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rheumy eyes
watery, infected
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stout
fat
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inebriates’ home
home for old drunk people
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msheathersfihs.weebly.com msheathersfihs.weebly.comCh. 991
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Sure enough, there in the yard was a large closed van, drawn by two horses, with lettering on its side and a sly-looking man in a low-crowned bowler hat sitting on the driver’s seat. And Boxer’s stall was empty
Make a prediction: What is going to happen to Boxer?
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and yet they allowed him to remain on the farm, not working, with an allowance of a gill of beer a day
Why do you think the pigs allowed Moses to stay on the farm? How did he benefit them?
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case of whisky
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stirred
moved (they all were asleep)
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crash
the sound of something breaking
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quarrel
argument
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uproarious
very loud
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banquet
feast
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wreath
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interment
burial
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lamented
sadly remembered
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oration
speech
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tempered
counteracted
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sorrow
sadness
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relieved
happy because they no longer felt guilty
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enormously
very
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arisen
come to be
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indignantly
angrily
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foolish
silly
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wicked
evil
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ignorant
stupid
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brutes
idiots
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appealing
trying to persuade/argue with
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fainter
quieter
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smashed
destroyed
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drumming
sound of pounding
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canter
running, but not as fast as a gallop
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horror
anger and surprise
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knacker’s
butcher
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Glue
glue used to be made from horse's hoofs and bones
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Slaughterer
killer
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gallop
running fast
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braying
the sound horses make when they are scared
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astonished
surprised
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weeding
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leisure
free time
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uneasy
uncomfortable, doubtful
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misfortune
bad accident
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distress
sadness
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To tell you the truth, I had been looking forward to my retirement. And perhaps, as Benjamin is growing old too, they will let him retire at the same time and be a companion to me.
What does Boxer expect to happen now that he is injured?
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knoll
hill
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accumulated
collected
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boulder
large rock
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haunches
leg muscles
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hide
hair on the skin of a horse
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altered
changed
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faltered
hesitated; stopped working
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gill
mouthful
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contemptuously
an attitude that they know better than the other animals
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Moses
represents religion in the Animal allegory
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Sugarcandy Mountain
represents "Heaven" in the Animal Farm allegory
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perch
sit on
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inflicted
caused
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unanimously
by 100% vote
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stratagem
strategy, tactic
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complicity
collaboration in an evil act
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bellies
stomachs
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recitations
repeating things from memory
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cockerel
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flanked
walked on both sides of the procession
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poultry
chickens
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precincts
areas
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to be borne
to be carried
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Crown Derby soup tureen
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pint of beer
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sown
planted
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wafted
blew through the air
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appetising scent
good smell
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Rations
portions of food
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forbidden
not allowed
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dog biscuits
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forbade
did not allow
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machinery
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bricks
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lime
white chemical used to paint the walls of buildings in the USSR
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About this time, too, it was laid down as a rule that when a pig and any other animal met on the path, the other animal must stand aside: and also that all pigs, of whatever degree, were to have the privilege of wearing green ribbons on their tails on Sundays
Which two commandments do these actions go against?
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discouraged from
told not to
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piebald
spotted
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littered
given birth
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But doubtless it had been worse in the old days. They were glad to believe so
Why did the animals believe Squealer? Give two reasons.
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shrill
high-pitched
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enormous
huge
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readjustment
change in amount
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Squealer always spoke of it as a “readjustment,” never as a “reduction”
Why did Squealer call it a "readjustment" instead of a "reduction"? How are the two words different?
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rations
the amount of food given to each animal each day
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contrary
against; opposite
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rigid
without flexibility
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reduced
made less
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superannuated
animals that had reached retirement age
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barley
crop grown to make beer
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of late
lately
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