pampering
taking special care of
pampering
taking special care of
BON MOT
French for "Good word."
“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?
simultaneously
at the same time
ace of spades
quarrel
argument
melting
flitted
moved
altered
changed
mugs
prosperity
success
brim
top
suppressed
stopped
Hitherto
Until now
lingered
continued to stay
sole
only
subversive
disruptive
gratified
pleased
stamping of feet
chins
witticism
joke
clash
conflict
orderliness
organization
licence
freedom
prevail
win; overcome
due
proper
liable
likely
hostility
violence, anger
proprietors
owners
incumbent
necessary; required
a toast
at ease
comfortable
head
top
eminent
important
peered
looked
tiptoed
paused
waited
creep
walking very slowly and quietly (so as not to be heard)
With one accord
Together; as one group
mingled
mixed together
diligently
with great effort and focus
turnip
admiration
how you act when you are impressed
deputation
group of people selected for a specific purpose
dog-carts
carriages
watered silk dress
sow
female pig
ratcatcher breeches
riding pants
wardrobes
bleating
sound a sheep makes
pipe
‘John Bull’, ‘Tit-Bits’, and the ‘Daily Mirror’
magazines
consented
agreed
tatted
worn-out, falling apart
tugged
pulled
dimmer
less bright; deader
uttered
said
shock
surprise
huddling together
trotter
hand/foot
whip
gambolling
running
haughty
when a person thinks they are better than other people

upright
standing tall (as opposed to on four legs)
baying
trifle
little bit
file
line
strolling
walking
bulk
mass; something large
hind legs
neighing
privacy
secrecy
browsing
looking
birch saplings
tyrannical
using power in a cruel (mean) way
untrodden
not walked on
foretold
predicted
imperishable
something that cannot be destroyed
masthead
flagpole
marvel
wonder
ceased
stopped
unalterable
unchangeable
professed
claimed
speculating
guessing about
insoluble
impossible to solve
invariably
without change
racked
tried to remember
appetites
desire to eat
minutes
meeting notes
ignorant
stupid
after their fashion
in a way
frugally
simply; without anything "extra" or wasteful
denounced
criticized
luxuries
riches
dynamos
mechanics for making power
dogcart
threshing machine
machine for harvesting hay

prosperous
made more money
enlarged
made bigger
dim
weak; not strong
taciturn
untalkative
morose
bad-tempered
muzzle
nose
twenty-four stone
24 stone = 336 pounds
mature
full-grown
superannuated
animals that had reached retirement age
rheumy eyes
watery, infected
stout
fat
inebriates’ home
home for old drunk people
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?
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?
case of whisky
stirred
moved (they all were asleep)
crash
the sound of something breaking
quarrel
argument
uproarious
very loud
banquet
feast
wreath
interment
burial
lamented
sadly remembered
oration
speech
tempered
counteracted
sorrow
sadness
relieved
happy because they no longer felt guilty
enormously
very
arisen
come to be
indignantly
angrily
foolish
silly
wicked
evil
ignorant
stupid
brutes
idiots
appealing
trying to persuade/argue with
fainter
quieter
smashed
destroyed
drumming
sound of pounding
canter
running, but not as fast as a gallop
horror
anger and surprise
knacker’s
butcher
Glue
glue used to be made from horse's hoofs and bones
Slaughterer
killer
gallop
running fast
braying
the sound horses make when they are scared
astonished
surprised
weeding
leisure
free time
uneasy
uncomfortable, doubtful
misfortune
bad accident
distress
sadness
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?
knoll
hill
accumulated
collected
boulder
large rock
haunches
leg muscles
hide
hair on the skin of a horse
altered
changed
faltered
hesitated; stopped working
gill
mouthful
contemptuously
an attitude that they know better than the other animals
Moses
represents religion in the Animal allegory
Sugarcandy Mountain
represents "Heaven" in the Animal Farm allegory
perch
sit on
inflicted
caused
unanimously
by 100% vote
stratagem
strategy, tactic
complicity
collaboration in an evil act
bellies
stomachs
recitations
repeating things from memory
cockerel
flanked
walked on both sides of the procession
poultry
chickens
precincts
areas
to be borne
to be carried
Crown Derby soup tureen
pint of beer
sown
planted
wafted
blew through the air
appetising scent
good smell
Rations
portions of food
forbidden
not allowed
dog biscuits
forbade
did not allow
machinery
bricks
lime
white chemical used to paint the walls of buildings in the USSR
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?
discouraged from
told not to
piebald
spotted
littered
given birth
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.
shrill
high-pitched
enormous
huge
readjustment
change in amount
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?
rations
the amount of food given to each animal each day
contrary
against; opposite
rigid
without flexibility
reduced
made less
superannuated
animals that had reached retirement age
barley
crop grown to make beer
of late
lately