outweigh
be greater than
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extravagant
spend too much money
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unassisted
without help
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cockerel
rooster
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overstrain
hurt
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admiration
feeling of pride
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matted
when hair is wet and sticks together
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hoofs
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toiling
working hard
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strained
pushed with all his energy
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dragged
pulled
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despair
hopelessness
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slip
get loose; start to move the wrong way
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edge
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exhausting
tiring
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laborious
requiring lots of time and effort
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superintendence
management
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accumulated
been collected
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sufficient
enough
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yoked
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cart-loads
by the cart
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shatter
break apart into many pieces
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Transporting
moving
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toppled
fell
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critical
important
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lashed
tied
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bed
bottom
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boulders
large rocks
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gravity
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utilise
use
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vain
useless; wasted
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hind
Back legs
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crowbars
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picks
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suitable
appropriate
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cement
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sand
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quarry
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ploughing
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sown
the act of planting seeds in the ground
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tasks
jobs
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rations
food; meals
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absented
was absent
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thieving
stealing
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idle
lazy
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grudged
to feel resentful about something
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tactics
action or strategy carefully planned to achieve a goal
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interference
getting in the way
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cunning
skill at achieving one's goal through deceit (tricking someone)
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sly
showing secret knowledge; tricky; sneaky; dishonest
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On the contrary
stating the opposite of what has just been said
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opposed
against
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rations
amount of food given to each animal
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merely
only
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dispersed
went separate ways
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gruff
rough, deep voice
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composing
writing
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reverent
serious, religious
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disinterred
dug up
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assumed
believed, but not checked
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broken
stopped being bad (now it is nice)
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And from then on he adopted the maxim, “Napoleon is always right,”
Is this a good idea or bad idea? Why?
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liable
able
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watchword
a word or phrase that expresses an important belief or value
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Discipline
training people to follow the rules
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exaggerated
bigger than reality
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obedience
following the rules
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Loyalty
Devotion
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Then he put on an extra spurt and, with a few inches to spare, slipped through a hole in the hedge and was seen no more.
What just happened to Snowball?!
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But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?
What is Squealer suggesting here? What does this say about his belief in the ideals of Animalism?
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moonshine
foolish talk or ideas
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sacrifice
giving up something for the benefit of something (or someone) else
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growls
"grrrrrrrr"
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menacing
threatening
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sprang
jumped
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shrill
high-pitched
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uttered
cried
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articulate
able to speak well
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marshal
collect
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vaguely
somewhat
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dismayed
very upset
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expulsion
being kicked out
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salute
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presided
ruled
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mounted
walked up
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tails
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wagged
waved
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fierce
mean
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reared
raised
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bounding
racing
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crept
walk slowly
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hedge
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spurt
burst of energy
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whisked
moved quickly
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gaining
getting closer
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slipped
fell
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close on his heels
catching up to him
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amazed
surprised
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snapping
biting
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sprang
jumped
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dashed
ran
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bounding
jumping
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brass-studded collars
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baying
animal noise/sound
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uttered
cried
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casting
sending
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threshing machines, ploughs, harrows, rollers, and reapers and binders
farm tools
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operate
drive
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chaff-cutters and turnip-slicers
farm machines/tools
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sordid
dirty
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glowing
dazzling; impressive
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eloquence
strong speaking skills
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sympathies
support for one side or the other
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appeal
defense
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promptly
immediately
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nonsense
stupid; silly
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bleating
"baa baa" sound that sheep make
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indeed, they always found themselves in agreement with the one who was speaking at the moment
What characteristic does this show about the animals?
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firearms
guns
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procure
get
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restive
agitated; uneasy
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recapture
take back
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reinstate
return someone to power
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realised
understood
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disputes
disagreements
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Windmill or no windmill, he said, life would go on as it had always gone on – that is, badly
Why does Benjamin has a pessimistic (negative) outlook on life?
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plentiful
abundant
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faction
group
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manger
gathering of all the barn animals
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slogan
political catch phrase
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labour
work
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maintained
argued
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procured
found
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cables
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sails
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Stone
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uttering
saying
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urinated
peed
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contemplating
thinking about
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snuffed
motioned with his nose
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examine
look over; view
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aloof
above (he stayed out of Snowball's shed)
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at pains
tried very hard
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unintelligible
impossible to understand
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cranks and cog-wheels
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uttering
saying
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to and fro
back and forth
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knuckles of his trotter
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chalk
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closeted
staying inside
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suitable
good for
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incubators
warm place for eggs to hatch
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grazed
ate
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astonishment
surprise
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primitive
old-fashioned
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chaff-cutter, a mangel-slicer
tools to process vegetables
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circular saw
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stalls
animals' rooms
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dynamo
a machine for converting mechanical energy into electoral energy
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surveying
observing
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knoll
hill
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windmill
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controversies
disagreements
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biding his time
waiting for something
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cartage
moving the poop by cart
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dung
oop
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slag
stone
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silage
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field drains
place for water to run off a field
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crucial
important
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liable
likely
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canvassing
recruiting; getting
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own following
supporters
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roots
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oats
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barley
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cabbages
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acreage
amount of land
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sowing
planting
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disputes
arguments
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ratified
passed; approved
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cleverer
smarter
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manifestly
clearly; obviously
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occupied
made themselves busy
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iron
a very hard medal
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bitterly hard weather
extreme cold
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forelock
hair
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publican
a tax collector
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gaiters
boots
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breeches
fancy pants
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dogcart
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shafts
handles
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whereabouts
location (where she is)
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ribbon
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galloped
ran
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prance
they way a horse moves around anxiously
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stroke
to pet
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hedge
bushes
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aside
talked to her in private
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chewing
eating
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