Animal Farm Chapter 1 Vocab

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“At one end of the big barn, on a sort of raised platform, Major was already ensconced on his bed of straw”

• To settle securely or snugly

• To cover or shelter, to hide

• To go to sleep

• To build or create

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“He seldom talked, and when he did, it was usually to make some cynical remark- for instance, he would say that God had given him a tail to keep the flies off, but that he would sooner have had no tail and no flies.”

• Distrusting and disparaging the motives of others

• Showing contempt for accepted standards of morality and honesty by one’s actions

• Bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, pessimistic

• Witty and humorous

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“At the last moment Mollie, the foolish, pretty white mare who drew Mr. Jones’s trap, came mincing daintily in, chewing at a lump of sugar.”

• Cutting or chopping into small pieces

• To soften, moderate, or weaken one’s words for the sake of courtesy

• To act or speak with elegance

• To walk or move with short steps

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“This single farm of ours would support a dozen horses, twenty cows, hundreds of sheep- and all of them living in a comfort and a dignity that are now almost beyond our imagining.”

• High rank

• Worthy of honor or respect

• Serious or composed

• Proud and boatsful

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“I have little more to say. I merely repeat, remember always your duty of enmity towards Man and all his ways.”

• Kind and trusting

• Power

• Hostility

• Strength

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“They were so delighted with the song that they sang it right through five times in succession, and might have continued singing it all night if they had not been interrupted.”

• The coming of a person one right after another

• Things following each other in order

• The order of succeeding one another

• The descent of a throne

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The vote was taken at once, and it was agreed by an overwhelming majority that rats were comrades. There were only four dissentients, the three dogs and the cat, who was afterwards discovered to have voted on both sides.

• In small amount.

• In overwhelming majority.

• With a kindness know to others.

• Unknowingly.

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Unfortunately, the uproar awoke Mr. Jones, who sprang out of bed, making sure that there was a fox in the yard.

• Shocked and scared.

• Confused.

• To be slow and carefully.

• Move or jump rapidly.

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I had known that tune in my infancy, but it had long since passed out of my mind. Last night, however, it came back to me in my dream.

• Never wrong.

• Old and dying.

• Early childhood.

• A creative mind.

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I will sing you that song now, comrades. I am old and my voice is hoarse, but when I have taught you the tune, you can sing it better for yourselves. It is called Beasts of England."

• A beautiful melody.

• Sounding rough and harsh.

• A beautiful mare.

• A creative art.

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