Chapter 8 and 9 vocabulary

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“And though no one cared to mention it in the hearing of the pigs or the dogs, it was felt that the killings which had taken place did not square with this.”

• A shape having four sides of equal length

• Anything with a set form

• To even the score of

• To agree with

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“When he did appear, he was attended not only by his retinue of dogs but by a black cockerel who marched in front of him and acted as a kind of trumpeter, letting out a loud “cock-a-doodle-doo” before Napoleon spoke.”

• Group who makes decisions

• Group who accompanies an important person

• Animals, usually dogs

• People who advise

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“The animals’ blood boiled with rage when they heard of these things being done to their comrades, and sometimes they clamored to be allowed to go out in a body and attack Pinchfield Farm, drive out the humans, and set the animals free.”

• A public outcry

• A strong expression

• To start a fight

• To utter quietly

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“The news of what had happened sped round the farm like wildfire. The bank-notes were forgeries! Frederick had got the timber for nothing!”

• Something real

• Valuable

• A copy or fake of something

• Something with morals

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“At this sight the animals’ courage returned to them. The fear and despair they had felt a moment earlier were drowned in their rage against this vile, contemptible act.”

• Promising

• Despicable

• Acceptable

• Warranted

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“It was announced that the battle would be created a new decoration, the Order of the Green Banner, which he had conferred upon himself.”

• Discussed

• Grant or bestowed

• Criticized

• Impacted

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“He had, he said, only one real ambition left- to see the windmill well under way before he reached the age for retirement.”

• Lazily doing something

• Reaching the age of retirement

• Desire and determination for success

• Growing older

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“Now that the small field beyond the orchard had been set aside for barley, it was rumoured that a corner of the large pasture was to be fenced off and turned into a grazing ground for superannuated animals.”

• Strong and hardworking

• Young and childish

• Hurt and sick

• Old and therefore no longer effective

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“It now appeared that Snowball had not, as the animals had previously imagined, merely attempted to lose the Battle of the Cowshed by means of stratagem, but had been openly fighting on Jones’s side.”

• Fighting others to win a battle

• Trick or plan for deceiving the enemy

• Siding with others in a fight

• Attempting to do something

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“Here Squealer’s demeanor suddenly changed. He fell silent for a moment, and his little eyes darted suspicious glances from side to side before he proceeded.

• A person’s voice

• Darting eyes

• A little noise

• Behavior