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- 4. A small, organized, dissenting group within a larger on, esp. in politics.
- 5. At the last moment Mollie, the foolish, pretty white mare who drew Mr. Jones’ trap, came daintily in, chewing at a lump of sugar.
- 6. Even Boxer was vaguely troubled. He set back his ears, shook his forelock several times, and tried hard to marshal his thoughts, but in the end he could not think of anything to say. Some of the pigs themselves, however, were more .
- 8. With the worthless human beings gone, there was more for everyone else to eat.
- 9. Given, granted, or allowed only reluctantly or resentfully.
- 10. Having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure.
- 11. Requiring considerable effort and time.
- 12. Involving ignoble actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt.
- 16. The state of being involved with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing.
- 19. In their spare moments the animals would walk round and round the half-finished mill, admiring the strength and of its walls and marvelling that they should ever have been able to build anything so imposing.
- 21. It came to be that the pigs, who were cleverer than the other animals, should decide all questions of farm policy, though their decisions had to be ratified by majority vote.
- 23. Make someone unable to think or feel properly.
- 24. The state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.
- 26. Not able to be changed.
- 27. Deserving or causing public disgrace or shame.
- 29. Place something, esp. one’s confidence or trust in.
- 30. Retire (someone) with pension.
- 32. On every kind of Mollie would run away from work and go to the drinking pool, where she would stand foolishly gazing at her own reflection in the water.
- 34. A person who opposes a majority or official opinion.
- 37. A person who owns or manages a pub.
- 38. Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or chosen course of action despite attempts to persuade one to do so.
- 39. Fluent or persuasive speaking or writing.
Down
- 1. The husks of corn or other seed separated by threshing.
- 2. Present and explain (a theory or idea) systematically and in detail.
- 3. A disease of birds and mammals that chiefly affects the intestines.
- 7. Flatly; in an unqualified manner.
- 10. A person’s face or facial expression.
- 13. The crime of killing a child within a year of birth, or a person who kills an infant, esp. their own child.
- 14. Surpassing all others; very distinguished in some way.
- 15. Used of suitable for growing crops
- 16. Cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender.
- 17. Cruel and oppressive government or rule.
- 18. ‘Snowball has done this thing! In sheer , thinking to set back our plans and avenge himself for his ignominious expulsion, this traitor has crept here under cover of night and destroyed our work of nearly a year.’
- 19. There was also ;Animal Hero, Second Class,’ which was conferred on the dead sheep.
- 20. Not able to be controlled or restrained.
- 22. A small kitchen or room at the back of a house used for washing dishes and other dirty household work.
- 25. Another term for a flagpole.
- 28. A beet of a variety with a large root, cultivated as feed for livestock.
- 31. Dig up. (Something that has been buried, esp. a corpse.)
- 33. A person whose business is the disposal of dead or unwanted animals.
- 35. A small area of trees and bushes.
- 36. (of a person or animal) easy to control or influence.