Animal Farm, Chapter 3: Vocabulary

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1) Toiled: Worked hard.

2) Reward: Recompense for effort.
3) Harvest: The process, or period, of collecting crops. (La cosecha)
4) Drawback: Disadvantage; problem.
5) Mowing: Cutting down an area of grass.
6) Raking: Collecting or moving grass with a rake (a tool).
7) Harness: To attach to a cart or plow.
8) “Gee up”: Go faster.
9) “Whoa back”: Slow down.
10) Wastage: The process of losing something by using it carelessly.
11) Stalk: The main stem of a plant.
12) Doled: Given their share.
13) Grudging: Allowed reluctantly or resentfully.

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1) Cockerel: Rooster
2) Gathering: Collecting
3) Grumbled: Complained
4) Quarreling: Fighting; arguing.
5) Shirked: Avoided or neglected responsibility.
6) Hoisting: Raising with ropes and pulleys.
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1) Flagstaff: A pole for a flag.

2) Trooped: Walked in groups.
3) Paddock: A small field where horses are kept.
4) Retiring age: Age at which one is permitted to stop working.
5) Headquarters: The administrative center of an organization.
6) Blacksmithing: Working with metal.
7) Carpentering: Working with wood.
8) Indefatigable: Untiring; hard-working.
9) Tame: Domesticate.
10) Sparrows: Small birds.

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1) Perch: To rest, or land, on something.

2) Heap: Pile
3) Dust: Fine dry powder made of tiny particles of earth. (Polvo)
4) Forelock: A lock of hair growing just above the forehead.
5) Twig: A small wood stick.
6) Regarded: Considered; looked at; taken into account.

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1) Humbler: Of a lower social class, or feel that they are lesser.

2) Bleating: The weak crying of a sheep or goat.
3) Whelped: Gave birth; had babies (only for animals).
4) Sturdy: Strong and healthy.
5) Weaned: Stopped drinking milk from their mother.
6) Loft: A room or space directly under the roof.
7) Ripening: Becoming ripe; maturing; becoming ready for harvest or for eating.
8) Windfalls: Fruit that falls off of the tree because of the wind.
9) Welfare: The health, happiness, or fortunes of a person or group.

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1) Pleadingly: In a begging or supplicating manor.

2) Whisking: Moving something suddenly or quickly.