Animal Farm Flashcards

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our lives

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our lives are miserable, labourious and short

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the root

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the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished forever

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let there be

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let there be perfect unity, perfect comradeship

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serves the

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serves the interest of no creature except himself

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Our labour

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Our labour is stolen from us by human beings

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it is for (the animals)

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it is for (the animals) sake that we drink the milk and eat the apples

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it was noticed

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that the milk was missing

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professed

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professed to remember…that things never had been…much better or much worse

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Hunger, hardship

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hunger, hardship and disappointment being… the unalterable law of life

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10
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refused to

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refused to meddle in such matters

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their sense

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their sense of honour and privilege in being members of Animal Farm

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there were times…

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the animals were fed no better in Jones’ day

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13
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fell naturally

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fell naturally upon the pigs

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14
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with their

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with their superior knowledge

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15
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there was good

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good reason for killing the traitors

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that by their studies…

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the pigs had succeeded in reducing the principles of Animalism to seven commandments

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17
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as it was there on

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as it was there on the wall, it must have been so

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18
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surely…no one…

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surely…no one… wants to see Jones come back

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…did not…

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the pigs did not actually work

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the only good

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the only good human being is a dead one

21
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the enemy has…

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the enemy has come…and overthrown our windmill

22
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some animals remembered

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some animals remembered- or thought they remembered

23
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Snowball’s secret

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Snowball’s secret agents are lurking amongst us at this very moment

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The windmill had

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the windmill had ceased to exist

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The air was

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The air was heavy with the smell of blood…unknown since the expulsion of Jones

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Boxer refused

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Boxer refused to take even a day off work

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The other

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The other animal must stand aside

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Only one

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Only one candidate

29
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Elected

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Elected unamiously

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Suddenly reappeared

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Suddenly reappeared on the farm

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All the animals

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All the animals worked like slaves that year

32
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Get out quickly!

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Get out quickly! They are taking you to your death!

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The pigs had aquired

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the pigs had acquired the money to buy themselves another case of whisky

34
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The farm had grown

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The farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves richer- except of course, for the pigs and dogs

35
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cruel whips

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cruel whips no more shall crack

36
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he carried

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he carried a whip in his trotter

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It became usual

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it became usual to give Napoleon the credit for every successful achievement

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Several of them

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Several of them would have protested if they could find the right arguments

39
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The same way

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The same way as the other dogs had been used to Mr Jones

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If you have your

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If you have your lower animals to contend with… we have our lower classes

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It was impossible

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It was impossible to say which was which

42
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even when

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even when you have conquered him, do not adopt his vices

43
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they had been

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they had been slaves and now they were free, and that made all the difference

44
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to make

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a readjustment of rations