Farmer Boy - Chapter 11-20 Flashcards
1
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wet with morning dew
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dewy
2
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plowed rows
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furrows
3
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most and rich in nutrients
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mellow
4
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walking with one food on either side
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straddling
5
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neighed
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whinnied
6
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traveling salesman
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peddler
7
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crafter, clever
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shrewd
8
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with anticipation
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eagerly
9
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rolled or pitched suddenly; jerked
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lurched
10
Q
open boxes holding feed for livestock
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mangers
11
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sneaking
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prowling
12
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sly, secretive
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stealthy
13
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fierce
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savage
14
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question
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inquiry
15
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to cut wool from
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shear
16
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boosted
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pushed
17
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side of a small hill
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slope
18
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to be inactive
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idle
19
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firmly; severly
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sternly
20
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grading period; semester
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term
21
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with anxiety; with worrry
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anxiously
22
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to be careful
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taken such pains
23
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an area of land; 4840 square yards
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acres
24
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fragile
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frail
25
spotted
dappled
26
deeply satisfied
proud
27
happy
gay
28
raddily, wilingly
lieft
29
faint-hearted
cowardly
30
small cut
slit
31
central cord that burns or draws fuel
wick
32
to stop short and refuse to go on
balk
33
to prepare; to tend
cultivate
34
making indentations in
dimpling
35
dragged burdensomely
lugged
36
flickered or glimmered
wavered
37
shocked
horrified
38
to waste time; to be slow
dawdle
39
greatly annoying
aggravating
40
feathery
plumed
41
sections, rows
swaths
42
sharpened
whetted
43
generous amount
bounty
44
crop harvesters
reapers
45
cloth worn as a head and shoulder covering
shawl
46
sandy
gritty
47
dirty
grubby
48
hot enough to burn
scalding hot
49
breather noisily; sniffed
snuffled
