Farmer Boy - Chapter 11-20 Flashcards by Rebakah Hicks | Brainscape

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wet with morning dew

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dewy

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plowed rows

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furrows

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most and rich in nutrients

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mellow

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walking with one food on either side

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straddling

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neighed

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whinnied

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traveling salesman

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peddler

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crafter, clever

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shrewd

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with anticipation

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eagerly

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rolled or pitched suddenly; jerked

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lurched

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open boxes holding feed for livestock

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mangers

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sneaking

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prowling

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sly, secretive

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stealthy

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fierce

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savage

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question

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inquiry

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to cut wool from

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shear

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boosted

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pushed

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side of a small hill

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slope

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to be inactive

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idle

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firmly; severly

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sternly

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grading period; semester

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term

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with anxiety; with worrry

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anxiously

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to be careful

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taken such pains

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an area of land; 4840 square yards

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acres

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fragile

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frail

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spotted

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dappled

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deeply satisfied

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proud

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happy

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gay

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raddily, wilingly

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lieft

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faint-hearted

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cowardly

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small cut

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slit

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central cord that burns or draws fuel

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wick

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to stop short and refuse to go on

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balk

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to prepare; to tend

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cultivate

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making indentations in

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dimpling

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dragged burdensomely

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lugged

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flickered or glimmered

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wavered

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shocked

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horrified

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to waste time; to be slow

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dawdle

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greatly annoying

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aggravating

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feathery

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plumed

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sections, rows

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swaths

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sharpened

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whetted

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generous amount

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bounty

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crop harvesters

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reapers

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cloth worn as a head and shoulder covering

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shawl

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sandy

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gritty

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dirty

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grubby

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hot enough to burn

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scalding hot

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breather noisily; sniffed

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snuffled