| A | B |
| arable | ability to produce crops |
| blithely | joyful, lacking thought |
| chaff | husks from grain |
| disinterred | dug up corpse/removed from grave |
| eminent | high ranking |
| impromptu | done without preparation |
| knacker | buyer of worn out livestock |
| lamentation | mourning |
| paddock | area where animals are kept |
| scullery | room used for washing up/laundry |
| skulking | moving stealthily or keeping out of sight |
| stratagem | jump to/navigate |
| stupefied | dumb struck/totally shocked |
| taciturn | one who says little |
| vivacious | attractively lively/full of life |
| Old Major | represents Karl Marx |
| Napoleon | represents Stalin |
| Snowball | represents Trotsky |
| Mollie | represents Upper class |
| sheep | represent the illiterate masses |
| Boxer | represnts the working class |
| windmill | represents the Industrial Revolution |
| Moses | represents religion |
| Mr. Jones | represents Czar Nicholas |
| Pilkington | neighboring farmer representing England |
| Frederick | neighboring farmer representing Germany |
| Puppies grown into attack dogs | KGB |