| A | B |
| calf | a baby cow |
| hardship | a difficulty |
| region | an area |
| acre | a unit of land area used in the U.S. and englsh equal to 4,047 square meters |
| persist | to continue to do something although hardship is in the way |
| nurse | to feed milk to a baby from the mother's body; a person who assists doctors |
| run off | for a liquid to move away from a specific location; to scare someone or something away by chasing it |
| drain | for a liquid to be removed from a place |
| drainage | the act or process of draining |
| earth | the soil; the planet people live on |
| fail to | to not do something |
| folk | a certain class or kind of people; of or from the common people in an area or region |
| get by | to be barely all right |
| harvest | the act or process of gathering in a crop; the quantity of an natural product gathered in one season |
| livestock | the farm animals raised for use and profit |
| look after | to guard; to protect; to care for |
| look back on | to remember something in the past |
| pump | a machine that raises or moves a gas or liquid |
| scatter | to distribute irregularly; to throw in all directions |
| tractor | a four-wheeled automotive vehicle used on farms to pull farm machinery |
| work out | to result in a success |
| yield | to produce as a natural product; to permit another to go first or take your place |
| veterinarian | a doctor who treats animals |
| carry on | to continue |