settle

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First came the three dogs, Bluebell, Jessie, and Pincher, and then the pigs, who settled down in the straw immediately in front of the platform. 🔊

"Comrades," he said, "here is a point that must be settled. 🔊

Everyone fled to his own sleepingplace. The birds jumped on to their perches, the animals settled down in the straw, and the whole farm was asleep in a moment. 🔊

Then they sang Beasts of England from end to end seven times running, and after that they settled down for the night and slept as they had never slept before. 🔊

They were unnecessary, he said, and wasted time. In future all questions relating to the working of the farm would be settled by a special committee of pigs, presided over by himself. 🔊

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