← I have had a long life, I have had much time for thought as I lay alone in my stall, and I think I may say that I understand the nature of life on this earth as well as any animal now living. 🔊
← Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than ribbons? " Mollie agreed, but she did not sound very convinced. 🔊
← As for the horses, they knew every inch of the field, and in fact understood the business of mowing and raking far better than Jones and his men had ever done. 🔊
← It was always the pigs who put forward the resolutions. The other animals understood how to vote, but could never think of any resolutions of their own. 🔊
← The birds did not understand Snowball's long words, but they accepted his explanation, and all the humbler animals set to work to learn the new maxim by heart. 🔊
← They could not understand, they said, how even animals could bring themselves to sing such contemptible rubbish. 🔊
← Finally he said: "I do not understand it. I would not have believed that such things could happen on our farm. 🔊
← About this time there occurred a strange incident which hardly anyone was able to understand. 🔊
← None of the animals could form any idea as to what this meant, except old Benjamin, who nodded his muzzle with a knowing air, and seemed to understand, but would say nothing. 🔊
← Dealer in Hides and Bone−Meal. Kennels Supplied.' Do you not understand what that means? 🔊
← It was uncertain whether Boxer had understood what Clover had said. But a moment later his face disappeared from the window and there was the sound of a tremendous drumming of hoofs inside the van. 🔊
← None of them proved able to learn the alphabet beyond the letter B. They accepted everything that they were told about the Rebellion and the principles of Animalism, especially from Clover, for whom they had an almost filial respect; but it was doubtful whether they understood very much of it. 🔊
← Much of this work was of a kind that the other animals were too ignorant to understand. 🔊