All 3 Uses of
liable
in
Animal Farm
- It was noticed that they were especially liable to break into 'Four legs good, two legs bad' at crucial moments in Snowball's speeches.
p. 48..1 *liable = likely to
- Certainly the animals did not want Jones back; if the holding of debates on Sunday mornings was liable to bring him back, then the debates must stop.†
p. 56..2 *
- It had been felt that the existence of a farm owned and operated by pigs was somehow abnormal and was liable to have an unsettling effect in the neighborhood.†
p. 137..3
Definitions:
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(liable as in: she is liable to) likely to; or maybe going to
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(liable as in: is legally liable) legally responsible