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1  Curley's like a lot of little guys.
Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 2
2  Curley stepped over to Lennie like a terrier.
Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 3
3  He said, "This guy Curley sounds like a son-of-a-bitch to me."
Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 2
4  A water snake slipped along on the pool, its head held up like a little periscope.
Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 1
5  If we don't like a guy we can say, 'Get the hell out,' and by God he's got to do it.
Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 3
6  A far rush of wind sounded and a gust drove through the tops of the trees like a wave.
Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 6
7  He wore his blue denim coat over his shoulders like a cape, and he walked hunched way over.
Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 3
8  The next minute Curley was flopping like a fish on a line, and his closed fist was lost in Lennie's big hand.
Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 3
9  Slowly, like a terrier who doesn't want to bring a ball to its master, Lennie approached, drew back, approached again.
Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 1
10  The hay came down like a mountain slope to the other end of the barn, and there was a level place as yet unfilled with the new crop.
Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 5
11  His huge companion dropped his blankets and flung himself down and drank from the surface of the green pool; drank with long gulps, snorting into the water like a horse.
Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 1