True. they help you understand new vocabulary and that also help you understand what that sentence is about.
To go someplace "on Shank's pony" (a common expression) means simply to walk there. The idiom springs from that part of the leg known as the shank, or shin, and the use of ponies for travelling.
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One example of kindness would be Slim letting Lennie have one of his puppies.
Candy gives Lennie and George good advice about living and working on the ranch.