Chapter 1 Flashcards
“…gift for hope”
“It was an extraordinary gift for hope”
“What foul dust floated…”
“What foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams”
“It was an…” (Gatsby’s house)
“It was an imitation”
“Spanking new under a…” (Gatsby’s house)
“Spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy”
“Hard mouth and…”
“Hard mouth and supercilious manner”
“Two shining arrogant eyes… leaning…”
“Two shining arrogant eyes… leaning aggressively forward”
“It was a body capable of…”
“It was a body capable of enormous leverage - a cruel body”
“Windows reflecting…” “bright rose…” “gleaming…”
“Windows reflecting gold” “bright rose-coloured space” “gleaming white”
“Wine coloured rug, making a shadow…”
“Wine coloured rug, making a shadow on it as wid does on the sea”
“They were both in…”
“They were both in white”
“…voice”
“Low, thrilling voice”
“…men who had cared for her found difficult to forget”
“There was excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget”
“Wedging his tense arm imperatively under mine…”
“Wedging his tense arm imperatively under mine, Tom Buchanan compelled me from the room”
“….out with her fingers”
“She snapped them (candles) out with her fingers”
“It’s up to us who are the dominant race to watch out…”
“It’s up to us who are the dominant race to watch out or these other races will have control of things”
“her voice compelled me…”
“her voice compelled me forward breathlessly”
“The telephone rang inside, startlingly, and…”
“The telephone rang inside, startlingly, and (as) Daisy shook her head decisively at Tom”
“Well, she was less than an hour old and…”
“Well, she was less than an hour old and Tom was God knows where”
“And I hope she’ll be a fool- that’s the best thing a girl can be…”
“And I hope she’ll be a fool- that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool”
“Her eyes flashed around her in a defiant way…”
“Her eyes flashed around her in a defiant way, rather like Tom’s, and she laughed with thrilling scorn”
“She looked at me with an absolute smirk on her lovely face as if she had asserted her… and Tom belonged”
“She looked at me with an absolute smirk on her lovely face as if she had asserted her membership in a rather distinguished secret society to which she and Tom belonged”
“Stood side by side in a…”
“Stood side by side in a cheerful square of light”
“Standing with his hands in his pockets regarding…”
“Standing with his hands in his pockets regarding the silver pepper of the stars”
“He stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far as I was…”
“He stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far as I was from him I could have sworn he was trembling”
“a single green light…”
“a single green light, minute and far away”
