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Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Inclined

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“I’m inclined to reserve all judgements”

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Secret

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“Secret griefs of wild, unknown men”

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Reserving

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“Reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope”

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Scorn

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“Gatsby, who represented everything for which I have an unaffected scorn”

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Gorgeous

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“Something gorgeous about him”

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Extraordinary

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“It was an extraordinary gift for hope”

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End

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“Gatsby turned out all right at the end”

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Preyed

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“What preyed on Gatsby”

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Foul dust

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“What foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams”

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New haven

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“I graduated from New Haven”

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Single window

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“Life is much more successfully looked at from a single window”

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West egg

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“I lived at West Egg, the - well, less fashionable of the two”

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Colossal

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“The one on my right was a colossal affair by any standard - it was a factual imitation of Caine Hotel de Ville in Normandy”

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Marble

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“A marble swimming pool”

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East egg

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“Across the courtesy bay the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered along the water”

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Wealthy

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“His family were enormously wealthy”

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Georgian colonial mansion

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“Their house was even more elaborate that I expected, a cheerful red-and-white Georgia Colonial mansion, overlooking the bay”

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Gold

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“Glowing now with reflected gold”

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Eyes

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“Two shining arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively forward”

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Body

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“A cruel body”

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Guts

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“I hated his guts”

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Ceiling

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“The frosted wedding-cake of the ceiling”

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White

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“They were both in white”

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Charming little laugh

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“Then she laughed, an absurd, charming little laugh, and I laughed too and came forward into the room”

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Murmur

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“Daisy’s murmur was only to make people lean toward her”

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Face

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“Her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth”

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Excitement in voice

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“There was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget”

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Baby

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“You ought to see the baby”

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She’s asleep

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“She’s asleep. She’s three years old. Haven’t you ever seen her?”

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Sofa

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“I’ve been lying on that sofa for as long as I can remember”

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Jordan

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“She was slender, small breasted girl, with an erect carriage, which she accentuated by throwing her body backward at the shoulders like a young cadet”

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Books

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“He reads deep books with long words in them. What was the word we-“

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Dominant race

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“It’s up to us, who are the dominant race, to watch out or these other races will have control of things”

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Telephone

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“The telephone rang”

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Glowing face

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“Her glowing face; her voice compelled me forward breathlessly as I listened - then the glow faded”

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Glowing and singing

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“Daisy leaned forward again, her voice glowing and singing”

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Beautiful little fool

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“That’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool”

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Flower

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“Daisy surprising me by opening up again in a flower-like way”

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Disgusted

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“I was confused and a little disgusted as I drove away”

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Stretched

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“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”

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Green light

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“Distinguished nothing except a single green light”

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Unquiet darkness

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“When I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished, and I was along again in the unquiet darkness”

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