Chapter 2 Flashcards

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“of men who move dimly and already…”

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“of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air”

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“But his eyes, dimmed a little by many paintless days under sun and…”

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“But his eyes, dimmed a little by many paintless days under sun and rain, brood an over the solemn dumping ground”

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“…faintly handsome. When he saw us a damp gleam of hope sprang into his light blue eyes”

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“He was a blonde, spiritless man, anaemic, and faintly handsome. When he saw us a damp gleam of hope sprang into his light blue eyes”

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“There was an immediately perceptible vitality about her as if…”

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“There was an immediately perceptible vitality about her as if the nerves of her body were continually smouldering”

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“She smiled slowly and walking through her husband as if he were a ghost shook hands with…”

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“She smiled slowly and walking through her husband as if he were a ghost shook hands with Tom, looking him flush in the eye. Then she wet her lips”

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“Mingling immediately with the…”

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“Mingling immediately with the cement color of the walls”

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“A small living room, a small dining room, a small bedroom and a bath. The living room was…”

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“A small living room, a small dining room, a small bedroom and a bath. The living room was crowded to the doors with a set of tapestried furniture entirely too large for it”

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“…was now attired in an elaborate afternoon dress of cream colored chiffon”

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“Mrs. Wilson had changed her costume some time before and was now attired in an elaborate afternoon dress of cream colored chiffon”

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“I married him because I thought he was a gentleman… fit to lick my shoe”

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“I married him because I thought he was a gentleman,’ she said finally. ‘I thought he knew something about breeding, but he wasn’t fit to lick my shoe”

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“Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan…”

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“Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand”

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