Dulce et Decorum Est Flashcards
1
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beggars
A
Bent-double, like old beggars under sacks
2
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coughing
A
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge
3
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asleep
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Men marched asleep
4
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Gas!
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Gas! GAS! Quick boys! - An ecstasy of fumbling
5
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flound’ring
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flound’ring like a man in fire or lime
6
Q
guttering
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guttering, chocking, drowning
7
Q
wagon
A
the wagon that we flung him in
8
Q
froth-corrupted
A
froth-corrupted lungs
9
Q
lie
A
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est / Pro patria mori
10
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hanging
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His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin
