English Flashcards

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I lived at west egg

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I lived at West Egg, the—well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them

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They were careless people

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They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness.

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The eyes of Doctor TJ Eckelburg

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The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are blue and gigantic—their retinas are one yard high.

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I am

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I am one of the most honest people I know

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I’ll tell you Gods truth

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“I’ll tell you God’s truth…I am the son of some wealthy people in the Middle West—all dead now.” - Gatsby

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I was one

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I was one of few guests that had actually been invited. People were not invited

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God knows

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“God knows what you’ve been doing, everything you’ve been doing. You may fool me, but you can’t fool God” - George Wilson

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The next day was broiling

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The next day was broiling, almost the last, certainly the warmest day of the summer

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Gatsby believed in the green light

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Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then,

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I’ve been here

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“I’ve been here too long. I want to get away. My wife and I want to go West” - George Wilson

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Besides Daisy

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“Besides Daisy ought to have something in her life” - Jordan Baker

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If we don’t look out

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“If we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. It’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.” - Tom Buchanan

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I married

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“I married [George] 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.” - Myrtle Wilson

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I hope

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I hope she’ll be a fool

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I don’t think

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“I don’t think she ever loved him” - Gatsby

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