english quotes

Question 1

snores

Answer 1

snores rattling down the stairs

Question 2

ruined

Answer 2

ruined sitting room

Question 3

crashed

Answer 3

crashed through the silence

Question 4

spinning

Answer 4

spinning in your own wild orbit

Question 5

time was time was

Answer 5

repetition

this shows it was a real struggle and it never actually happpened

Question 6

hand

Answer 6

hand droops

Question 7

grey

Answer 7

grey morning

Question 8

halfway

Answer 8

halfway sober

Question 9

throwing his

Answer 9

throwing his eyes to heaven and shaking his head

Question 10

drinks

Answer 10

drinks were spilled

Question 11

pubs and

Answer 11

bookmakers

Question 12

we were lost to you, broken away

Answer 12

just as the sentence is broken up by commas, so too was their relationship

Question 13

drifting

Answer 13

drifting closer to darkness

Question 14

i gave up

Answer 14

the repetition of gave up suggests that he regrets not trying more

Question 15

“Raymond Carver”

Answer 15

this suggests the dad was still caring and this writer wrote about love

Question 16

now i would send you a thousand

Answer 16

this suggests that he lives with regret