Journey's End - Key Quotes (fill in the gaps) Flashcards

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“I know. There’s nothing worse than…”

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“…dirt in your tea”

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“I don’t know…”

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“…the sergeant-major sees to that”

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“Twenty-five right leg and…”

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“…nine left leg”

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“Oh you sweet…”

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“…sentimental old darling”

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“Drinking like a…”

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“…fish as usual?”

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“he - sort of - came to -…”

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“…and cried”

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“I love that fellow. I’d…”

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“…go to hell with him”

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8
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“Rugger and cricket…”

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“…seem a long way from here”

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“He’s been out here a long time…”

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“…It tells on a man, rather badly”

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“Think of it all as…”

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“…romantic. It helps.”

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“Then I advise you…”

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“…never to leave it to anyone else ever again”

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12
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“No man of mine’s…”

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“…going sick before the big attack”

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“She doesn’t know that if I went up those steps onto the front line…”

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“…without being doped up on whisky - I’d go mad with fright”

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“I couldn’t bear…”

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“…being fully conscious all the time”

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“It’s a slimy thing…”

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“…to go home if you’re not really ill”

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16
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“Dear old Uncle. …”

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“…Tuck me up.”

17
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“I feel I haven’t seen…”

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“…a tree for ages”

18
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“If this attack comes…”

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“…I’m not going to trust the companies on our sides to hold their ground”

19
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“I’m glad it’s coming at last…”

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“…I’m sick of waiting”

20
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“When people are going potty…”

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“…they never talk about it”

21
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“I’m awfully proud…”

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“…to think he’s my friend”

22
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“Then we advance…”

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“…and win the war”

23
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“Why didn’t you tell me…”

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“…instead of talking about neuralgia?”

24
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“Were you and I…”

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“…picked - specially?”

25
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“You know quite well…”

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“…I’d give anything to cancel the beastly affair”

26
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“How topping if…”

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“…we both get the MC”

27
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“Must you sit…”

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“…on Osborne’s bed?”

28
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“He actually told you he preferred…”

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“…being up there with the men than down here”

29
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“To forget…”

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“…you little fool - to forget!”

30
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“We were having a jolly decent evening until…”

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“….you started blabbing about the war”

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“The one man I could trust - …”

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“…my best friend - the one man I could talk to man to man - who understood everything - and you think I don’t care”

32
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“You think there’s no limit…”

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“…to what a man can bear”

33
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“You got…”

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“…a blighty one”