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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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tilly hate reflection

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‘Everyone likes to have someone to hate,’

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sergeant farrat outfits

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The outfits didn’t necessarily compliment his physique, but they were unique…in Dungatar he wore them only inside the house.”

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evan abusing marigold

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“Evan poured a little more tonic and gave it to her. When she slept Evan undressed, then leaned over her.”

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marigold killing evan

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“She reached behind his ankles and slid the razor-sharp carving knife across his calcaneal tendons.”

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irma being abused

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‘Percival says God is responsible for everything.’ She used to have a lot of falls, which left her with a black eye or a cut lip. Over the years, as her husband ground to a stiff and shuffling old man, her injuries ceased.

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sergeant farrat teddy eulogy outcast

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He said that Teddy McSwiney was, by the natural order of the town, an outcast

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tilly benefit by sergeant farrat

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Tilly’s tolerance and generosity, her patience and skills

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evan being a pervert

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He was a man who touched women, leaned in close to talk

[women] suddenly remembered something they had to do across the road.

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pain turned into motivation

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‘Pain will no longer be our curse, Molly,’ she said. ‘It will be our revenge and our reason… It seems only fair, don’t you think?’

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town destruction

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saw only mounds of smoking grey-black coal and rubble.

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tilly responsibility over stewarts death

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“it wasn’t really my fault”

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town hatred of tilly

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“spat at the floor near her hem”

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how the town describe tilly

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“bastard, murderer”

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Tilly guilt

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it’s guilt, and the evil inside me

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evan pettyman character description

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“an ambitious, conniving, and charm wielding man.”

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some people deserve revenge

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Yet there was the matter of the sour people of Dungatar… they mustn’t be abandoned. Not yet.

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freedom in expression

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He [Sergeant Farrat] kissed her [Tilly’s] hand and then wrapped the magenta silk organza about his shoulder…

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Beulas karmic injuries

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“Broke her nose and gave her mild concussion”

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lesbians

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Nancy is naked, and the women are cuddled up together.

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teddy’s proposal

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“I can look after you… that is, if you want me to.” -Teddy’s proposal

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town feelings about teddy

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they loved Teddy McSwiney.

22
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outcast attitude

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it’s open slather on outcasts

23
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tilly guilt

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he evil inside me—I carry it around with me, in me, all the time

24
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plays quote

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Plays are such fun to put on. They bring out the best and worst in people, don’t you think?

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tilly’s perspective on life

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it isnt fair

26
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pain as motivation

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‘Pain will no longer be our curse, Molly,’ she said. ‘It will be our revenge and our reason. I have made it my catalyst and my propeller. It seems only fair, don’t you think?’

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why tilly didnt leave and rather burnt it down

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Yet there was the matter of the sour people of Dungatar. In light of all they had done, and what they had not done, what they had decided not to do - they mustn’t be abandoned. Not yet.

28
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corruption on tilly

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Bitterness rested on Tilly’s soul and wore itself on her face

29
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molly’s hope for tilly not to return

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I came to hope you wouldn’t come back to this awful place.

30
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molly about evan

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tormented me and kept me as your mistress… you ruined our life

31
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towns people group of 3

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They’re all liars, sinners and hypocrites

32
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trudy crazed with greed 2 quotes

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I thought you loved me. What about my reputation

I thought you loved me. What about my reputation

33
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almanac abuse

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Over the years, as her husband ground to a stiff and shuffling old man, her injuries ceased.

34
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almanac’s medical information

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Sin, the cause of all disease

35
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evan abuse

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He was a man who touched women, leaned close to talk, licked his lips

they turned their backs when they saw him coming

36
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tilly cured me

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I used to be sick Evan, you used to make me sick, but Tilly Dunnage has cured me.

37
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evan tonic and abuse

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Evan poured a little more tonic and gave it to her. When she slept Evan undressed, then leaned over her.

38
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how stewart died

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The boy ran head first, full pelt into the red brick library wall

39
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evan revenge

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He couldn’t have is son so I couldn’t have my daughter

40
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teddy charming

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They said Teddy
McSwiney could sell a sailor sea-water

41
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dance to show love

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the more they hate you the more we’ll
Dance”

42
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teddy loved tilly

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He loved Tilly Dunnage as strongly as you hate her

43
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beula injury

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Broke her nose and gave her mild concussion

44
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who saw what happened to tilly

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Edward McSwiney who “had seen what happened to Stewart Pettyman

He watched the boy assault [Tilly]

45
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irma bad arthiritis

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She could predict rain coming, sometimes a week ahead

46
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irma hope

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She longed for a life without pain or the bother of her bent husband

47
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irmas kindness

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You’ve been sending food all these years

48
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farrat doesnt care anymore

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I’m beyond caring what those people think or say anymore.

49
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how tilly avoided death

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She stepped sideward

50
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gertrude before

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unattractive but vain and ambitious young woman

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