The Great Gatsby Flashcards

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1
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_____ imitation of some _____ __ _____ in Normandy

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Factual, Hotel de Ville
(new money)
Chapter 1

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2
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Tower on one ___, _____ new under a thin ____ of raw ivy

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side, spanking, beard
(new money)
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3
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White _____ of East Egg

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palaces
(old money)
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4
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_______ across the water

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Glittering
(old money)
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5
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They had spent a year in _____ for no _______ _____, and then drifted here and there _______ wherever people played polo and were ____ together

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France, particular reason, unrestfully, rich
(old money)
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6
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_______ manner

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Supercilious
(old money)
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7
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Their interest rather ______ me and made them less _________ ____

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touched, remotely rich
(old money)
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8
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Come out to ________ what share of his was ___ _______ _______

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determine, our local heavens
(new money)
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9
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Spasms of _____ _____ which drift ________

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bleak dust, endlessly
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10
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Ash ____ men

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grey
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11
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Fantastic farm where _____ ___ ___ ____

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ashes grow like wheat
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12
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Men who move _____ and already _______ through the powdery air

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dimly, crumbling
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13
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Men and ___ came and went like ____ among the whisperings and the _______ and the _____

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girls, moths, champagne, stars

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14
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______ with gins and _____

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stocked, liquors
Chapter 3

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On Sunday morning while ____ _____ rang in the villages…the world and its _________ returned to _______ _____

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church bells, mistress, Gatby’s house
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16
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_____ with ______ colours

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Gaudy, primary
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17
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______ cocktail music…______ _____

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yellow, dresses
Chapter 3

18
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If one ____ were removed the whole _____ was ______ __ _______

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brick, library, liable to collapse
Chapter 3

19
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What ________! What ______!

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thoroughness, realism
Chapter 3

20
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Concentrated on you with an _________ ________ in _____ ______

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irresistible prejudice , your favour
Chapter 3

21
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______ formality of speech _____ _____ _____ ____

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elaborate, just missed being absurd
Chapter 3

22
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The next ___ she married Tom Buchanan without __ ____ __ _ _____

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day, so much as a shiver
Chapter 4

23
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He came alive to me, _______ _______ from the womb of his __________ ________

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delivered suddenly, purposeless splendour
Chapter 4

24
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___ coloured tie

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Gold
Chapter 5

25
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Is this ______ where ___ ____…?

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absolutely, you live
Chapter 5

26
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The flowers ____ _________

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were unnecessary
Chapter 5

27
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_____ and ______ farm people

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shiftless, unsuccessful
Chapter 6

28
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He ______ just the sort of ___ _____ that a 17 year old boy would be ______ to _____

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invented, Jay Gatsby, likely, invent
Chapter 6

29
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_____ from his ______ ________ of himself

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Sprang, platonic conception
Chapter 6

30
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He was his ____ man and ___ ___ ___

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wife’s, not his own
Chapter 7

31
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Myrtle Wilson was ______ ____ at ___ ___… so engrossed

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staring down, the car
Chapter 7

32
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Her life _______ _______

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violently extinguished
Chapter 7

33
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The ____ _____ fought on

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dead dream
chapter 7

34
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Trying to _____ what was no _______ ________

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touch, longer tangible
Chapter 7

35
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His career as __________ was over

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Trimalchio
Chapter 3

36
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Took her because ___ __ ____ ____ to touch ___ ____

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he had no right , her hand
Chapter 8

37
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He paid _ ____ _____ for living too long ____ _ _____ ____

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a high price, with a single dream
Chapter 9

38
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I felt suddenly as though _ ___ _______ __ _ _____

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I was talking to a child
Chapter 9

39
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They were _________ ______, Tom and Daisy

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careless people
Chapter 9

40
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Retreated back into ____ _____

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their money
Chapter 9

41
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Boats ______ the _______, borne back __________ into the past

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against, current, ceaselessly
Chapter 9