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1  "I can tell you right now," she answered.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
2  And if it runs out I can stop at a drug store.
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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
3  We had an awful time getting back, I can tell you.
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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
4  "I can't complain," answered Wilson unconvincingly.
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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
5  "I can't do it--I can't get mixed up in it," he said.
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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
6  I was scared, I can tell you; I'd never seen a girl like that before.
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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
7  I can't seem to remember, but I think we talked about the Nordic race.
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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
8  I can't forget so long as I live the night they shot Rosy Rosenthal there.
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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
9  "Even alone I can't say I never loved Tom," she admitted in a pitiful voice.
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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
10  If there is anything I can do a little later let me know in a letter by Edgar.
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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
11  I can't describe to you how surprised I was to find out I loved her, old sport.
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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
12  I can't speak about what happened five years ago, because I didn't know Daisy then--and I'll be damned if I see how you got within a mile of her unless you brought the groceries to the back door.
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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
13  But I can still read the grey names and they will give you a better impression than my generalities of those who accepted Gatsby's hospitality and paid him the subtle tribute of knowing nothing whatever about him.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4