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1  They can't get him, old sport.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
2  "We can't move," they said together.
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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
3  "I can't complain," answered Wilson unconvincingly.
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Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
4  "I can't do it--I can't get mixed up in it," he said.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
5  I can't seem to remember, but I think we talked about the Nordic race.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
6  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
7  "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
8  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
9  "We can't argue about it here," Tom said impatiently as a truck gave out a cursing whistle behind us.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
10  You can't stop going with an old friend on account of rumors and on the other hand I had no intention of being rumored into marriage.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
11  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.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7