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1  "Even that's a lie," said Tom savagely.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 7
2  But all the rest of that's a God Damned lie.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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3  He looked at me sideways--and I knew why Jordan Baker had believed he was lying.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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4  Daisy was not a Catholic and I was a little shocked at the elaborateness of the lie.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 2
5  In the foreground four solemn men in dress suits are walking along the sidewalk with a stretcher on which lies a drunken woman in a white evening dress.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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6  Then I was lying half asleep in the cold lower level of the Pennsylvania Station, staring at the morning "Tribune" and waiting for the four o'clock train.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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7  When we came into the station he was next to me and his white shirt-front pressed against my arm--and so I told him I'd have to call a policeman, but he knew I lied.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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8  At her first big golf tournament there was a row that nearly reached the newspapers--a suggestion that she had moved her ball from a bad lie in the semi-final round.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 3
9  I came into her room half an hour before the bridal dinner, and found her lying on her bed as lovely as the June night in her flowered dress--and as drunk as a monkey.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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10  When we were on a house-party together up in Warwick, she left a borrowed car out in the rain with the top down, and then lied about it--and suddenly I remembered the story about her that had eluded me that night at Daisy's.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
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11  He didn't like to go into the garage because the work bench was stained where the body had been lying so he moved uncomfortably around the office--he knew every object in it before morning--and from time to time sat down beside Wilson trying to keep him more quiet.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
ContextHighlight   In Chapter 8