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Examples of Context Clues from The Great Gatsby

"He didnt say any more, but weve always been unusually communicative in a reserved way,
and I understood that he meant a great deal more than that."

"A subdued impassioned murmur was audible in the room beyond, and Miss Baker leaned
forward unashamed, trying to hear."

"We drove over to Fifth Avenue, so warm and soft, almost pastoral, on the summer Sunday afternoon that I wouldnt have been surprised to see a great flock of white sheep turn the corner."

"I looked around. Most of the remaining women were now having fights with men said to be
their husbands. Even Jordans party, the quartet from East Egg, were rent asunder by dissension."

He turned around in the door and says: Dont let that waiter take away my coffee! Then he went out on the sidewalk, and they shot him three times in his full belly and drove away. Four of them were electrocuted, I said, remembering. Five, with Becker. His nostrils turned to me in an interested way. I understand youre looking for a business gonnegtion. The juxtaposition of these two remarks was startling.

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