Journey's End - Key Quotes (fill in the gaps) Flashcards

(33 cards)

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“I know. There’s nothing worse than…”

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“…dirt in your tea”

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2
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“I don’t know…”

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“…the sergeant-major sees to that”

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3
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“Twenty-five right leg and…”

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“…nine left leg”

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4
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“Oh you sweet…”

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“…sentimental old darling”

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5
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“Drinking like a…”

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“…fish as usual?”

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6
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“he - sort of - came to -…”

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“…and cried”

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7
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“I love that fellow. I’d…”

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“…go to hell with him”

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8
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“Rugger and cricket…”

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“…seem a long way from here”

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9
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“He’s been out here a long time…”

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“…It tells on a man, rather badly”

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10
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“Think of it all as…”

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“…romantic. It helps.”

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11
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“Then I advise you…”

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“…never to leave it to anyone else ever again”

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12
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“No man of mine’s…”

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“…going sick before the big attack”

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13
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“She doesn’t know that if I went up those steps onto the front line…”

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“…without being doped up on whisky - I’d go mad with fright”

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14
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“I couldn’t bear…”

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“…being fully conscious all the time”

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15
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“It’s a slimy thing…”

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“…to go home if you’re not really ill”

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16
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“Dear old Uncle. …”

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“…Tuck me up.”

17
Q

“I feel I haven’t seen…”

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“…a tree for ages”

18
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“If this attack comes…”

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“…I’m not going to trust the companies on our sides to hold their ground”

19
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“I’m glad it’s coming at last…”

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“…I’m sick of waiting”

20
Q

“When people are going potty…”

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“…they never talk about it”

21
Q

“I’m awfully proud…”

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“…to think he’s my friend”

22
Q

“Then we advance…”

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“…and win the war”

23
Q

“Why didn’t you tell me…”

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“…instead of talking about neuralgia?”

24
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“Were you and I…”

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“…picked - specially?”

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"You know quite well..."
"...I'd give anything to cancel the beastly affair"
26
"How topping if..."
"...we both get the MC"
27
"Must you sit..."
"...on Osborne's bed?"
28
"He actually told you he preferred..."
"...being up there with the men than down here"
29
"To forget..."
"...you little fool - to forget!"
30
"We were having a jolly decent evening until..."
"....you started blabbing about the war"
31
"The one man I could trust - ..."
"...my best friend - the one man I could talk to man to man - who understood everything - and you think I don't care"
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"You think there's no limit..."
"...to what a man can bear"
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"You got..."
"...a blighty one"