автордың кітабынан сөз тіркестері  Великий Гэтсби = The Great Gatsby

Francis Scott Fitzgerald

Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,’ he told me, ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.’
He

as very excited this afternoon. He told her those things in a way that frightened her – that made it look as if I was some kind of cheap sharper. A

He came back from France when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip, and made a miserable but irresistible journey to Louisville on the last of his army pay

We were silent. The voice in the hall rose high with annoyance: ‘Very well, then, I won’t sell you the car at all… I’m under no obligations to you at all… and as for your bothering me about it at lunch time, I won’t stand that at all!’

I hear you fired all your servants.’

* * *
As I watched him he adjusted himself a little, visibly.

adjust oneself v приходить в себя

You’re very polite, but I belong to another generation,’ he announced solemnly. ‘You sit here and discuss your sports and your young ladies and your – ’ He supplied an imaginary noun with another wave of his hand. ‘As for me, I am fifty years old, and I won’t impose myself on you any longer.’

Yeah, Gatsby’s very careful about women. He would never so much as look at a friend’s wife.’

A succulent hash arrived, and Mr. Wolfshiem, forgetting the more sentimental atmosphere of the old Metropole, began to eat with ferocious delicacy. His eyes, meanwhile, roved very slowly all around the room – he completed the arc by turning to inspect the people directly behind.