Term
| “_____ still died…____ men might be able to achieve more, _____.” |
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Definition
| “Patients still died…greater men might be able to achieve more, but not me.” |
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Term
“there was no use to _____ myself. To attempt to
_____ I was _______ would itself be an act of _________.” |
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Definition
“there was no use to prove myself. To attempt to
prove I was discreet would itself be an act of indiscretion.” |
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Term
| “I tried to hide my injuries, but blood stained the handles.” |
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Definition
| “I tried to ____ my injuries, but ____ stained the handles.” |
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Term
| “I was glad for the _____ of ________ that hid my ____.” |
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Definition
| “I was glad for the pocket of darkness that hid my tears.” |
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Term
| “I _______ my teeth to try to contain my _____…I hugged my knees to my ____.” |
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Definition
| “I clenched my teeth to try to contain my feelings…I hugged my knees to my chest.” |
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Term
| “To have been on the ____ of sharing the pain, and then to have the ______ snatched away! All hope was ______ out of me.” |
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Definition
| “To have been on the verge of sharing the pain, and then to have the comfort snatched away! All hope was knocked out of me.” |
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Term
| “I tried to ____, but no _____ came out…” |
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Definition
| “I tried to speak, but no words came out…” |
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Term
| “Despite my _____, everything was in ruins. Why could I ____ do anything ____?” |
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Definition
| “Despite my efforts, everything was in ruins. Why could I never do anything right?” |
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Term
| “______ fell between us as we passed under the _________ and into the grounds of the _____” |
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Definition
“Silence fell between us as we passed under the stone gate and into the grounds of the temple”
--kayoko |
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Term
| “Sir, these girls are just ____. They mean to ____” |
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Definition
“Sir, these girls are just young. They mean to harm.”
-- kayoko |
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Term
“I’d never seen Kayoko so ____, so willing to ____ anyone –
especially not in front of _____. She was behaving like a
_______ person.” |
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Definition
“I’d never seen Kayoko so angry, so willing to shame anyone –
especially not in front of strangers. She was behaving like a
different person.” |
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Term
“The ______ of her skin, so smooth and ____ yet full of
life…______ was my only tie to life.” |
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Definition
“The fullness of her skin, so smooth and pale yet full of
life…Kayoko was my only tie to life.” |
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Term
| Silence ________ between us. |
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Definition
Silence stretched between us.
-- sister |
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Term
| “I sensed something had ______…there was a coolness to her now. She had closed a part of herself to me.” |
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Definition
“I sensed something had changed…there was a coolness to her now. She had closed a part of herself to me.”
-- sister |
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Term
“thought of Sister Bernice in her white ____, her head bent
in prayer, the ______ of her lashes forming two ____
crescents.” |
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Definition
“thought of Sister Bernice in her white habit, her head bent
in prayer, the dark line of her lashes forming two perfect
crescents.” |
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Term
| “the Japanese hospital [became] once more as bright and airy as the landscape outside.” |
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Definition
| “the ______________ [became] once more as bright and ___ as the landscape outside.” |
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Term
| “____ days would pass with only minimal ____________.” |
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Definition
| “most days would pass with only minimal verbal exchange.” |
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Term
“she readily ________ with patients in her care, her ______
putting them at ease, _______ lifting into laughter,” |
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Definition
“she readily conversed with patients in her care, her soft voice
putting them at ease, sometimes lifting into laughter,” |
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Term
| “Without her, my world _____.” |
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Definition
| “Without her, my world shrunk.” |
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Term
“If only I had her talent for gentle _____, for _______ people
through talk, perhaps things ______ have turned out as they
did.” |
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Definition
“If only I had her talent for gentle counsel, for soothing people
through talk, perhaps things wouldn’t have turned out as they
did.” |
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Term
“Sister Bernice’s words ______ to me. I’d ____ to the ideal of
discretion, when it was _____ – and forgiveness – I’d needed all along.” |
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Definition
“Sister Bernice’s words open up to me. I’d clung to the ideal of
discretion, when it was courage – and forgiveness – I’d needed all along.” |
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Term
| “…the _______ in his attitude; in Broome, he’d always been easy going, but here it was as if he were______ man.” |
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Definition
| “…the difference in his attitude; in Broome, he’d always been easy going, but here it was as if he were another man.” |
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Term
| “My ____ sank. It seemed that just as Johnny and I had a ____ to make peace, circumstances would ______ away.” |
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Definition
| “My heart sank. It seemed that just as Johnny and I had a chance to make peace, circumstances would take him away.” |
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Term
| “I’m not like _______ else here – I’m ___ half-Japanese, and they still ______ me.” |
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Definition
| “I’m not like everyone else here – I’m only half-Japanese, and they still collared me.” |
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Term
| “…only rules that ___ them. This camp’s run like a _________, not a democracy.” |
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Definition
| “…only rules that suit them. This camp’s run like a dictatorship, not a democracy.” |
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Term
“wondered why someone who’d run a _________ in Broome
was so ____ to doing chores.” |
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Definition
“wondered why someone who’d run a restaurant in Broome
was so averse to doing chores.” |
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Term
| “I couldn’t ___ thinking about Stan.” |
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Definition
| “I couldn’t stop thinking about Stan.” |
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Term
| “he always ____ back to the window, seeking out the _____.” |
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Definition
| “he always turned back to the window, seeking out the light.” |
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Term
| “Stan’s slight figure took on a _______ purity.” |
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Definition
| “Stan’s slight figure took on a childlike purity.” |
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Term
| “___ stood alone, staring at the sky…his ___ lifted towards the heavens…” |
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Definition
| “Stan stood alone, staring at the sky…his face lifted towards the heavens…” |
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Term
“It is hard for me to ___ about it, but my wife and I…__ are
separated…That is my _____ regret. So I urge you to write to
this girl you like and ____ your feelings with her.” |
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Definition
“It is hard for me to talk about it, but my wife and I…we are
separated…That is my greatest regret. So I urge you to write to
this girl you like and share your feelings with her.” |
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Term
| “I should’ve gone up to her, said ________ then, but I didn’t. I’ll always regret that.” |
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Definition
| “I should’ve gone up to her, said something then, but I didn’t. I’ll always regret that.” |
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Term
| “carefully combed hair…no _____ was out of place…he was ______ the military man.” |
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Definition
| “carefully combed hair…no detail was out of place…he was every inch the military man.” |
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Term
“his fingernails were _____ kept: think white ________ atop
perfectly uniform ___ ovals.” |
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Definition
“his fingernails were neatly kept: think white crescents atop
perfectly uniform pink ovals.” |
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Term
“…loyalty and discretion…few…truly understand it…discretion
takes time to show itself. How will a person conduct himself in ten, twenty years’ time? That’s what I need to know…” |
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Definition
“…loyalty and ________…few…truly understand it…discretion
takes time to ____ itself. How will a person______ himself in ten, twenty years’ time? That’s what I ____ to know…” |
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Term
| “A soldier… puts ____ his feelings and so ____ you.” |
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Definition
| “A soldier… puts aside his feelings and so must you.” |
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Term
| “Take the ______ to your grave.” |
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Definition
| “Take the secret to your grave.” |
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Term
| “I was _______ by Yamada’s kindness in welcoming me to his tent, especially since I was a ______ to him.” |
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Definition
| “I was touched by Yamada’s kindness in welcoming me to his tent, especially since I was a stranger to him.” |
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Term
| should be _____…[as] he died ______ for the Emperor.” |
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Definition
| should be proud…[as] he died fighting for the Emperor.” |
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Term
| it would ____ be anything other than a ____ to [him].” |
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Definition
| it would never be anything other than a loss to [him].” |
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Term
| “Surely, he would have fought for her, even at the risk of shaming himself. Honour, duty, pride – Harada would have sacrificed all those things for the woman he loved.” |
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Definition
| “Surely, he would have _____ for her, even at the risk of ______ himself. Honour, ___, pride – Harada would have sacrificed______ things for the woman he loved.” |
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Term
| “Great doctors tend their ______, good doctors tend _____, and lesser doctors heal _______.” |
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Definition
| “Great doctors tend their country, good doctors tend people, and lesser doctors heal illnesses.” |
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Term
| “________ is our number-one priority.” |
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Definition
| “Confidentiality is our number-one priority.” |
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Term
| “You can’t talk about ______ to anybody – not your spouse, your ___, your friends, your _____, not even to each other.” |
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Definition
| “You can’t talk about your work to anybody – not your spouse, your parents, your friends, your children, not even to each other.” |
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Term
| “I had often _______ what it was like for the _____, who had to work alone for _____ on end in their subterranean world. Was the silence a ______ or a terror to them?” |
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Definition
| “I had often wondered what it was like for the divers, who had to work alone for hours on end in their subterranean world. Was the silence a comfort or a terror to them?” |
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Term
| “In ______ my silence, I hadn’t exercised the very _____ that makes us human: our ______ to understand each other.” |
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Definition
| “In keeping my silence, I hadn’t exercised the very quality that makes us human: our capacity to understand each other.” |
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Term
| “My silence had been ____.” |
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Definition
| “My silence had been weak.” |
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Term
| “there is ________ the Japanese people should know.” |
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Definition
| “there is something the Japanese people should know.” |
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Term
| “I began to spend much of my time with Ebina and several others in my hut from the baseball team. At night, we played hanuda and talked until the lights were out.” |
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Definition
| “I began to ____ much of my time with Ebina and several others______ from the baseball team. At night, we played hanuda and _____ until the lights were out.” |
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Term
| “I couldn’t help but _________ to my first few months in Broome, when my _____ were keen to the strangeness around me and everything appeared ______, sharper and crisper, as if a ___ had lifted.” |
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Definition
| “I couldn’t help but think back to my first few months in Broome, when my senses were keen to the strangeness around me and everything appeared brighter, sharper and crisper, as if a veil had lifted.” |
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Term
| “_______ everything I had been through in the previous ____ years, it ______ I had returned to the point at which I’d begun.” |
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Definition
| “Despite everything I had been through in the previous eight years, it seemed I had returned to the point at which I’d begun.” |
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Term
| “Time entered a new _________ – not exactly slow, but a state in which I sensed everything more keenly…I ________ how the shifting light at __________ seemed to hide more than it revealed.” |
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Definition
“Time entered a new dimension – not
exactly slow, but a state in which I
sensed everything more keenly…I
observed how the shifting light at
dawn and dusk seemed to hide more
than it revealed.” |
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Term
| He ________ to be watching me |
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Definition
| He appeared to be watching me |
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Term
| “I began to ______ with regret. Stan had opened up to me, and I hadn’t listened. I was horrified to think my _______ could have led to his death.” |
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Definition
| “I began to tremble with regret. Stan had opened up to me, and I hadn’t listened. I was horrified to think my insensitivity could have led to his death.” |
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Term
| Shadows pooled beneath his eyes and __________ |
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Definition
| Shadows pooled beneath {Davies} eyes and cheekbones |
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Term
| “I _______ my thoughts on washing myself clean and soaking in a hot bath when I got home.” |
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Definition
| “I trained my thoughts on washing myself clean and soaking in a hot bath when I got home.” |
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Term
| I felt stained by my association with the laboratory |
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Definition
| I felt stained by my _________ with the laboratory |
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Term
| land ahead ______ with lush greenery |
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Definition
| land ahead swelled with lush greenery |
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Term
| songs my _____ sung to me as a child - songs of ___ and lament |
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Definition
| songs my mother sung to me as a child - songs of loss and lament |
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Term
| what else through my _____ loyalty had I _____ to see |
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Definition
| what else through my misguided loyalty had I failed to see |
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Term
| my __________ might have been able to _____ other careers, but not me |
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Definition
| my younger brother might have been able to explorer other careers, but not me |
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Term
I hadn't________ Johnny... here it was as if he
___ another man |
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Definition
| I hadn't recognised Johnny... here it was as if he were another man |
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Term
| Johnny's ________ had almost ruined ___ evening... the disgrace |
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Definition
| Johnny's behaviour had almost ruined the evening... the disgrace |
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Term
| ____ fingers, ______ toes, _______ faces |
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Definition
| swollen fingers, blistered toes, blackened faces |
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