Before You Read: Target Vocabulary
Essential words to understand this chapter easily.
dismiss
/dɪsˈmɪs/To officially tell an employee to leave their job; to fire.
irritable
/ˈɪrɪtəbl/Easily annoyed or made angry.
mistress
/ˈmɪstrəs/A woman who is having a romantic relationship with a married man.
stifling
/ˈstaɪflɪŋ/Extremely hot and making it difficult to breathe.
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It was during the hottest days of the summer that Gatsby's famous parties suddenly ended. The lights in his house did not turn on, and he dismissed all his servants. He replaced them with people who would not gossip, because Daisy had begun visiting him in the afternoons. The following day, Gatsby called and invited me to go with him to Daisy’s house for lunch. The weather the next morning was broiling hot. When Gatsby and I arrived at the Buchanan home, the air inside was barely cooler. Daisy and Jordan Baker were resting on a large couch in light...
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