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Question 1

1. Arthur birling is a heavy…

Answer 1

‘Arthur Birling is a heavy looking, rather portentous man’ … ‘rather provincial in his speech’

Question 2

2. Giving us…

Answer 2

Giving us the port Edna?

Question 3

3. You ought to like this…

Answer 3

You ought to like this port, Gerald. As a matter of fact, Finchley told me it’s the same port your father gets from him.

Question 4

4. We may look forward to a time when…

Answer 4

we may look forward to a time when Crofts and Birlings are no longer competing but are working together – for lower costs and higher prices

Question 5

5.Sheila’s a lucky…

Answer 5

Sheila’s a lucky girl - and I think you’re a pretty fortunate young man too, Gerald

Question 6

6. Are you listening Sheila…

Answer 6

Are you listening Sheila? This concerns you too. And after all I don’t often make speeches at you-

Question 7

7.Fiddlesticks! The germans…

Answer 7

Fiddlesticks! The Germans don’t want war. Nobody wants war 

Question 8

8. Im talking as a hardheaded…

Answer 8

I’m talking as a hardheaded, practical man of business. And I say there isn’t a chance of war

Question 9

9.The titanic…

Answer 9

‘The Titanic- she sails next week’ ‘Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable’

Question 10

10 Let’s say, in 1940…

Answer 10

Let’s say, in 1940- you might be having a little party like this- your sons and daughters might be getting engaged