AIC Flashcards
Birling : ‘It’s one of the happiest …’ (act 1)
Birling : ‘It’s one of the happiest nights of my life’
Gerald : ‘[laughs] you seem to be a …’ (act 1)
Gerald : ‘[laughs] you seem to be a nice well-behaved family-‘.
Inspector : ‘I’d like some information, if …’ (act 1)
Inspector : ‘I’d like some information, if you don’t mind, Mr Birling.’
Sheila : ‘What do you mean by saying that ? You …’ (act 1)
Sheila : ‘What do you mean by saying that ? You talk as if we were responsible - ‘ (act 2)
Sheila : ‘ [miserably] So I’m …’ (act 1)
Sheila : ‘ [miserably] So I’m really responsible ?’
Gerald : ‘So - for God’s sake - don’t say …’ (act 1)
Gerald : ‘So - for God’s sake - don’t say anything to the Inspector. ‘ (act 2)
Inspector : ‘… we’ll have to …’ (act 2)
Inspector : ‘… we’ll have to share our guilt. ‘
Mrs Birling : ‘Girls of …’ (act 2)
MrsBirling : ‘Girls of that class -‘
Gerald : ‘All she wanted was to talk - … ‘ (act 2)
Gerald : ‘All she wanted was to talk - a little friendliness … ‘
Mrs Birling : ‘I’m very sorry. But i think she …’ (act 2)
Mrs Birling : ‘I’m very sorry. But i think she only had herself to blame.’
Mrs Birling : ‘ As if as girl of that sort would …’ (act 2)
Mrs Birling : ‘ As if as girl of that sort would ever refuse money !’
Sheila : ‘[with sudden alarm] Mother - stop - …’ (act 2)
Sheila : ‘[with sudden alarm] Mother - stop ! - stop ! ‘
Birling : (to sheila) : ‘[very sharply] You heard …’ (act 3)
Birling : (to sheila) : ‘[very sharply] You heard what I said. ‘
Eric : ‘… you’re not the kind of father a chap could go …’ (act 3)
Eric : ‘… you’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble …’
Birling : (To Eric) : ‘[furious, intervening] Why, you hysterical …’ (act 3)
Birling : (To Eric) : ‘[furious, intervening] Why, you hysterical young fool - get back - or I’ll -‘
Inspector : ‘We don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We …’ (act 3)
Inspector : ‘We don’t live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. ‘
Sheila : ‘Everything we said had …’ (act 3)
Sheila : ‘Everything we said had happened really had happened.’
Birling : ‘[heartily] Nonsense ! you’ll …’ (act 3)
Birling : ‘[heartily] Nonsense ! you’ll have a good laugh over it yet.’
Sheila : ‘You began to learn something. And …’ ( act 3)
Sheila : ‘You began to learn something. And now you’ve stopped.’
Sheila : ‘And i hate to think how much he knows that we don’t know yet… ‘ (act 1)
Sheila : ‘And i hate to think how much he knows that we don’t know yet. You’ll see. You’ll see.’
Birling : ‘[thunderstruck] My God ! But - …’ (act 2)
Birling : ‘[thunderstruck] My God ! But - look here - ‘ (act 2)
Stage directions : ‘[As they stare guiltily and … ‘ (act 3)
Stage directions : ‘[As they stare guiltily and dumbfounded, the curtain falls]’.
‘substantial and heavily comfortable, but …’ (opening stage directions)
‘substantial and heavily comfortable, but not cosy and homelike.’ (opening stage directions)
‘Pink and _________ … brighter and ________’. (opening stage directions)
‘Pink and intimate … brighter and harder’.
‘… just clearing the table, which …’ (opening stage directions )
‘… just clearing the table, which has no cloth .’
Inspector : ‘Yes, but you can’t. It’s … ‘ (act 1)
‘Yes, but you can’t. It’s too late. She’s dead. ‘ (act 1)
Inspector : ‘… Their lives, their hopes and fears, …’ (act 3)
nspector : ‘… Their lives, their hopes and fears, their suffering, and chance of happiness …’
Inspector : ‘Apologize for what - …’ (act 2)
Inspector : ‘Apologize for what - doing my duty ?’
Birling : ‘…Working together - for …’ (act 1)
Birling : ‘…Working together - for lower costs and higher prices …’
Birling : ‘You’ve a lot to learn yet. And I’m talking … ‘ (act 1)
Birling : ‘You’ve a lot to learn yet. And I’m talking as a hard-headed, practical man of business. ‘