Algernon Flashcards
A1
‘‘Anyone can play…. - but i play with…… i keep…..’’
'’Anyone can play accurately - but i play with wonderful expression… I keep Science for Life’’ - A1
A1
‘‘Really, if the lower…… a good example, what on earth is……. They seem, as a ….., to have absolutely no……’’
Really, if the lower orders don’t set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them? They seem, as a class, to have absolutely no sense of moral responsibility. - A1
A1
J and A
‘‘I am in….. with….. I have come…. to……’’
‘‘I thought you had…… for….. i call that….’’
'’I am in love with Gwendoline. I have come…. to propose to her’’
‘‘I thought you had come up for pleasure… I call that business’’ J and A A1
'’I really dont see anything……. in……’’
'’I really dont see anything romantic in proposing’’
A1
‘‘Girls never…… they flirt with. Girls dont think……’’
'’Girls never marry the men they flirt with. Girls dont think it right’’ A1
A1
‘‘And before i……. to…… her’’
'’And before i allow you to marry her’’
A1
‘‘… you are the most earnest-looking person i……. it is…. absurd…. that your name….’’
Ernest… you are the most earnest- looking person I ever saw… It is … absurd… that your name isn’t Ernest- A1
A1
‘‘The amount of women in….. who…. is perfectly…’’
'’The amount of women in London who flirt with their own husbands is perfectly scandalous’’
A1
‘‘Nothing will…. to part with…’’
'’Nothing will induce me to part with Bunbury’’
A1
‘‘All women become like their….. That is their….’’
'’All women become like their mother. That is their tragedy’’
A1
‘‘The fools. Oh about the……., of course’’
The fools? Oh about the clever people, of course- A1
A1
‘‘The only way to behave to a….. is to…., if she is….. and to someone else if……..’’
The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her, if she is pretty and to someone else if she is plain- A1
A2
‘‘You are my……, im sure’’
“You are my little cousin Cecily, I’m sure.”-A2
A2
‘‘[Looks at her in….’’]
[Looks at her in amazement.]-A2
A2
‘‘Might i have a…….’’
'’Might i have a buttonhole first’’
