An Inspector Calls Flashcards

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You’re just the kind…..

(Mr B)

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You’re just the kind of son-in-law I always wanted (Mr B)

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I’m talking as a hard-headed….

(Mr B)

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I’m talking as a hard-headed, practical man of business… there isn’t a chance of war (Mr B)

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… unsinkable…

(Mr B)

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… unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable (Mr B)

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…a man has to make…

” (Mr B as Inspector arrives)

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…a man has to make his own way – has to look after himself… community and all that nonsense” (Mr B as Inspector arrives)

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She’d had a lot to say…

(Mr B)

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She’d had a lot to say – far too much – so she had to go

(Mr B)

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I’ve got to….

(Mr B)

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I’ve got to cover this up as soon as I can

(Mr B)

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I’m very sorry….

(Mrs B)

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I’m very sorry. But I think she had only herself to blame

(Mrs B)

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Go and look…

(Mrs B)

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Go and look for the father of the child. It’s his responsibility

(Mrs B)

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She was claiming elaborate fine feelings….

(Mrs B)

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She was claiming elaborate fine feelings and scruples that were simply absurd in a girl in her position

(Mrs B)

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I was the only one…

(Mrs B)

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I was the only one of you who didn’t give in to him”

(Mrs B)

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These girls aren’t…

(Sheila)

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These girls aren’t cheap labour. They’re people

(Sheila)

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You and I aren’t…

(Sheila)

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You and I aren’t the same people who sat down to dinner here

(Sheila)

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Mother, I think it…

(Sheila)

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Mother, I think it was cruel and vile

(Sheila)

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You’re beginning to pretend…

(Sheila)

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You’re beginning to pretend all over again that nothing much has happened

(Sheila)

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Well, he inspected…

(Sheila)

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Well, he inspected us all right. And let’s not start dodging and pretending now. Between us we drove that girl to suicide

(Sheila)

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I was in that state…

(Eric)

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I was in that state when a chap easily gets nasty

(Eric)

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She didn’t want me to marry her… In a way, she treated me as if I were a kid

(Eric)

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She didn’t want me to marry her… In a way, she treated me as if I were a kid

(Eric)

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…you’re not the kind…

(Eric)

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…you’re not the kind of father a chap could go to when he’s in trouble

(Eric)

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It’s what happened…

(Eric)

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It’s what happened to the girl and what we all did to her that matters

(Eric)

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…my child – your own…

(Eric)

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…my child – your own grandchild – you killed them both – damn you, damn you

(Eric)

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I think Miss Birling ought…

(Gerald)

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I think Miss Birling ought to be excused any more of this questioning

(Gerald)

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I didn’t install here there…

(Gerald)

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I didn’t install here there so that I could make love to her

(Gerald)

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She told me she’d been happier…

(Gerald)

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She told me she’d been happier than she’d ever been before

(Gerald)

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Everything’s all…

(Gerald)

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Everything’s all right now, Sheila. What about this ring?

(Gerald)

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Burnt her…

(The Inspector)

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Burnt her inside out… she was in great agony

(The Inspector)

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What happened to her…

(The Inspector)

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What happened to her… a chain of events

(The Inspector)

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It’s better to ask…

(The Inspector)

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It’s better to ask for the earth than to take it

(The Inspector)