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An inspector calls - quotes Flashcards

1
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Complete the quote:

“A heavy looking, rather ___________ man… provincial in this speech”

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A heavy looking, rather portentous man… provincial in this speech

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Complete the quote:

“unsinkable, _________ unsinkable”

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“unsinkable, absolutely, unsinkable”

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Complete the quote:

“community and all that _______ … mixed up together like _____ in a hive”

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“community and all that nonsense … mixed up together like bees in a hive”

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Complete the quote:

“a man has to ______ his own _______ and look after _______”

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“a man has to mind his own business and look after himself”

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Complete the quote:

“I can’t accept ____ responsibility for ______ that happens to ______”

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“ I can’t accept any responsibility for everything that happens to everyone”

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Complete the quote:

“Well, it’s my _______ to keep labour _______ down”

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“Well, it’s my duty to keep labour costs down”

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Complete the quote:

“we’ve been had that’s _____”

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“we’ve been had that’s all”

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Complete the quote:

“girls of ____ class”

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“girls of that class”

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Complete the quote:

“You have no _____ to make me ______ my mind”

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“You have no power to make me change my mind”

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Complete the quote:

“I don’t ______ it. I _____ believe it.”

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“I don’t believe it. I won’t believe it.”

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Complete the quote:

“I accept _____ blame for it at all”

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“I accept no blame for it at all”

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Complete the quote:

“I was the _____ one who _______ give in to him”

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

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Complete the quote:

“Oh – _______ – you’ve got it – is it the one you _______ me to have? … Look _______, isn’t a beauty!”

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“Oh – Gerald – you’ve got it – is it the one you wanted me to have? … Look mummy, isn’t a beauty!”

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Complete the quote:

“I’ll _______, never, do it to _______ again”

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“I’ll never, never, do it to anybody again”

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Complete the quote:

“They’re not cheap ________, they’re people”

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“They’re not cheap labour, they’re people”

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Complete the quote:

“You and I ________ the same people who sat down to ______ here”

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

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Complete the quote:

“It’s you ____ who are being ________ – trying not to face the _____”

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“It’s you two who are being childish – trying not to face the facts”

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Complete the quote:

“Why shouldn’t they try for _______ wages? We try for the ______ possible prices.”

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“Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages? We try for the highest possible prices.”

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Complete the quote:

“I was in that _______ when a chap easily turns ______”

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“ I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty”

20
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Complete the quote:

“The ______ dead and we all _____ her”

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“The girl’s dead and we all killed her”

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Complete the quote:

“She was _______ and ______ and warm-hearted - and ______ grateful”

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“She was young and pretty and warm-hearted - and intensely grateful”

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Complete the quote:

“I’m rather more – _______ – by this business than I ______ appear to be “

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“I’m rather more – upset – by this business than I probably appear to be “

23
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Complete the quote:

“It may have all been _______”

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“It may have all been nonsense”

24
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Complete the quote:

“It’s better to ________ for the earth than _______ it”

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

25
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Complete the quote:

“I don’t play ______”

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“I don’t play golf”

26
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Complete the quote:

“The lighting should be _____ and intimate until the ______ arrives, and then it should be _______ and harder.”

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“The lighting should be pink and intimate until the inspector arrives, and then it should be brighter and harder.”

27
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Complete the quote:

“don’t get into a _______ court or start a ______, eh?”

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“don’t get into a police court or start a scandal, eh?”

28
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Complete the quote:

(______) “Yes, yes. ______ business.”

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(impatiently) “Yes, yes. Horrid business.”

29
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Complete the quote:

“Look, ________ – I’d give _________ – yes, thousands-”

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“Look, Inspector – I’d give thousands – yes, thousands-”

30
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Complete the quote:

“_______, you shouldn’t be saying ______ things”

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“Arthur, you shouldn’t be saying such things”

31
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Complete the quote:

(half ______, half playful) “Yes – except for last ______, when you ______ came near me”

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(half serious, half playful) “Yes – except for last summer, when you never came near me”

32
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Complete the quote:

“You’re _____”

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“You’re squiffy”

33
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Complete the quote:

“Why - you _______ - he knows. Of _______ he knows. And I hate to think how much he knows that we don’t know yet. You’ll _______. You’ll ______.”

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“Why - you fool - he knows. Of course he knows. And I hate to think how much he knows that we don’t know yet. You’ll see. You’ll see.”

34
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Complete the quote:

“______, I think that was ______ and vile”

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“Mother, I think that was cruel and vile”

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Complete the quote:

“Whoever that chap was, the fact _____ that I did what I did. And Mother did what she did. And the _______ of you did what you did to her. It’s still the same _______ story whether it’s been told to a _______ or to somebody else.”

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“Whoever that chap was, the fact remains that I did what I did. And Mother did what she did. And the rest of you did what you did to her. It’s still the same rotten story whether it’s been told to a police inspector or to somebody else.”

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Complete the quote:

“We often do on the _______ ones. They’re more ________.”

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“We often do on the young ones. They’re more impressionable.”

37
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Complete the quote:

“Public men, Mr Birling, have _________ as well as _________.”

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“Public men, Mr Birling, have responsibilities as well as privileges.”

38
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Complete the quote:

“Don’t ______ and _______ at me again.”

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“Don’t stammer and yammer at me again.”

39
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Complete the quote:

“we do not live alone… we are ______ of one body”

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“we do not live alone… we are members of one body”

40
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Complete the quote:

“in ______ and blood and ________”

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“in fire and blood and anguish”

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