Memorize Master Harold And the Boys Flashcards

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1
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the secret is to make it look easy. __________________________ Willie, not like hard work.

A

ballroom must look happy.

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You should be _______. This is why you started passing your exams._______________________

A

grateful
You tried to be better than me.

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3
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look at the three of us this afternoon: I’ve bumped into Willie, the________________________, you’ve bumped into your mother, shes bumping into your dad… none of us _______________________”

A

two of us having bumped into you
knows the steps and there’s no music playing

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4
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Stage instructions - he gets up and moves the bucket. Stands thinking for a moment, then ___________________________

A

raisin his arms to hold an imaginary partner, he launches into an intricate step dance

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5
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so? She makes me ____________

A

the hell in too much

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6
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wanted you to look _____________________ something

A

up and be proud of

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7
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Scene setting: Tables and chairs have been cleared and are stacked on one side _____________________

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except for one which stands apart with a single chair

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8
Q

the Koran is as _____ as the Bible

A

bad

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9
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Charles (man of magnitude)

A

Darwin

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10
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They make you lie down on the bench ______________________________

A

one policeman pulls down your trousers

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11
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___________ patients and nurses around? Regular visits from the Salvation Army? Balls! It’s_____________ for him at home.

A

With all the
ten times worse

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12
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they must see a man and a woman who are ___________________________

A

dancing their way to a happy ending.

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13
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“I think _____________________________. And do you blame me? Nothing but bloody misery wherever you went.”

A

I spent more time in there with you chaps than anywhere else in that dump

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14
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“He’s a ___________ and that’s ______________ for you.”

A

white man
good enough

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You’re________ a servant in here, and ___________

A

only
don’t forget it

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16
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It’s still _______, Sam. You __________________, remember

A

raining
cant fly kites on rainy days

17
Q

what the hell ______________________ flying a kite?

A

does a black man know about

18
Q

A boy who___________ becomes a man who ____________________________

A

won’t stand up for himself
can’t stand up to anything

19
Q

You’ve always been a ______ here, you just___________________

A

tourist
didn’t know it.