Mr Birling Flashcards

1
Q

You are just the ..

Your father and I have been …

A

kind of son in law I always wanted

Friendly rivals in business for some time now

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2
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Wild talk about possible..

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Labour trouble in the near future

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3
Q

The Germans …

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Don’t want war

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4
Q

Titanic ..

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Absolutely unsinkable

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5
Q

In 1940 you’ll be ..

There’ll be ..

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Living in a world that will have forgotten all these capital versus labour nonsense .
Peace and prosperity

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6
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We ..

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Hardheaded practical businessmen

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7
Q

Just ..

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A knighthood of course

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8
Q

Don’t ..

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Start a scandal eh

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9
Q

The way some of these cranks talk and write now days

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You’d think everybody has to look after everybody else as if we’re all mixed up together like bees in a hive community and all that nonsense

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10
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She’d had a lot..

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To say far too much so she had to go

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11
Q

Look inspector

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I’d give thousands yes thousands

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12
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I was almost certain

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For a knighthood in the next honours list

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13
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Some fathers I know

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Would have you kicked out the house anyhow by this time

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14
Q

He had the

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Laugh of us all right

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15
Q

Come on Sheila

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Don’t look like that all over now

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16
Q

Birling is a … Rather ….. Man in his early … ?

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Birling is a heavy rather portentous man in his early fifties

17
Q

When this comes out at the

A

Inquest it isn’t going to do us much good

18
Q

The trouble is

A

You’ve been spoilt

19
Q

Probably a socialist

A

Or some crank

20
Q

The famous younger

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Generation who can’t even take a joke