Mr Birling Flashcards

1
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“There isn’t a……”

A

“There isn’t a chance of war.”

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2
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“Unsinkable…….”

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“Unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable.”

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3
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“I speak as a……”

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“I speak as a hard-headed business man.”

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4
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“Still I can’t accept……”

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“Still I can’t accept responsibility.”

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5
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“Well it’s my duty to……”

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

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6
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“There’ll be a……”

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“There’ll be a public scandal.”

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7
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“There you are……The whole story’s……”

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“There you are! Proof positive. The whole story’s just a lot of moonshine.”

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“Now look at them……And they they……”

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“Now look at them- the famous younger generation who know it all. And they can’t even take a joke.”

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9
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“You’re just the……”

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“You’re just the kind of son in law I’ve always wanted.”

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10
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“Arthur Birling is a heavy-looking, rather……man in his middle fifties.”

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“Arthur Birling is a heavy-looking, rather portentous man in his middle fifties.”

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“But the way some of these …… talk and write now, you’d think everybody has to look after everybody else, as if we were all mixed up together like…….”

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“But the way some of these cranks talk and write now, you’d think everybody has to look after everybody else, as if we were all mixed up together like bees in a hive.”

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12
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“for lower costs and higher……”

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“for lower costs and higher prices.”

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13
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“There’ll be peace and……and rapid……everywhere.”

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“There’ll be peace and prosperity and rapid progress everywhere.”

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14
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“We can’t let these Bernard Shaws and H.G. Wellses do……”

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“We can’t let these Bernard Shaws and H.G. Wellses do all the talking.”

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15
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“there’s a fair chance I might find my way on to……”

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“there’s a fair chance I might find my way on to the next honours list.”

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16
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[About the Inspector] “Probably a Socialist or some sort of……”

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“Probably a Socialist or some sort of crank”