Quotes Flashcards

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The one wanted me have, look beauty-sheila

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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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2
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Never agian-sheila

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

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3
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Cheap labour, people-sheila

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They’re not cheap labour, they’re people

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4
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Aren’t same people sat down dinner-sheila

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

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5
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Drove girl to suicide-sheila

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Between us we drove that girl to commit suicide.

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6
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Dont seem learnt-sheila

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you don’t seem to have learnt anything

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7
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You two being childish

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

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8
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heavy looking, portentous… provincial-Stage direction mr birling

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

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9
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Titanic-Mr Birling

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unsinkable, absolutely, unsinkable

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10
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Community, bees in hive-Mr Birling

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

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11
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Cant accept-MR Birling

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I can’t accept any responsibility

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12
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Duty labour costs-Mr birling

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

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headed buisness-MR birling

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hard-headed, practical man of business.

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14
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Try for wages- Eric

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Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages?

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15
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Try for highest- Eric

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We try for the highest possible prices.

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16
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In state when chap nasty- Eric

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I was in that state when a chap easily turns nasty

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17
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Killed-Eric

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You killed her!

18
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Dead We killed her-Eric

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The girl’s dead and we all killed her

19
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Insisted-eric

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I insisted - it seems

20
Q

More upset than probbably appear-Gerald

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I’m rather more - upset … than I probably appear

21
Q

Nonsense-Gerald

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It may have all been nonsense

22
Q

Ask earth take- inspector

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

23
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Events-inspector

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A chain of events.

24
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Easy-inspector

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‘if you’re easy with me, I’m easy with you

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Fire,blood anguish-Inspector
if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish.
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Girls class-mrs birling
girls of that class
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No power- Mrs birling
You have no power to make me change my mind
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Dont. Wont-Mrs birling
I don't believe it. I won't believe it.
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Duty-Mrs birling
I did no more than my duty
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Accept no blame-Mrs birling
I accept no blame for it at all
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Didnt give in-Mrs birling
I was the only one who didn't give in to him
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Shy assertive-eric
Half shy half assertive
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Cold MRS B
Rather cold woman
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Husband social- MRS B
Her husbands social superior
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Blame- sheila
I know im to blame
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Sorry her- sheila
I couldn't be sorry for her.
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Young pretty-gerald
She was young and pretty
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Millions eva/john smiths
there are millions and millions and millions of Eva Smiths and John Smiths still left with us
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My -eric
(Invelentary) my God!
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One body -inspector
We are members of one body.