Willy Loman Flashcards

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1
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“a word-____ escapes his ___”

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“a word-sigh escapes his lips”

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“_____ nature, his _____”

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“mercurial nature, his temper”

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3
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“_____ irritation”

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“casual irritation”

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“I’m ____ to the _____”

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“I’m tired to the death”

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“The ___ kept going ___ on the _____”
“No, it’s __, it’s me”

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“The car kept going off on the shoulder”
“No, it’s me, it’s me”

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“I might’ve ____ somebody”

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“I might’ve killed somebody”

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“I’m the ___ _____ man. I’m ___ in ____ ______”

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“I’m the New England man. I’m vital in New England”

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“____ a lifetime to ___ off a ____. You finally ____ it, and there’s ___ to ___ in it”

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“Work a lifetime to pay off a house. You finally own it, and there’s nobody to live in it”

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9
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“He became a ____ man”
“The ____ is he’s ____, godammit!”
“Biff is a ____ _____”
“such a ____ worker”
“there’s one thing about Biff - he’s not lazy”

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“He became a moody man”
“The trouble is he’s lazy godammit!”
“Biff is a lazy bum!”
“such a hard worker”
“there’s ___ thing about Biff - he’s ____ lazy”

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“They ______ the neighbour____”

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“They massacred the neighbourhood”

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“That’s what’s _____ this country! _____ is getting out of _____. The _____ is ______”

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“That’s what’s ruining this country! Population is getting out of control. The competition is maddening”

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“Certain ___ just don’t get started till later in ___. Like ___ ______, I think. Or B.F. _____”

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“Certain men just don’t get started till later in life. Like Thomas Edison, I think. Or B.F. Goodrich”

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“Don’t be a ___, Bernard! What an _____!”

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“Don’t be a pest, Bernard! What an anaemic!”

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“The man who creates ____ _____, is the man who gets ____”

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“The man who creates personal interest, is the man who gets ahead”

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“______ ‘em cold in ______, ______ ‘em in ______”

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“Knocked ‘em cold in Providence, slaughtered ‘em in Boston”

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16
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“I ____ too much!”
“I heard him say _______ about - _____”

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“I joke too much!”
“I heard him say something about - walrus”

17
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“I won’t have you ___ing ______ in this house!”

A

“I wont have you mending stockings in this house!”

18
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“A ____ who can’t handle ____ is not a _____”

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“A man who can’t handle tools is not a man”

19
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“That is a ____-______-dollar idea!”

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“That is a one-million-dollar idea!”

20
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“Everybody likes a _____, but ____ lends him _____”
“talk as ______ as possible, and ___‘_ crack any _____”

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“Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money”
“talk as little as possible, and don’t crack any jokes”

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“I see ___ things for you ____, I think your ______ are ____”

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“I see great things for you kids, I think your troubles are over”

22
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“_____ thing in the _____ for him was to ___ around”

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“Greatest thing in the world for him was to bum around”

23
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“Because you’ve got _____ in you, ____”

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“Because you’ve got greatness in you, Biff?”

24
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“Like a _____ god. _____ - something like that”

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“Like a young God. Hercules - something like that”

25
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“A ____ like that, _______, can never really ____ away”

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“A star like that, magnificent can never really fade away”

26
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“Gee, look at the ____ moving between the _____!”

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“Gee, look at the moon moving between the buildings!”