An Inspector Calls Flashcards
(30 cards)
“Need not be a ___ man but he creates at once an impression of ___________, solidity and ______________.” (The Inspector)
“Need not be a big man but he creates at once an impression of massiveness, solidity and purposefulness.”
“A _____ of _______” (The Inspector)
“A chain of events”
“it’s better to ___ for the Earth than to ____ it”(The Inspector)
“it’s better to ask for the Earth than to take it”
“If there’s ______ else we have to share our _____” (The Inspector)
“If there’s nothing else we have to share our guilt”
“But each of you helped to ____ her. ________ that. ______ forget it.” (The Inspector)
But each of you helped to kill her. Remember that. Never forget it.
“I’m talking as a ____-______ ________ man of business” (Arthur)
“I’m talking as a hard-headed practical man of business”
“A man has to make his ___ ___ – has to look after _______ – and his family too, of course” (Arthur)
“A man has to make his own way – has to look after himself – and his family too, of course”
“there’s every ______ for what your mother and I did” (Arthur)
“there’s every excuse for what your mother and I did”
“(rather _________) Horrid business. But I don’t understand why you should come here.” (Arthur)
“(rather impatiently) Horrid business. But I don’t understand why you should come here.”
“Probably a _________ or some sort of ______” (Arthur)
“Probably a Socialist or some sort of crank”
“About fifty, a rather ____ woman and her husband’s social ________” (Sybil)
“About fifty, a rather cold woman and her husband’s social superior”
‘I’m very sorry. But I think she only had ________ to ______’ (Sybil)
‘I’m very sorry. But I think she only had herself to blame’
“Go and look for the _______ of the child. It’s his ____________” (Sybil)
“Go and look for the father of the child. It’s his responsibility.”
“As if a girl of that ____ would ever refuse ______!” (Sybil)
“As if a girl of that sort would ever refuse money!”
‘he certainly didn’t make me ________– I had done no more than my ____” (Sybil)
‘he certainly didn’t make me confess – I had done no more than my duty.”
“She was ______ and ______ and warm-hearted- and intensely ________.” (Gerald)
“She was young and pretty and warm-hearted- and intensely grateful.
“Everything’s ___ _____ now Sheila. What about this ____?” (Gerald)
“Everything’s all right now Sheila. What about this ring?”
“After all, y’know, we’re ________ citizens and not _________” (Gerald)
“After all, y’know, we’re respectable citizens and not criminals”
“An attractive chap about thirty, rather too _____ to be a dandy but very much the easy ___-_____ young man-about-town” (Gerald)
“An attractive chap about thirty, rather too manly to be a dandy but very much the easy well-bred young man-about-town”
“It’s a favourite _______ of women of the town” (Gerald)
“It’s a favourite haunt of women of the town”
“not quite at ____, half ___, half ________” (Eric)
not quite at ease, half shy, half assertive”
“Why shouldn’t they try for higher _____? We try for the highest possible ______” (Eric)
“Why shouldn’t they try for higher wages? We try for the highest possible prices”
“And that’s when it ________. And I don’t even _________- that’s the hellish thing.” (Eric)
“And that’s when it happened. And I don’t even remember- that’s the hellish thing.”
“Then- you ______ her. She came to you to _______ me- and you turned her away” (Eric)
“Then- you killed her. She came to you to protect me- and you turned
