Mr Birling

Question 1

'’a heavy looking…’’
stage directions

Answer 1

'’a heavy looking, rather portentous man…but rather provincial in his speech’’

Question 2

'’You ought to like this port…’’
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Answer 2

'’You ought to like this port, Gerald…it’s exactly the same port your father gets’’

Question 3

'’You’re just the…’’
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Answer 3

'’You’re just the kind of son in law I’ve always wanted’’

Question 4

'’For lower…’’
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Answer 4

'’For lower costs and higher prices’’

Question 5

'’a very good time…’’
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Answer 5

'’a very good time - and soon it’ll be an even better time’’

Question 6

'’you’ll hear some people…’’
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Answer 6

'’you’ll hear some people say that war’s inevitable. And to that I say - fiddlesticks’’

Question 7

'’Everything to…’’
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Answer 7

'’Everything to lose and nothing to gain by war’’

Question 8

numerous statements that he is ‘‘talking as a…’’
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Answer 8

'’talking as a hard-headed, practical man of business’’

Question 9

'’there isn’t…’’
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Answer 9

'’there isn’t a chance of war’’

Question 10

'’unsinkable…’’
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Answer 10

'’unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable’’

Question 11

'’I have an idea that your mother…’’
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Answer 11

'’I have an idea that your mother…feels you might have done better for yourself socially’’

Question 12

'’I might find my way into…’’
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Answer 12

'’I might find my way into the next Honours List. Just a knighthood, of course’’

Question 13

'’So long as we behave…’’
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Answer 13

'’So long as we behave ourselves, don’t get into the police court or start a scandal - eh? (laughs complacently)’’

Question 14

'’as if we were all…’’
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Answer 14

'’as if we were all mixed up together like bees in a hive - community and all that nonsense’’

Question 15

'’a man has to…’’
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Answer 15

'’a man has to mind his own business and look after himself and his own’’

Question 16

'’What’s the matter…’’
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Answer 16

'’What’s the matter with that child?’’

Question 17

'’when this comes out…’’
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Answer 17

'’when this comes out at the inquest, it isn’t going to do us much good’’

Question 18

'’I’ve got to…’’
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Answer 18

'’I’ve got to cover this up as soon as I can’’

Question 19

'’I was almost certain for…’’
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Answer 19

'’I was almost certain for a knighthood’’

Question 20

'’There’ll be a…’’
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Answer 20

'’There’ll be a public scandal’’

Question 21

'’This makes a difference…’’
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Answer 21

'’This makes a difference, y’know. In fact, it makes all the difference’’

Question 22

'’You’ll have a…’’
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Answer 22

'’You’ll have a good laugh over it yet’’

Question 23

'’The famous younger…’’
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Answer 23

'’The famous younger generation who know it all. And they can’t even take a joke’’