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We use a slightly different tone of voice when we use these words ironically. Read the play carefully and find the words and expressions Gerrard uses in an ironic way. Then say what these expressions really mean. Two examples have been given below. Write down three more such expressions along with what they really mean.What the author says What he means Why, this is a surprise, Mr- er- He pretends that the intruder is a social visitor whom he is welcoming. In this way he hides his fear. At last a
sympathetic
audience!He pretends that the intruder wants to listen to him, whereas actually the intruder wants to find out information for his own use.
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What the author saysWhat he means1. At last a sympathetic audience!Gerrard means that his company is not a sympathetic audience because the intruder has got a gun in his hand.2. You have been so modest.Gerrard means that the intruder has been immodest in not having told anything about himself.3. With you figuring so largely in it, that is understandableGerrard means that it is not understandable how anything about him is ‘surprising’.
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