A Christmas Carol Flashcards

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Solitary…

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As an oyster

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He was…

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A tight-fisted hand at the grindstone

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External…

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Heat and cold had little influence of Scrooge

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If they would…

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Rather die, then they had better go and do it and decrease the surplus population

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Darkness…

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Is cheap, and Scrooge liked it

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Mankind…

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Was my business

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There was a…

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Boy singing a Christmas carol at my door last night. I should like to have given him something, that’s all

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Another idol…

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Has displaced me

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There was nothing…

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Very cheerful in the climate or town, and yet there was an air of cheeriness abroad.

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10
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Sprinkled…

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Incense on their dinners from his torch

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This boy…

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Is ignorance. This girl is want. Beware of them both.

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12
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It’s likely…

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To be a very cheap funeral

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13
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I will not…

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Shut out the lessons that they teach

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14
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The spirits…

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Of all three strive within me

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15
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I wear…

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The chains I forged in life

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16
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Are there…

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No prisons, no workhouses?

17
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I can’t afford…

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To make idle people merry

18
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Hard and…

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Sharp as a flint

19
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The cold within…

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Him froze his features

20
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And so…

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As tiny Tim observed, God bless us, everyone.

21
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You weigh…

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Everything by gain