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A Christmas Carol Flashcards

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____ and _____ as flint. ______ as an ______

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Hard and sharp as flint. Solitary as an oyster

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They should hurry up and do it and ______ the _______ pop_______

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They should hurry up and do it and decrease the surplus population

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It was long, and wound about him like a tail…it was made of _________, keys, ________, leedgers, deeds, and heavy purses wrought in steel

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It was long, and wound about him like a tail…it was made of cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, leedgers, deeds, and heavy purses wrought in steel

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From the _____ of its head there sprung a ______ clear ___ of light

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From the crown of its head there sprung a bright clear jet of light

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In came all the young men and women employed in the business. In came the ________, in came the _____

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In came all the young men and women employed in the business. In came the housemaid, in came the cook

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Another _____ has displaced me… a _____ one

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Another idol has displaced me…a golden one

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An antique _______ but no _____

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An antique scabbard but no sword

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Its ________ eyes, its open hand, its ______ voice

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Its sparkling eyes , its open hand, its cheery voice

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The Phantom slowly, _______, silently approached…It was ________ in a deep black garment.

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The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached…It was shrouded in a deep black garment.

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As _____ as a f_____, as happy as an _______, as merry as a ____________.

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As light as a feather, as happy as an angel, as merry as a schoolboy.

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He felt the _________ influence of its ____-c____ eyes

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G. CYTC: He felt the chilling influence of its death-cold eyes

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I ware the ___ i forged in life…. i made it ___ by ___ and ______ by _____

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I wear the chain i forged in life… i made it link by link and yard by yard

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The ____ raised a frightful ___

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The spirit raised a frightful cry

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No rest, no ______. Incessant t________ of remorse

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No rest, no peace. Incessant torture of remorse

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A _______, clear ___ of light

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A bright, clear jet of light

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The voice was s____ and g____

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The voice was soft and gentle

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its sp________ eye, its ____ han, its _______ voice

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Its sparkling eye, its open hand, its cheery voice

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an an_________ sc_______ but no sw____

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an antique scabbard but no sword

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to any k________ given. To a ____ one most

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To any kindly given. To a poor one most

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the ph______ slowly, gr_____, silently approached

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The phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached

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Shr_____ in a deep black ga_______

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shrouded in a deep black garment

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A _______ Gi_____

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A jolly Giant

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like a ch____…. like an o__ m___

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like a child…. like an old man

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the c___ within him f____ his old features

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the cold within him froze his old features

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a t_____ fi______ hand at the grindstone

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A tight fisted hand at the grindstone

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it was cold, b____, biting weather

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it was cold, belak, biting weather

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the fog came p______ in at every ch___ and key____

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the fog came pouring in at every chink and keyhole

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a d________ little cell

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a dismal little cell

29
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a marry christmas U_______! God save you!

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A marry christmas, Uncle! God save you!

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his eyes sp_______

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his eyes sparkled

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i cant afford to make ____ people m____

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i cant afford to make idle people merry

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a g______ suit of rooms

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a gloomy suit of rooms

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no______ lived in it but Sc_______

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nobody lived in it but Scrooge

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d________ is cheap

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darkness is cheap

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man____ was my b_______

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mankind was my business

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i have come to bring you _____, dear b_______!

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I have come to bring you home, dear brother!

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F_______ is so much kinder than he used to be

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farther is so much kinder than he used to be

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he has the power to render us h_____ or unha_____; to make our service li___ or burd______

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he has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome

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i should like to be able to say a word or two to my c_____ just now

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i should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk just now

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there was n_______ they wouldnt have cle_____ away

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there was nothing they wouldnt have cleared away

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Fule was he______ upon the fire

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fule was heaped upon the fire

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no more w____ tonight

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no more work tonight

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a room, not very l_____ or han_____ but full of comfort

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a room, not very large or handsom but full of comfort

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the mo_____ and da_______ laughed heartily

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the mother and daughter laughed heartily

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were there were a_____ words…… good h_____ was restored directly

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were there were angry words….. good humour was restored directly

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it was a shame to qu_______ upon Christmas Day

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it was a shame to quarrel upon Christmas Day

47
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who suffers by his ill whims? Hi______ always

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who suffers by his ill whims? Himself always

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Yellow, me____, ra_____, sc_____, wol______

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yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish

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they are ____’s

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they are Man’s

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i don’t mind going if a ______ is p_________

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I don’t mind going if a lunch is provided.

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Why wasn’t he more na_____ in his lifetime? If he had been, he’d have had someone to look after him when he was st_____ with de___, instead of lying g_______ out his last there, alone by himself

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Why wasn’t he more natural in his lifetime? If he had been, he’d have had someone to look after him when he was struck with death, instead of lying gasping out his last there, alone by himself

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Q_____. Very _____. The noisy little Cratchits were as still as st______

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Quiet. Very quiet. The noisy little Cratchits were as still as statues

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bob “w_____ a little s______ than he u____”

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Bob “walked a little slower than he used”

54
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I have known him w___ with T___ T____ upon his shoulder v_____ fa____ indeed

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I have known him walk with Tiny TIm upon his shoulder very fast indeed

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no f__, no mi___; clear, bri___, jov____…. sunlight

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no fog, no mist; clear, bright, jovial… sunlight

56
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make up the f_____ and by another c___ scuttle

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make up the fires and by another coal scuttle

57
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to T____ T__, who did not die, he was a se______ f_______

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to Tiny Tim, who did not die, he was a second farther

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not a farthing less. A grate man b_____-p_______ are included in it

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not a farthing less. a grate many back-payments are included in it

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Every i_____ who goes about with merry christmas on his lips should be bo______ in his own pudding and b_____ with a stake of holly through his h_____

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Every idiot who goes about with merry christmas on his lips should be boiled in his own pudding and buried with a stake of holly through his heart

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