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A Christmas Carol Flashcards

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‘no wind…’ -Scrooge’s Emotions

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‘no wind that blew was bitterer than he’

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‘tr…’ - Scrooge’s Emotions

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‘trembling’

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‘I can’t afford…‘-Scrooge’s Emotions

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‘I can’t afford to make idle people merry’

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‘double…’ -Scrooge’s Emotions

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‘double locked himself in’

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‘darkness is…’ -Scrooge’s Emotions

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‘darkness is cheap and scrooge liked it’

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‘Scrooge f…’ -Scrooge’s Emotions

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‘Scrooge feared the silent shape’

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‘to Sc…’ -Scrooge’s Emotions

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‘to Scrooge’s horror’

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‘this is…’ -Scrooge’s Emotions

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‘this is a fearful place’

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‘hard…‘-Scrooge’s Change

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‘hard and sharp as flint’

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‘tight…‘-Scrooge’s Change

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‘tight-fisted hand at the grindstone’

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‘what is….’-Scrooge’s Change

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‘what is that upon your cheek’

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‘paid…‘-Scrooge’s Change

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‘paid for the cab’

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‘i should…‘-Scrooge’s Change

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‘I should like to have given him something’

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‘lead…‘-Scrooge’s Change

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‘lead on!’

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‘entered…‘-Scrooge’s Change

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‘entered timidly and hung his head’

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‘unconciously…‘-Scrooge’s Change

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‘unconsciously not like his former but his latter self’

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‘his own…‘-redemption

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‘his own heart laughed: and that was quite enough for him.’

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‘assure…‘-redemption

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‘assure me that i yet may change these shadows’

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‘you have….’-redemption

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‘you have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate.’

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‘every man…‘-Christmas Spirit

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‘every man among them hummed a christmas tune.’

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‘decked…‘-Christmas Spirit

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‘decked out gaily in their holiday attire.’

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‘singing…‘-Christmas Spirit

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‘singing them a christmas song.’

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‘but even here….’-Hope

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‘but even here, two men who had watched the light had made a fire.’

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‘looked…‘-Hope

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‘looked thoughtfully at the fire’

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‘blazing…‘-Hope

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‘blazing fire’

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‘dotting the….’-Hope

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‘dotting the dusky street with specks of light.’

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‘two shutters down…‘-Hope

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‘two shutters down… but through those gaps such glimpses.’

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‘wall of mud and stone…‘-Hope

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‘wall of mud and stone… cheerful company assembled round a glowing fire.’

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‘tried to…‘-Hope

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‘tried to say Humbug but stopped at the first syllable.’

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‘one half-hour…‘-Hope

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‘one half-hour, spirit, only one!’

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‘when Scrooge’s…‘-Fred

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‘when Scrooge’s nephew laughed this way.’

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‘all…‘-Fred

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‘all in a glow’

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‘his eyes…‘-Fred

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‘his eyes sparkled.’

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‘dine…‘-Fred

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‘dine with us tomorrow.’

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‘g…‘-Fred

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‘gaily’

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‘left the room…‘-Fred

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‘left the room without an angry word.’

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‘don’t…‘-Fred

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‘don’t be cross,uncle!’

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‘because…‘-Fred

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‘because i fell in love.’

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‘then all the Cratchit…‘-family

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‘then all the Cratchit family drew round the hearth.’

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‘come! dine…‘-family

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‘come! dine with us tomorrow.’

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‘happy, grateful…‘-family

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‘happy, grateful, pleased with one another.’

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‘he had been Tim’s…‘-family

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‘he had been Tim’s blood-horse all the way from church.’

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‘with a sudden…‘-family

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‘with a sudden declension in his high spirits.’

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‘greatest….’-family

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‘greatest achievement… since their marriage!.’

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’s…‘-isolation

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‘sole’

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‘quite…‘-isolation

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‘quite alone in the world.’

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‘solitary…‘-isolation

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‘solitary as an oyster’

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‘edge his…‘-isolation

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‘edge his way along the crowded paths.’

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‘a soli…‘-isolation

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‘a solitary child.’

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‘ferret…‘-isolation

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‘ferret eyes.’

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‘i wish…‘-isolation

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‘i wish to be left alone.’

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‘i have…‘-isolation

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‘i have sat invisible beside you for many and many a day.’

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‘no,no…‘-guilt

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‘no, no…. kind spirit say he will be spared.’

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‘scrooge hung…‘-guilt

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‘scrooge hung his head to hear his own words quoted.’

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‘cast his….’-guilt

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‘cast his eyes upon the ground.’

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‘overcome….’-guilt

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‘overcome with penitence and grief.’

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‘he did not….’-guilt

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‘he did not like to meet them.’

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