A christmas carol - quotes Flashcards
Complete the quote:
“He was as _____ as an ______”
“He was as solitary as an oyster”
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“He was as _____ and _____ as flint.”
“He was as hard and sharp as flint.”
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“______ heat and cold had little ______ on Scrooge”
“External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge”
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“I can’t afford to make _____ people merry.”
“I can’t afford to make idle people merry.”
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“Are there no ______? Are there no ______?”
“Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?”
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“What right have you to be _______? You’re ____ enough.”
“What right have you to be dismal? You’re rich enough.”
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“decrease the _______ population.”
“decrease the surplus population.”
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“I wear the _______ I forged in life. “
“I wear the chain I forged in life.”
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“The _______ he gives is quite as great as if it had cost a ______”
“The happiness he gives is quite as great as if it had cost a fortune”
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“You _____ the ______ too much”
“You fear the world too much,”
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“I have seen your nobler ______ fall off one by one, until the master passion, _____, engrosses you.”
“I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one, until the master passion, Gain, engrosses you.”
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“This boy is ______. This girl is ______. Beware them both”
“This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both”
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“Have they no _____ or resource?”
“Have they no refuge or resource?”
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“It’s _____ to be a very _____ funeral”
“It’s likely to be a very cheap funeral”
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“It was a ______ house for this ______ death”
“It was a happier house for this man’s death”
