ACC Quotes-Stave 1 Flashcards
‘But he was a ___ hand at the grindstone, Scrooge a ___, wrenching, grasping,___, clutching, covetous old ___!
‘But he was a tight fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner!’
‘Hard and ___ as flint, from which no ___ had ever struck out ___ fire’
‘Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire’
‘His ___ lips ___’
‘His thin lips blue’
‘Old Marley was as ___ as a ___’
‘Old Marley was as dead as a doornail’
‘He ___ his own ___ ___ always about with him’
‘He carried his own low temperature always about with him’
‘No ___ implored him to bestow a reifle, no ___ asked him what it was ___’
‘No beggars implored him to bestow a reifle, no children asked him what it was o’clock’
‘It was ___, bleak, ___ weather’
‘It was cold, bleak, biting weather’
‘He was all in ___, his face was ruddy and ___; his eyes ___, and his breath smoked again’
‘He was all in glow, his face was ruddy and handsome; his eyes sparkled, and his breath smoked again’
‘Foggier yet, and ___. Piercing, searching ___ cold’
‘Foggier yet, and colder. Piercing, searching biting cold’
‘Darkness is ___ and Scrooge ___ it’
‘Darkness is cheap and Scrooge liked it’
‘It was a ___ figure like a child: yet not so like a ___ as like an ___ man’
‘It was a strange figure like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man’
‘___ as an ___’
‘Solitary as an oyster’
