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Christmas Carol Flashcards

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Family:
Father is…

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Father is so much kinder than he used to be

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Family:
a soli….

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a solitary child, neglected by his friends

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Family:
he became…

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he became a second father to tiny tim

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Family:
a spring…

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a spring time in the haggard winter of his life

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Family:
a sufficient…

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a sufficient dinner for the whole family

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Family:
a small…

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a small pudding for a large family

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Stave 1:
solitary…

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solitary as an oyster

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Stave 1:
hard and…

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hard and sharp as flint

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Stave 1:
cold,….

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cold, bleak biting weather

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Stave 1:
edge his…

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edge his way along the crowded path of life

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Poverty:
I can’t…

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i cant afford to make idle people merry

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Christmas Spirit:
a kind…

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a kind, forgiving, charitable pleasant time.

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Poverty:
decrease the…

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decrease the surplus population

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Scrooge in Stave 1:
melancholy dinner…

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melancholy dinner in his usual melancholy tavern

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Supernatural:
the fog…

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the fog and darkness thickened.

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Marley:
I wear…

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I wear the chains i forged in life.

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Marley:
Mankind was…

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mankind was my business.

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Stave 1:
No rest,

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No rest, no peace. Incessant torture of remorse.

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Stave 2 : Fezziwig:
the happiness he…

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the happiness he gives is quite as great as if it cost a fortune

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Stave 2: Fezziwig:
Rich,…

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Rich, fat jovial voice

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Stave 2: Scrooge’s redemption:
I should like…

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I like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk right now.

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Stave 2: Belle:
our contract,

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our contract is an old one

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Stave 2: Belle:
another…

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another idol has displaced me.

a golden one

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Stave 2: Poverty:
There is nothing…

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there is nothing on which it is so hard as poverty.

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Stave 3:
if you…

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if you have aught to teach me, let me profit by it.

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Stave 3: Poverty:
dressed out…

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dressed out but poorly in a twice-turned gown, but brave in ribbons.

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Stave 3:
withered…

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withered little hand

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Stave 3:
God…

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God bless us everyone!

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Stave 3: Family:
danced…

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danced about the table

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Stave 3: Scrooges redemption:
was overcome…

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was overcome with penitence and grief

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Stave 3: Fred
His wealth…

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His wealth is of no use to him. He don’t do any good with it.

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Stave 3:
The boy is…

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The boy is ignorance. The girl is want.

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Stave 3:
yellow…

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yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish

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Stave 3:
They are…

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They are mans.

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Stave 3:
for on his brow…

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for on his brow i see that written which is doom.

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Stave 4:
It was shrouded…

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it was shrouded in a deep black garment

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Stave 4:
an obscure…

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an obscure part of town

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Stave 4:
the people…

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the people half -naked, drunken, slipshod, ugly.

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Stave 4:
Unwatched….

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Unwatched, unwept, uncared for

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Stave 4: Scrooges redemption:
I am not…

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I am not the man i was

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Stave 4:
A great fat…

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a great fat man with a monstrous chin

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Stave 4:
reeked with…

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reeked with crime, with filth and misery

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Stave 4: Scrooges redemption:
I will live…

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I will live in the past, the present and the Future.

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Stave 4: Christmas Spirit:
I will honour…

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I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

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Stave 5:
I am as…

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I am as light as a feather; I am as happy as an angel.

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Stave 5:
No fog…

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No fog, no mist

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Stave 5:
A great…

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a great many back-payments are included in it

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Stave 5: Scrooges redemption:
I am…

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I am quite a baby

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Stave 5:
I am about to …

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I am about to raise your salary

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Stave 5:
Make up…

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Make up the fires

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Stave 5: Scrooges redemption:
His own…

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His own heart laughed.

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Stave 1: Marley
cash boxes…

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cash boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds and heavy purses

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Stave 1:
little of what…

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little of what is called fancy about him
(unimaginative, make the supernatural element more tension)

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Stave 1
his sole…

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his sole friend, and sole mourner

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Stave 2:
It was a strange figure - like a child:

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It was a strange figure - like a child:
yet not so like a child

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