Quotes Flashcards

1
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‘________ as an oyster’

A

‘solitary as an oyster’

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2
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‘shr________’

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‘shrivelled’

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3
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Before seeing Ghosts Scrooge has a ‘_____ voice’

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‘grating voice’

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4
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‘a kind,________, ________, ________ time’

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‘a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time’

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5
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‘____ people’

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‘idle people’

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6
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‘decrease the _____ populations’

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‘decrease the surplus populations’

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7
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‘________ is ________ and Scrooge liked it’

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‘darkness is cheap and Scrooge liked it’

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8
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‘Little of what is called ________ about him’

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‘Little of what is called fancy about him’

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9
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‘More of ___ ___ ___ ___ about you’

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‘More of gravy than of grave about you’

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10
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‘doomed to ___ ___ ___ ___’

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‘doomed to wonder through the world’

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11
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‘___ within’

A

‘cold within’

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12
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‘___ ___ at the grindstone’

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‘tight-fisted hand at the grindstone’

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13
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‘Scrooge had a ___ ___ ___’ vs ‘he [Fred] was all ___… his eyes ___… his breath ___’

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‘Scrooge had a very small fire’ vs ‘he [Fred] was all aglow… his eyes sparkled… his breath smoked’

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14
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‘___, ___, ___ of light’

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‘bright, clear jet of light’

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15
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‘_____ influence’ vs ‘___ and ___ as flint’

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‘softening influence’ vs ‘hard and sharp as flint’

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16
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Father is ‘___ ___’ foreshadowing

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Father is ‘much kinder than he used to be, he’s home like Heaven!’ foreshadowing

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17
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Scrooge becomes a ‘___ ___’ to Tiny Tim

A

‘second father’

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18
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Christmas should be ‘___’ for his transformation

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Christmas should be ‘praised’ for his transformation

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19
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‘as ___ as a ___’ ‘as ___ as an ___ ‘as ___ as a ___’ ‘as ___ as a ___ ___’

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‘as light as a feather’ ‘as happy as an angel ‘as merry as a schoolboy’ ‘as giddy as a drunken man’

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20
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‘quite a ___’

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‘quite a baby’

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21
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‘___, cold, rigid, ___ death’

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‘cold, cold, rigid, dreadful death’

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22
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‘Spirit of Tiny Tim, thy ___ ___ was from God’

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‘Spirit of Tiny Tim, thy childish essence was from God’

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23
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‘I am ___ ___ for it’ repetition

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‘I am heartily sorry for it’ repetition

24
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‘___ and ___; un___, un___, un___ for’

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‘plundered and bereft; unwatched, unwept, uncared for’

25
Q

‘a ___ was ___ at the door’

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‘a cat was tearing at the door’

26
Q

Tiny Tim will be buried somewhere ‘______’

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Tiny Tim will be buried somewhere ‘green’

27
Q

‘horror’ ‘___ ___’

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‘horror’ ‘solemn dread’

28
Q

‘in a last ___’

‘It ___, ___, and ___’

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‘in a last prayer’

‘It shrunk, collapsed, and dwindled’

29
Q

‘___ voices’ ‘thousand ___’

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‘cheerful voices’ ‘thousand odours’

30
Q

Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come is ‘___’

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Ghost is ‘silent’

31
Q

Long list of food and luxuries; symbolism of ______

A

Long list of food and luxuries; symbolism of abundance

32
Q

‘___ Giant’

A

‘jolly Giant’

33
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‘___ robe’

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‘green robe’

34
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‘a ______ meal for the whole family’

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‘a sufficient meal for the whole family’

35
Q

‘The ___ of the ___’

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‘The Founder of the Feast’

36
Q

‘are there no ___? Are there no ___’

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‘are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses’

37
Q

‘___ ___ ___ ___’ repeated by Ghost in context of Tiny Tim death

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‘decrease the surplus population’ repeated by Ghost in context of Tiny Tim death

38
Q

After seeing Ghosts Scrooge has a ‘___ voice’

A

‘broken voice’

39
Q

‘signs of ___ and ___’ obsession with money has aged him, stealing his ‘___ of life’

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‘signs of care and avarice’ obsession with money has aged him, stealing his ‘prime of life’

40
Q

‘cash-_____, keys, ______, _______, ______ ___ _____ _______’

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‘cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds and heavy purses’

41
Q

Tries to say ‘_____’ after _____ ____ but cant

A

Tries to say ‘humbug’ after Marley’s visit but cant

42
Q

‘His ______ ______’

A

‘His colour changed’

43
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‘______ and ______ as ______’

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‘Hard and sharp as flint’

44
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‘______ hand at the ______’

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‘Tight-fisted hand at the grindstone’

45
Q

‘No wind blew that was ______ than he’

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‘No wind blew that was bitterer than he’

46
Q

‘I wear ___ ______ ______ ______ __ ______’

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‘I wear the chain I forged in life’

47
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‘______ had ______ to __ about it’

A

‘Everybody had something to say about it’

48
Q

(___) ‘His _____ is of no use to him. He don’t do any ____ with it’

A

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

49
Q

‘second ______’

A

‘second father’

50
Q

‘Running to the window… no ____, no ____; ____, ____, ____, _____’

A

‘Running to the window… no fog, no mist; clear, bright, jovial, stirring’

51
Q

What scrooge is (biblical)

A

sinner of omission

52
Q

BIBLE

‘It is much ____ for a ____ ____ to enter the ____ of ____ than for a ____ to go through the ____ of a ____’

A

‘It is much harder for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle’

53
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‘comfortable, ____, ____, ____, ____ ____’

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‘comfortable, oily, rich, fat, jovial voice’

54
Q

Cratchits description of Tiny Tim’s grave

‘____ ____’

A

Cratchits description of Tiny Tim’s grave

‘green place’

55
Q

‘a ____ ____ in a ____, round which a ____ … were gathered: ____ their ____ … before the ____ in ____’

A

‘a great fire in a brazier, round which a party … were gathered: warming their hands … before the blaze in rapture’

56
Q

“They are ____”

A

“They are Man’s”

57
Q

‘free as its ____ ____, its ____ eye, its ____ hand, its ____ voice, its ____ demeanour, and its ____ air’

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‘free as its genial face, its sparkling eye, its open hand, its cheery voice, its unconstrained demeanour, and its joyful air’