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Scraping, _____ , covetous old sinner

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clutching
Scrooge

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_____ , clutching , covetous old sinner

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Scraping
Scrooge

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Scraping, clutching, _____ old sinner

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covetous
scrooge

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Scraping, clutching, covetous old _____

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sinner
Scrooge

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Hard and _____ as flint

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sharp
Scrooge

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_____ and sharp as flint

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Hard
Scrooge

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Hard and sharp as ______

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flint
Scrooge

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A _____ child, neglected by his friends

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solitary
scrooge

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A solitary child, _____ by his friends

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neglected
Scrooge

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A solitary child, neglected by his _____

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friends
Scrooge

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_____ to see his poor forgotten self

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Wept
Scrooge

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wept to see his _____ forgotten self

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poor
scrooge

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wept to see his poor _____ self

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forgotten
scrooge

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Every _____ who goes around with ‘_____ _____’ on his lips should be boiler with his own pudding”

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idiot, merry christmas
scrooge

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Every idiot who goes _____ with ‘merry christmas’ on his _____ should be boiled with his own pudding

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around, lips
scrooge

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Every idiot who goes around with ‘ merry christmas’ on his lips should be _____ with his own _____

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boiled, pudding
Scrooge

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I will _____ Christmas in my heart. I will in the _____, the _____ and the _____. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.

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Honour, past, present, future
Scrooge

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I will honour Christmas in my _____. I will in the Past, the Present and the Future. I will not _____ _____ the _____ that they _____.

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heart, shut out, lessons, teach
Scrooge

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_____ torture of remorse

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incessant
Marley

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incessant _____ of remorse

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torture
marley

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incessant torture of _____.

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remorse
marley

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I _____ the chain I _____ in life

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wear, forged
marley

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I wear the _____ i forged in _____

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chain, life
marley

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A _____ time; a kind, forgiving, _____, pleasant time.

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good, charitable
fred

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A good time; a ____, forgiving, charitable, _____ time.
kind, pleasant fred
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a good time; a kind, _____, charitable, pleasant time.
forgiving fred
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From the _____ of its head _____ a bright clear jet of _____.
crown, sprung, light Spirit of Christmas Past
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From the crown of its ____ sprung a ____, _____ jet of light
head, bright, clear Spirit of Christmas Past
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_____ strength
uncommon Spirit of Christmas Past
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uncommon _____
strength Spirit of Christmas Past
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delicately _____
formed Spirit of Christmas Past
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_____ formed
delicately Spirit of Christmas Past
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His own _____, generous, hearty _____, and his sympathy with all _____ men.
kind, nature, poor Spirit of Christmas Present
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His _____ kind, _____, hearty nature, and his _____ with all poor men.
own, generous, sympathy Spirit of Christmas Present
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HIs own kind, generous, _____ nature, and his sympathy with all poor _____.
hearty, men Spirit of Christmas Present
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I _____ you more than any _____ i have seen. But as I know your purpose is to do me _____, I am prepared to bear you _____ with a thankful heart.
fear, spectre, good, company Spirit of Christmas Yet To Come
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I fear you more than any spectre i have _____. But as I know your _____ is to do me good, i am _____ to bear you company with a thankful _____.
seen, purpose, prepared, heart Spirit of Christmas Yet To Come
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I fear you _____ than any spectre i have seen. But _____ I know your purpose is to do me good, I am prepared to _____ you company with a _____ heart.
more, as, bear, thankful Spirit of Christmas Yet To Come
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Always a _____ creature .... but she had a large _____.
delicate, heart Fan
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_____ a delicate _____ ... but she had a _____ heart.
Always, creature, heart Fan
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I have _____ to bring you _____, dear brother
come, bring Fan
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I have come to _____ you home, _____ brother.
bring, dear Fan
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_____ all over himself, from his shoes to his organ of _____.
laughed, benevolence Fezziwig
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Laughed ___ ____ himself, from his _____ to his _____ of benevolence
all over, shoes, organ Fezziwig
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another _____ has displaced me .... a _____ one.
idol, golden Belle
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_____ idol has _____ me .... a golden one
another, displaced Belle
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A ____ young girl in a _____ dress, in whose eyes were _____
fair, mourning, tears Belle
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A fair _____ girl in a mourning _____, in whose _____ were tears
young, dress, eyes Belle
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a _____ company assembled _____ a glowing _____
cheerful, around, fire the mine
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a cheerful _____ _____ round a _____ fire
company assembled, glowing the mine
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_____ man among them _____ a Christmas tune.
every, hummed the ship
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every man _____ them, hummed a Christmas _____
among, tune the ship
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two _____; wretched, _____, frightful, hideous, _____.
children, abject, miserable Ignorance and Want
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two children; _____, abject, _____, hideous, miserable.
wretched, frightful Ignorance and Want
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two children; wretched, abject, frightful, _____, _____
hideous, miserable Ignorance and Want
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Yellow, _____, ragged, _____, wolfish
meagre, scowling Ignorance and Want
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_____, meagre, _____, scowling, _____
yellow, ragged, wolfish Ignorance and Want
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_____ in ribbons
brave Mrs. Cratchit
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brave in _____
ribbons Mrs. Cratchit
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threadbare ______ darned up and ______ to look ______
clothes, brushed, seasonable bob
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_____ clothes _____ up and brushed to _____ seasonable
threadbare, darned, look bob
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happy, _____, pleased with one ______
grateful, another cratchit family
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_____, grateful, _____ with one another
happy, pleased cratchit family
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Give 2 quotations to do with Scrooge's Greed.
scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner tight fisted hand at the grind stone
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1 fisted 2 at the grind 3
1) tight 2) hand 3) stone
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tight 1 hand at the 2 stone
1) fisted 2) grind
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give 3 quotations about Scrooge's misery
solitary as an oyster warning all human sympathy to keep its distance a solitary child neglected by his friends
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Give 3 quotations to do with Scrooge's redemption
wept to see his poor forgotten self i will honour Christmas in my heart. I will in the past, the present, and in the future. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach. im quite a baby. Never mind. I'd rather be a baby
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I'm 1 a 2. Never 3. I'd 4 be a baby
1) quite 2) baby 3) mind 4) rather
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1 quite a baby. 2 mind. 3 rather be a 4
1) i'm 2) never 3) i'd 4) baby
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What does Fred say about Christmas time?
a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time
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How is fan described?
always a delicate creature but she had a large heart
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what does Belle say her reason is to break up with scrooge?
another idol has displaced me... a golden one
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Give 2 quotations to do with money and profit.
another idol has displaced me... a golden one mankind was my business
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what did each of the spirits show scrooge?
past - fan, his school and fezziwig present - fred's party, cratchit's household future - his death and how no one mourned him
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how is victorian london shown in ACC and give a quote?
extremely insensitive towards the poor are there no prisons? are there no workhouses? dickens wanted to challenge this
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who shows scrooge compassion in the novella?
fred, fan, fezziwig
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give 2 quotations to do with the cratchits
threadbare clothes darned up and brushed to look seasonable happy, grateful, pleased with one another
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who do ignorance and want belong to (quotation)?
they are man's
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another meaning of Bob?
shilling

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