a christmas carol quotes level 2 Flashcards

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Hard and ______ as ______.

A

Hard and sharp as flint.

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Solitary as an ______.

A

Solitary as an oyster..

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Are there no ______? Are there no ______?

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Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?

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If they would rather ______, they had better do it, and ______ the ______ ______.

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If they would rather die, they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.

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I will ______ Christmas in my ______, and try to ______ it all the ______.

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

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He became as ______ a ______, as ______ a ______, and as ______ a ______ as the good old city knew.

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He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man as the good old city knew.

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I am as ______ as a ______, I am as ______ as an ______, I am as ______ as a ______.

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I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a school-boy.

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I wear the ______ I ______ in ______. I made it ______ by ______.

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I wear the chain I forged in life. I made it link by link.

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It was a ______ figure – like a ______: yet not so like a ______ as like an old ______.

A

It was a strange figure – like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man.

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They were not a ______ family… but they were ______, ______, pleased with one another.

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They were not a handsome family… but they were happy, grateful, pleased with one another.

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Bob held his ______ little ______ in his, as if he ______ the child and ______ to keep him by his ______.

A

Bob held his withered little hand in his, as if he loved the child and wished to keep him by his side.

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This boy is ______. This girl is ______. ______ them both, and all of their ______.

A

This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree.

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A ______ child, ______ by his ______, is left there still.

A

A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still.

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