christmas carol Flashcards
(24 cards)
“As ______ as an ______.”
“As solitary as an oyster.”
“External ______ and ______ had little ______ on Scrooge.”
“External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge.”
“If they would rather ______,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it, and ______ the ______ ______.”
“If they would rather die,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”
“______ is ______, and ______ liked it.”
“Darkness is cheap, and Scrooge liked it.”
Marley’s Ghost: “______ was my ______.”
Marley’s Ghost: “Mankind was my business.”
“I am here to-night to _____ you, that you have yet a _____ and hope of ______ my fate.”
“I am here to-night to warn you, that you have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate.”
“There was a boy _____ a Christmas Carol at my door last night. I _____ like to have given him _____: that’s all.”
“There was a boy singing a Christmas Carol at my door last night. I should like to have given him something: that’s all.”
“The _____ he gives, is quite as _____ as if it costs a _____.”
“The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it costs a fortune.”
“Another _____ has _____ me.”
“Another idol has displaced me.”
“I have seen your _____ aspirations fall off one by one, until the master _____, Gain, _____ you.”
“I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one, until the master passion, Gain, engrosses you.”
Quite _____ in the world, I do _____.”
Quite alone in the world, I do believe.”
“Sprinkled _____ on their _____ from his torch.”
“Sprinkled incense on their dinners from his torch.”
“There never was such a _____. Bob said he didn’t _____ there ever was such a _____ cooked.”
“There never was such a goose. Bob said he didn’t believe there ever was such a goose cooked.”
“If these _____ remain _____ by the Future, the child will _____.”
“If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the child will die.”
This boy is _____. This girl is _____. Beware them both, and all of their _____, but most of all beware this _____.”
This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy.”
“I’ll give you Mr Scrooge, the _____ of the Feast.”
“I’ll give you Mr Scrooge, the Founder of the Feast.”
“I am prepared to bear you _____, and do it with a _____ heart.”
“I am prepared to bear you company, and do it with a thankful heart.”
“It’s likely to be a very _____ funeral,”
“It’s likely to be a very cheap funeral,”
“I see, I see. The case of this _____ man might be my own. My life _____ that way, now.”
“I see, I see. The case of this unhappy man might be my own. My life tends that way, now.”
“I wish you could have _____. It would have done you good to see how _____ a place it is.”
“I wish you could have gone. It would have done you good to see how green a place it is.”
“overrun by _____ and _____.”
“overrun by grass and weeds.”
“I will not shut out the _____ that they _____.”
“I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.”
“The _____ of all _____ shall _____ within me.”
“The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me.”
“I am as _____ as a _____, I am a _____ as an _____, I am as _____ as a _____ _____. I am as _____ as a _____ _____.”
“I am as light as a feather, I am a happy as an angel, I am as merry as a school-boy. I am as giddy as a drunken man.”
