as an oyster.

Selfish
Solitary as an oyster.

Solitary

Lonely

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Another idol has displaced me.

A one.
Another idol has displaced me.
golden A golden one.
silver

copper

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Decrease the population.

general Decrease the surplus population.

remaining

surplus

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Covetous old .

spirit
Covetous old sinner.

man

sinner

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 External heat and cold had little
on Scrooge.
External heat and cold had little
impact influence on Scrooge.
influence

effect

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Hard and sharp as .

flint
Hard and sharp as flint.

stone

glass

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Beware this boy […] on his brow is

written .
Beware this boy […] on his brow is
Sorrow written Doom.
Trouble

Doom

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Squeezing, wrenching, grasping,

.

scraping
Squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping.

scratching

pinching

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 Self- .

contained
Self-contained

deprecating

reliant

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bless us, every one.

please
God bless us, every one.

God

all

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was better than his word.

Tiny Tim Scrooge was better than his word.

Scrooge

Fred

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Merry Christmas !
God save you!

Tiny Tim
Merry Christmas Uncle! God save you!

Scrooge

uncle

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 Father is much than he
used to be.

nicer
Father is much kinder than he used to be.

calmer

kinder

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I see a vacant seat […] in the poor

corner.
I see a vacant seat […] in the poor
chimney chimney corner.
dark

dusty

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What reason have you to be ?

You’re poor enough!
What reason have you to be merry?
happy You’re poor enough!
merry

joyful

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A solitary child, neglected by his

.

family
A solitary child, neglected by his friends.

friends

loved ones

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Tell me I may sponge away the writing
on this !
Tell me I may sponge away the writing
page on this stone!
tablet

stone

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A small matter to make these silly folks

so full of .
A small matter to make these silly folks
gratitude so full of gratitude.
love

forgiveness

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I’ll give you Mr Scrooge, the founder

of the .
I’ll give you Mr Scrooge, the founder
feast of the feast.
meal

dinner

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The child will .

flourish
The child will die.

die

suffer

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Our was an old one. It was
made when we were both poor and
content to be so
Our contract was an old one. It was
deal
made when we were both poor and
content to be so
contract

pact

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The whole reeked with

crime, with filth and misery.
The whole quarter reeked with crime,
street with filth and misery.
place

quarter

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I wear the chains I in life

forged I wear the chains I forged in life

made

deserved

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They were a boy and a girl. Yellow,

meagre, ragged, scowling, .
They were a boy and a girl. Yellow,
feral meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish.
thin

wolfish

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 The people half-naked, drunken,
slipshod, .
The people half-naked, drunken,
poor slipshod, ugly.
ugly

wretched

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It was a happier house for this

man’s !
It was a happier house for this
demise man’s death!
death

sorrow

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Assure me that I yet may change these

shadows you have shown me, by an
life! Assure me that I yet may change
altered these shadows you have shown me,
by an altered life!
changed

alternative

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There is nothing in the world so

irresistibly contagious as laughter and
. There is nothing in the world so
joy
irresistibly contagious as laughter
and good humour.
happiness

good humour

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Bah! !

Hooray
Bah! Humbug!

Humbug

Ghost

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