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["OH WHAT A MERRY CHRISTMAS
DAY"]
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Oh, what a merry Christmas Day
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Hear the joyous music playing
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Bells are ringing,
choirs, singing
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Oh, what a merry Christmas Day
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Sharing the season of good cheer
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With the ones we hold so dear
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Friendly faces, warm embraces
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Oh, what a merry Christmas Day
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Snowflake-covered country lanes
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Jack Frost-painted window panes
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Twinkling stars
on Christmas trees
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Oh, what happy memories
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Gathered 'round the fireplace
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Families filled
with love and grace
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From the peaceful embers glow
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Blessed yuletide spirits
grow, grow, and grow
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Grow and grow
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Joy to the children,
far and near.
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What a wondrous time of year
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Isn't it just grand to
say merry, merry Christmas
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Merry, merry Christmas,
merry, merry Christmas
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Merry, merry Christmas
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Oh, what a merry Christmas Day
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[UPBEAT MUSIC]
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01:56
[BELL RINGING]
01:57
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Merry Christmas.
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(SINGING) Merry
Christmas, everyone
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Give a penny for
the poor, governor.
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Penny for the poor.
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Bah.
02:10
02:11
My partner, Jacob Marley,
dead seven years today.
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Ah, he was a good'un.
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He robbed from the widows
and swindled the poor.
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[LAUGHS] In his will,
he left me enough money
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to pay for his tombstone.
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Ha!
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And I had him buried at sea.
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[BELL DINGING]
02:34
02:36
Oh, uh, uh, g-g-good
morning, Mr. Scrooge.
02:38
Cratchit, what are you
doing with that piece of coal?
02:43
I was, uh, uh, j-j-j-just
trying to thaw out the ink.
02:46
[ICE CLATTERS]
02:50
Bah, you used a
piece last week.
02:51
[CLATTERING]
02:54
Now, get on with
your work, Cratchit.
02:55
Speaking of work,
uh, Mr. Scrooge,
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tomorrow is Christmas,
and I was wondering if I
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could have h-half a day off.
03:05
Christmas, eh?
03:08
Eh.
03:10
[GROANING] I suppose so, but
I'll dock you half a day's pay.
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Now, let's see.
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I pay you two shillings a day.
03:19
T-two shillings
and a halfpenny, sir.
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Oh, yes.
03:24
I gave you that raise
three years ago.
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Yes, sir, when I started
doing your laundry.
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All right, Cratchit.
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Get busy while I
go over my books.
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Oh, and here.
03:34
Here's another bundle
of shirts for you.
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Yes, sir.
03:39
Ah, ah, let's see now.
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50 pounds.
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10 shillings from McDuff,
plus his 80% interest
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compounded daily.
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[LAUGHS] Ooh,
Money, money, money.
03:53
[BELL RINGING]
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Merry Christmas!
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And a Merry Christmas
to you, Master Fred.
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Bah, humbug.
04:04
Merry Christmas, Mr. Scrooge.
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What's so merry about it?
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I'll tell you what Christmas is.
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It's just another work day.
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And any jackanapes
who thinks else
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should be boiled
in his own pudding.
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Oh.
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But, sir, Christmas
is a time for giving,
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a time to be with one's family.
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I say bah, humbug.
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I don't care.
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I say Merry Christmas.
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Merry Christmas!
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[CLAPPING]
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Well said, Master Fred.
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Cratchit, what are you doing?
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[SLOWLY APPLAUDS]
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Uh, uh, I was just trying
to keep my hands warm, sir.
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Hmm.
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And what are you
doing here, nephew?
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I've come to give
you a raise and invite
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you to Christmas dinner.
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Well, I suppose you're
going to have plump
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goose with chestnut dressing.
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Yeah.
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And will you have plum
pudding and lemon sauce?
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Yeah.
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Boy, oh, boy.
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And candied fruits
with spiced sugar cakes?
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Yeah.
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Will you come?
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Are you daft, man?
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You know I can't eat that stuff.
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Here's your wreath back.
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Now, out, out, out!
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[THUD]
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Bah, humbug.
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Merry Christmas!
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And a bah, humbug to you.
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Ah, ah, that Fred,
always so full of kindness.
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Aye.
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He always was a
little peculiar--
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[DOOR BELL RINGING]
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--and stubborn.
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Ooh, [LAUGHS] new customers.
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I'll handle this, Cratchit.
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Yes.
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What can I do for
you two gentlemen?
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Sir, we are soliciting funds
for the indigent and destitute.
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For the what?
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We're collecting for the poor.
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Oh.
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Ah, ha.
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Well, um, you realize if
you give money to the poor,
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they won't be poor
anymore, will they?
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Well, uh--
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And if they're
not poor anymore,
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then you won't have to raise
money for them anymore.
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Well, I suppose--
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And if you don't have to
raise money for them anymore,
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then you would be out of a job.
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Oh, please, gentlemen, don't
ask me to put you out of a job,
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not on Christmas Eve.
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Oh, we wouldn't do
that, Mr. Scrooge.
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Well, then I suggest you give
this to the poor and be gone.
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[DOOR SLAMS]
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06:28
Ah, what's this world
coming to, Cratchit?
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You work all your
life to get money
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and people want you
to give it away.
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[GENTLE MUSIC]
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06:45
[CLOCK CHIMES]
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06:58
Hmm, two minutes fast.
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07:04
Well, never mind,
those two minutes.
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You may go now.
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Ha.
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Oh, thank you sir.
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You're so kind.
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Never mind the mushy stuff.
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Just go.
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But be here all the
earlier the next day.
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I will.
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I will, sir.
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And a bah, humbug-- uh, I mean,
a Merry Christmas to you, sir.
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[BELL DINGING]
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Bah!
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07:32
[WIND HOWLING]
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[SOMBER MUSIC]
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07:56
[KEY CLANKING]
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08:15
Scrooge!
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Jacob Marley?
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No, that can't be!
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[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
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08:29
Ow!
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Ow, ow, ooh!
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Oh, gawrsh.
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[GRUMBLING]
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[PANTING] Ooh!
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[EXHALES] Bah!
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[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
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[CHAINS CLANKING]
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[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
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[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
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[PLAYFUL MUSIC]
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[CHAINS CLANKING]
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[GHOSTLY MOANING]
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[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
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[LOCKS CLICKING]
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[SIGHS]
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[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
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[GASPS]
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GHOSTLY VOICE: Ebenezer Scrooge!
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Go away!
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Ebenezer Scrooge!
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Ah!
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Ooh!
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Ooh!
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[WHOOSHING]
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[CHUCKLES] Gawrsh,
kind of slippery.
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Ah!
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Hoo, hoo!
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Scrooge, don't
you recognize me?
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I was your partner,
Jacob Marley.
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[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
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Marley, it is you.
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Ebenezer, remember when I
was alive, I robbed the widows
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and swindled the poor?
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Yes, and all in the same day.
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Oh, you had class, Jacob.
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[CHUCKLES] Yup.
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Well, no, no!
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I was wrong.
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And so as punishment, I'm forced
to carry these heavy chains
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through eternity!
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Maybe even longer.
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There's no hope.
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I am doomed, doomed!
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And the same thing will happen
to you, Ebenezer Scrooge.
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No, no, i-it can't!
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It mustn't.
10:38
Help me, Jacob.
10:39
Tonight, you will be
visited by three spirits.
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Listen to them,
do what they say,
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for your chains will
be heavier than mine.
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Farewell, Ebenezer.
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[GASPS] [CHUCKLES] Oh.
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[CHAINS CLANKING]
10:59
Farewell!
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Marley.
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Watch out for that first--
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[THUDDING] Whoa, oh!
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[EXCLAIMS]
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[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
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--step.
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[PLAYFUL MUSIC]
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[GENTLE MUSIC]
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Spirits?
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[SCOFFS]
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[GENTLE MUSIC]
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Humbug.
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[GENTLE MUSIC]
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[SNORING]
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[TENSE MUSIC]
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[UPBEAT MUSIC]
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11:53
[BELL RINGING]
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Oh, oh, what, what, what?
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[SIGHING] [SNORING]
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Ahem!
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[BELL RINGING]
12:05
Uh, uh, what?
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GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST:
Well, it's about time.
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Haven't got all night, you know.
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Who-- who are you?
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Why, [CHUCKLES] I'm the
Ghost of Christmas Past.
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[CHIMING]
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Oh, I thought you'd be taller.
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Hmm!
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Listen, Scrooge, if men
were measured by kindness,
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you'd be no bigger
than a speck of dust.
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[YAWNING] Ha.
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Kindness is of little
use in this world.
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You didn't always think so.
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Come on, Scrooge,
it's time to go.
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Then go.
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[PLAYFUL MUSIC]
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12:44
[TENSE MUSIC]
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Ah, Spirit, wh-what
are you doing?
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We're gonna visit your past.
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I'm not going out there.
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I-I'll fall.
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Just hold on.
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Whoop.
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[CHUCKLES] Not too tight, now.
12:58
[TENSE MUSIC]
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Oh, ho, ho!
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Ho, oh, oh, ho, ho.
13:05
Spirit, look out!
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No!
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Whoa, oh, oh!
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[LIVELY MUSIC]
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[COUGHING] [EXCLAIMS]
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What's wrong, Scrooge?
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[LAUGHS] I thought you enjoyed
looking down on the world.
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[GENTLE MUSIC]
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13:24
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
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13:29
Spirit, I believe
I know this place.
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Yes, it's old Fezziwig's.
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I couldn't have worked
for a kinder man.
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[UPBEAT MUSIC]
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Why, it's old Fezziwig
himself and all
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of my very dearest friends!
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[UPBEAT MUSIC]
13:54
13:57
A-and that shy lad in
the corner, that's me.
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Yes, that was before you
became a miserable miser,
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consumed by greed.
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Well, nobody's perfect.
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And there, there's
lovely Isabel.
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[UPBEAT MUSIC]
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Ebenezer?
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Ebenezer?
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Yes, Isabel?
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My eyes are closed,
my lips are puckered,
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and I'm standing
under the mistletoe.
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You're also
standing on my foot.
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[UPBEAT MUSIC]
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14:34
[APPLAUSE]
14:53
14:56
Ah.
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I remember how much I
was in love with her.
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[WIND BLOWING]
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In 10 years' time, you
learned to love something else.
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Why, why, it's
my counting house.
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9,972.
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[DING]
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9,000--
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ISABEL: Ebenezer?
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SCROOGE: Yes?
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What is it?
15:16
For years, I've had this
honeymoon cottage, Ebenezer.
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I've been waiting for you to
keep your promise to marry me.
15:22
Now, I must know, have
you made your decision?
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I have.
15:29
Your last payment on the
cottage was an hour late.
15:30
I'm foreclosing the mortgage.
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[SOMBER MUSIC]
15:35
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
15:36
Oh!
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[SOBBING]
15:39
You love your gold more
than that precious creature,
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and you lost her forever.
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9,970.
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[DOOR SLAMS]
15:48
[COINS CLANKING]
15:49
15:52
--3.
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Please, Spirit.
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I can no longer
bear these memories.
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Take me home.
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Remember, Scrooge,
you fashioned
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these memories yourself.
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[TENSE MUSIC]
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16:06
[CHIME DINGING]
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16:09
Why was I so foolish?
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Why?
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Why?
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Oh, what's this?
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Fee-fi-fo-fum.
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16:20
I smell-- [SNIFFS]
I mean, I smell--
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[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
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--a stingy little Englishman.
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I think I do.
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yeah, I do.
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[CHUCKLES]
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Please, let me go.
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Don't eat me.
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Why would the Ghost
of Christmas Present--
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that's me-- want to eat
a distasteful little
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miser like you?
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Especially when there
are so many good things
16:50
to enjoy in life.
16:52
See?
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Oh, mince pies,
turkeys, suckling pig.
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And don't, forget
the chocolate pot roast
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with pistachio.
17:04
Oh, it's the "smash-ee-oh."
17:06
Oh, it's
"mish-shing-um-shoog-la"--
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uh, with yogurt.
17:09
But where did
all this come from?
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GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT:
From the heart, Scrooge.
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[SQUELCHING]
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It's the fruit of
generosity, which you have
17:18
long denied your fellow man.
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Generosity?
17:23
Ha!
17:24
Nobody Has ever
shown me generosity.
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You've never given
them reason to.
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[GULPS] And yet
there are some who
17:33
still find enough
warmth in their hearts,
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even for the likes of you.
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Huh!
17:42
No acquaintance of
mine, I assure you.
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Uh, you'll see.
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[WOOD GROANING]
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[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
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17:53
[WOMAN SCREAMS]
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[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
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18:15
[THUD]
18:16
Uh, here we are.
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[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
18:20
Why did you bring
me to this old shack?
18:24
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS
PRESENT: This is
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the home of your
overworked, underpaid
18:27
employee, Bob Cratchit.
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[GENTLE MUSIC]
18:31
18:33
SCROOGE: What's she
cooking, a canary?
18:35
Surely they have
more food than that.
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Look on the fire.
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Duh, uh, uh,
that's your laundry.
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[GENTLE MUSIC]
18:45
Uh, not yet, children.
18:47
We must wait for Tiny Tim.
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Coming, Father.
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I'm coming.
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[GENTLE MUSIC]
18:54
[CHUCKLES]
18:57
[GENTLE MUSIC]
18:58
Oh, my look at all the
wonderful things to eat.
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We must thank Mr. Scrooge.
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Tell me, Spirit, what's
wrong with that kind lad?
19:10
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS
PRESENT: Much, I'm afraid.
19:14
If these shadows
remain unchanged,
19:16
I see an empty chair
where Tiny Tim once sat.
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[GENTLE MUSIC]
19:23
19:26
SCROOGE: Then that
means Tim will--
19:27
wh-where did they go?
19:31
Spirit, where are you?
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Don't go!
19:36
You must tell me about Tim.
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Don't go!
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[COUGHING] [GASPS] Where did--
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[GASPS] [COUGHS] Who are you?
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[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
19:55
Are you the Ghost
of Christmas Future?
19:58
[COUGHING] Please, speak to me.
20:01
Tell me, what will
happen to Tiny Tim?
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[GENTLE MUSIC]
20:09
20:12
[SNIFFLES]
20:28
[GENTLE MUSIC]
20:29
20:32
Oh, no.
20:36
Spirit, I didn't
want this to happen.
20:38
Tell me these events
can yet be changed.
20:41
[SNICKERING]
20:44
20:47
Well, I've never seen
a funeral like this one.
20:47
Aye.
20:51
No mourners.
20:52
No friends to bid him farewell.
20:53
Oh, well.
20:55
Let's rest a minute
before we fill it in, eh?
20:56
He ain't going nowheres.
20:59
[ROBBERS SNICKERING]
21:00
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
21:03
21:06
Spirit, whose
lonely grave is this?
21:10
[TENSE MUSIC]
21:16
Why, yours, Ebenezer, the
richest man in the cemetery!
21:19
SCROOGE: Oh!
21:25
[LAUGHING]
21:26
Oh, oh!
21:26
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
21:28
No!
21:30
[GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT
LAUGHING]
21:31
No, no, no!
21:34
No, no!
21:35
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
21:36
21:39
[CACKLING]
21:40
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
21:41
No!
21:43
Oh, jeez.
21:44
Help me!
21:46
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
21:47
Spirit, let me out!
21:50
Let me out!
21:52
I'll-- huh?
21:52
[TENSE MUSIC]
21:53
21:56
I'm back in my own room.
21:57
21:59
[CLOCK CHIMING]
22:02
It's Christmas morning.
22:04
I haven't missed it.
22:06
The spirits have given
me another chance.
22:07
Oh, I know just what I'll do!
22:11
They'll be so surprised.
22:13
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
22:15
Oh, what a wonderful day.
22:17
[LAUGHING] There's
so much to do.
22:19
Oh, so much to do!
22:22
[LAUGHING]
22:23
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
22:25
22:28
I can't go out like this.
22:29
There.
22:33
Ah!
22:33
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
22:36
Merry Christmas to one and all.
22:38
[LAUGHING] Well, bless me.
22:41
Good morning, gentlemen.
22:46
I have something for you.
22:48
[GENTLE MUSIC]
22:50
[COINS CLANKING]
22:51
20 gold sovereigns?
22:52
Oh, no.
22:54
Not enough?
22:55
Well, all right.
22:56
50 gold sovereigns.
22:58
Really, Mr. Scrooge, it's--
23:00
SCROOGE: Still not enough.
23:03
[LAUGHS] Hey, you
drive a hard bargain.
23:04
Here you are.
23:07
100 gold pieces and
not a penny more.
23:08
[LAUGHING] A penny more.
23:11
Oh, thank you, Mr. Scrooge.
23:13
Thank you.
23:15
And a Merry Christmas to you.
23:16
[LAUGHING] Merry Christmas.
23:19
Merry Christmas.
23:22
Merry Christmas.
23:23
[LAUGHING]
23:23
[SLIDE WHISTLE BLOWS]
23:26
[CRASHING]
23:28
Ah, Nephew.
23:29
Uncle Scrooge!
23:31
I'm looking forward to
that wonderful meal of yours.
23:33
Well, I'll be doggone.
23:36
You mean you're coming?
23:39
Of course I am.
23:40
You know how much I like candied
fruits with spiced sugar cakes.
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[SMACKS LIPS]
23:45
I'll be over promptly at 2:00.
23:46
Keep it piping hot.
23:48
I will, Mr. Scrooge.
23:50
I will.
23:51
A meal.
23:52
And a very Merry
Christmas to you.
23:53
[FESTIVE MUSIC]
23:56
Merry Christmas
and keep the change.
23:58
[LAUGHTER]
24:00
Wonderful lads.
24:02
And now, for Cratchit.
24:04
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
24:06
Ahem.
24:09
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
24:10
[GIGGLES]
24:11
24:13
Why, Mr. Scrooge,
uh, Merry Christmas.
24:15
W-won't you come in?
24:19
"Merry Christmas"?
24:21
Ha!
24:22
I have another bundle.
24:23
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
24:25
But, sir, it's Christmas Day.
24:28
Christmas Day, indeed.
24:30
Just another excuse
for being lazy.
24:32
And another thing, Cratchit.
24:35
I've had enough of this
half day off stuff.
24:37
You leave me no alternative
but to give you--
24:40
Toys!
24:46
Yes, toys.
24:47
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
24:48
I'm giving you a raise
and making you my partner.
24:50
A-a partner?
24:54
[CHILDREN LAUGHING]
24:56
Oh, thank you, Mr. Scrooge.
24:57
Merry Christmas, Bob.
25:00
And god bless us, every one.
25:02
["OH WHAT A MERRY CHRISTMAS
DAY"]
25:05
Joy the children far and near
25:06
What a wondrous time of year
25:10
Isn't it just grand to say
25:14
Merry, Merry Christmas,
Merry, Merry Christmas
25:18
Merry, Merry Christmas,
Merry, Merry Christmas
25:22
Oh, what a wondrous
Christmas Day
25:26
25:34
Lyrics & Translation
[English]
...
["OH WHAT A MERRY CHRISTMAS
DAY"]
...
Oh, what a merry Christmas Day
Hear the joyous music playing
Bells are ringing,
choirs, singing
Oh, what a merry Christmas Day
Sharing the season of good cheer
With the ones we hold so dear
Friendly faces, warm embraces
Oh, what a merry Christmas Day
Snowflake-covered country lanes
Jack Frost-painted window panes
Twinkling stars
on Christmas trees
Oh, what happy memories
Gathered 'round the fireplace
Families filled
with love and grace
From the peaceful embers glow
Blessed yuletide spirits
grow, grow, and grow
Grow and grow
Joy to the children,
far and near.
What a wondrous time of year
Isn't it just grand to
say merry, merry Christmas
Merry, merry Christmas,
merry, merry Christmas
Merry, merry Christmas
Oh, what a merry Christmas Day
...
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
...
[BELL RINGING]
...
Merry Christmas.
(SINGING) Merry
Christmas, everyone
Give a penny for
the poor, governor.
Penny for the poor.
Bah.
...
My partner, Jacob Marley,
dead seven years today.
Ah, he was a good'un.
He robbed from the widows
and swindled the poor.
[LAUGHS] In his will,
he left me enough money
to pay for his tombstone.
Ha!
And I had him buried at sea.
[BELL DINGING]
...
Oh, uh, uh, g-g-good
morning, Mr. Scrooge.
Cratchit, what are you
doing with that piece of coal?
I was, uh, uh, j-j-j-just
trying to thaw out the ink.
[ICE CLATTERS]
Bah, you used a
piece last week.
[CLATTERING]
Now, get on with
your work, Cratchit.
Speaking of work,
uh, Mr. Scrooge,
tomorrow is Christmas,
and I was wondering if I
could have h-half a day off.
Christmas, eh?
Eh.
[GROANING] I suppose so, but
I'll dock you half a day's pay.
Now, let's see.
I pay you two shillings a day.
T-two shillings
and a halfpenny, sir.
Oh, yes.
I gave you that raise
three years ago.
Yes, sir, when I started
doing your laundry.
All right, Cratchit.
Get busy while I
go over my books.
Oh, and here.
Here's another bundle
of shirts for you.
Yes, sir.
Ah, ah, let's see now.
50 pounds.
10 shillings from McDuff,
plus his 80% interest
compounded daily.
[LAUGHS] Ooh,
Money, money, money.
[BELL RINGING]
Merry Christmas!
And a Merry Christmas
to you, Master Fred.
Bah, humbug.
Merry Christmas, Mr. Scrooge.
What's so merry about it?
I'll tell you what Christmas is.
It's just another work day.
And any jackanapes
who thinks else
should be boiled
in his own pudding.
Oh.
But, sir, Christmas
is a time for giving,
a time to be with one's family.
I say bah, humbug.
I don't care.
I say Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas!
[CLAPPING]
Well said, Master Fred.
Cratchit, what are you doing?
[SLOWLY APPLAUDS]
Uh, uh, I was just trying
to keep my hands warm, sir.
Hmm.
And what are you
doing here, nephew?
I've come to give
you a raise and invite
you to Christmas dinner.
Well, I suppose you're
going to have plump
goose with chestnut dressing.
Yeah.
And will you have plum
pudding and lemon sauce?
Yeah.
Boy, oh, boy.
And candied fruits
with spiced sugar cakes?
Yeah.
Will you come?
Are you daft, man?
You know I can't eat that stuff.
Here's your wreath back.
Now, out, out, out!
[THUD]
Bah, humbug.
Merry Christmas!
And a bah, humbug to you.
Ah, ah, that Fred,
always so full of kindness.
Aye.
He always was a
little peculiar--
[DOOR BELL RINGING]
--and stubborn.
Ooh, [LAUGHS] new customers.
I'll handle this, Cratchit.
Yes.
What can I do for
you two gentlemen?
Sir, we are soliciting funds
for the indigent and destitute.
For the what?
We're collecting for the poor.
Oh.
Ah, ha.
Well, um, you realize if
you give money to the poor,
they won't be poor
anymore, will they?
Well, uh--
And if they're
not poor anymore,
then you won't have to raise
money for them anymore.
Well, I suppose--
And if you don't have to
raise money for them anymore,
then you would be out of a job.
Oh, please, gentlemen, don't
ask me to put you out of a job,
not on Christmas Eve.
Oh, we wouldn't do
that, Mr. Scrooge.
Well, then I suggest you give
this to the poor and be gone.
[DOOR SLAMS]
...
Ah, what's this world
coming to, Cratchit?
You work all your
life to get money
and people want you
to give it away.
[GENTLE MUSIC]
...
[CLOCK CHIMES]
...
Hmm, two minutes fast.
...
Well, never mind,
those two minutes.
You may go now.
Ha.
Oh, thank you sir.
You're so kind.
Never mind the mushy stuff.
Just go.
But be here all the
earlier the next day.
I will.
I will, sir.
And a bah, humbug-- uh, I mean,
a Merry Christmas to you, sir.
[BELL DINGING]
...
Bah!
...
[WIND HOWLING]
...
[SOMBER MUSIC]
...
[KEY CLANKING]
...
Scrooge!
...
Jacob Marley?
No, that can't be!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
...
Ow!
Ow, ow, ooh!
Oh, gawrsh.
[GRUMBLING]
[PANTING] Ooh!
[EXHALES] Bah!
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
...
[CHAINS CLANKING]
...
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
...
[PLAYFUL MUSIC]
...
[CHAINS CLANKING]
[GHOSTLY MOANING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
[LOCKS CLICKING]
...
[SIGHS]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
[GASPS]
GHOSTLY VOICE: Ebenezer Scrooge!
Go away!
Ebenezer Scrooge!
Ah!
Ooh!
Ooh!
[WHOOSHING]
...
[CHUCKLES] Gawrsh,
kind of slippery.
Ah!
Hoo, hoo!
Scrooge, don't
you recognize me?
I was your partner,
Jacob Marley.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Marley, it is you.
Ebenezer, remember when I
was alive, I robbed the widows
and swindled the poor?
Yes, and all in the same day.
Oh, you had class, Jacob.
[CHUCKLES] Yup.
Well, no, no!
I was wrong.
And so as punishment, I'm forced
to carry these heavy chains
through eternity!
Maybe even longer.
There's no hope.
I am doomed, doomed!
And the same thing will happen
to you, Ebenezer Scrooge.
No, no, i-it can't!
It mustn't.
Help me, Jacob.
Tonight, you will be
visited by three spirits.
Listen to them,
do what they say,
for your chains will
be heavier than mine.
Farewell, Ebenezer.
[GASPS] [CHUCKLES] Oh.
[CHAINS CLANKING]
Farewell!
...
Marley.
Watch out for that first--
[THUDDING] Whoa, oh!
[EXCLAIMS]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
--step.
[PLAYFUL MUSIC]
...
[GENTLE MUSIC]
...
Spirits?
[SCOFFS]
[GENTLE MUSIC]
...
Humbug.
[GENTLE MUSIC]
[SNORING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
...
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
...
[BELL RINGING]
Oh, oh, what, what, what?
[SIGHING] [SNORING]
Ahem!
[BELL RINGING]
Uh, uh, what?
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST:
Well, it's about time.
Haven't got all night, you know.
Who-- who are you?
Why, [CHUCKLES] I'm the
Ghost of Christmas Past.
[CHIMING]
Oh, I thought you'd be taller.
Hmm!
Listen, Scrooge, if men
were measured by kindness,
you'd be no bigger
than a speck of dust.
[YAWNING] Ha.
Kindness is of little
use in this world.
You didn't always think so.
Come on, Scrooge,
it's time to go.
Then go.
[PLAYFUL MUSIC]
...
[TENSE MUSIC]
Ah, Spirit, wh-what
are you doing?
We're gonna visit your past.
I'm not going out there.
I-I'll fall.
Just hold on.
Whoop.
[CHUCKLES] Not too tight, now.
[TENSE MUSIC]
Oh, ho, ho!
Ho, oh, oh, ho, ho.
Spirit, look out!
No!
Whoa, oh, oh!
[LIVELY MUSIC]
[COUGHING] [EXCLAIMS]
What's wrong, Scrooge?
[LAUGHS] I thought you enjoyed
looking down on the world.
[GENTLE MUSIC]
...
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
...
Spirit, I believe
I know this place.
Yes, it's old Fezziwig's.
I couldn't have worked
for a kinder man.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
...
Why, it's old Fezziwig
himself and all
of my very dearest friends!
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
...
A-and that shy lad in
the corner, that's me.
Yes, that was before you
became a miserable miser,
consumed by greed.
Well, nobody's perfect.
And there, there's
lovely Isabel.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
Ebenezer?
Ebenezer?
Yes, Isabel?
My eyes are closed,
my lips are puckered,
and I'm standing
under the mistletoe.
You're also
standing on my foot.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
...
[APPLAUSE]
...
Ah.
I remember how much I
was in love with her.
[WIND BLOWING]
In 10 years' time, you
learned to love something else.
Why, why, it's
my counting house.
9,972.
[DING]
9,000--
ISABEL: Ebenezer?
SCROOGE: Yes?
What is it?
For years, I've had this
honeymoon cottage, Ebenezer.
I've been waiting for you to
keep your promise to marry me.
Now, I must know, have
you made your decision?
I have.
Your last payment on the
cottage was an hour late.
I'm foreclosing the mortgage.
[SOMBER MUSIC]
[THUNDER RUMBLING]
Oh!
[SOBBING]
You love your gold more
than that precious creature,
and you lost her forever.
9,970.
[DOOR SLAMS]
[COINS CLANKING]
...
--3.
Please, Spirit.
I can no longer
bear these memories.
Take me home.
Remember, Scrooge,
you fashioned
these memories yourself.
[TENSE MUSIC]
...
[CHIME DINGING]
...
Why was I so foolish?
Why?
Why?
Oh, what's this?
Fee-fi-fo-fum.
...
I smell-- [SNIFFS]
I mean, I smell--
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
--a stingy little Englishman.
I think I do.
yeah, I do.
[CHUCKLES]
Please, let me go.
Don't eat me.
Why would the Ghost
of Christmas Present--
that's me-- want to eat
a distasteful little
miser like you?
Especially when there
are so many good things
to enjoy in life.
See?
Oh, mince pies,
turkeys, suckling pig.
And don't, forget
the chocolate pot roast
with pistachio.
Oh, it's the "smash-ee-oh."
Oh, it's
"mish-shing-um-shoog-la"--
uh, with yogurt.
But where did
all this come from?
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT:
From the heart, Scrooge.
[SQUELCHING]
It's the fruit of
generosity, which you have
long denied your fellow man.
Generosity?
Ha!
Nobody Has ever
shown me generosity.
You've never given
them reason to.
[GULPS] And yet
there are some who
still find enough
warmth in their hearts,
even for the likes of you.
Huh!
No acquaintance of
mine, I assure you.
Uh, you'll see.
[WOOD GROANING]
[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
...
[WOMAN SCREAMS]
[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
...
[THUD]
Uh, here we are.
[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
Why did you bring
me to this old shack?
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS
PRESENT: This is
the home of your
overworked, underpaid
employee, Bob Cratchit.
[GENTLE MUSIC]
...
SCROOGE: What's she
cooking, a canary?
Surely they have
more food than that.
Look on the fire.
Duh, uh, uh,
that's your laundry.
[GENTLE MUSIC]
Uh, not yet, children.
We must wait for Tiny Tim.
Coming, Father.
I'm coming.
[GENTLE MUSIC]
[CHUCKLES]
[GENTLE MUSIC]
Oh, my look at all the
wonderful things to eat.
We must thank Mr. Scrooge.
Tell me, Spirit, what's
wrong with that kind lad?
GHOST OF CHRISTMAS
PRESENT: Much, I'm afraid.
If these shadows
remain unchanged,
I see an empty chair
where Tiny Tim once sat.
[GENTLE MUSIC]
...
SCROOGE: Then that
means Tim will--
wh-where did they go?
Spirit, where are you?
Don't go!
You must tell me about Tim.
Don't go!
[COUGHING] [GASPS] Where did--
[GASPS] [COUGHS] Who are you?
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Are you the Ghost
of Christmas Future?
[COUGHING] Please, speak to me.
Tell me, what will
happen to Tiny Tim?
[GENTLE MUSIC]
...
[SNIFFLES]
[GENTLE MUSIC]
...
Oh, no.
Spirit, I didn't
want this to happen.
Tell me these events
can yet be changed.
[SNICKERING]
...
Well, I've never seen
a funeral like this one.
Aye.
No mourners.
No friends to bid him farewell.
Oh, well.
Let's rest a minute
before we fill it in, eh?
He ain't going nowheres.
[ROBBERS SNICKERING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
...
Spirit, whose
lonely grave is this?
[TENSE MUSIC]
Why, yours, Ebenezer, the
richest man in the cemetery!
SCROOGE: Oh!
[LAUGHING]
Oh, oh!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
No!
[GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT
LAUGHING]
No, no, no!
No, no!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
...
[CACKLING]
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
No!
Oh, jeez.
Help me!
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
Spirit, let me out!
Let me out!
I'll-- huh?
[TENSE MUSIC]
...
I'm back in my own room.
...
[CLOCK CHIMING]
It's Christmas morning.
I haven't missed it.
The spirits have given
me another chance.
Oh, I know just what I'll do!
They'll be so surprised.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
Oh, what a wonderful day.
[LAUGHING] There's
so much to do.
Oh, so much to do!
[LAUGHING]
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
...
I can't go out like this.
There.
Ah!
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
Merry Christmas to one and all.
[LAUGHING] Well, bless me.
Good morning, gentlemen.
I have something for you.
[GENTLE MUSIC]
[COINS CLANKING]
20 gold sovereigns?
Oh, no.
Not enough?
Well, all right.
50 gold sovereigns.
Really, Mr. Scrooge, it's--
SCROOGE: Still not enough.
[LAUGHS] Hey, you
drive a hard bargain.
Here you are.
100 gold pieces and
not a penny more.
[LAUGHING] A penny more.
Oh, thank you, Mr. Scrooge.
Thank you.
And a Merry Christmas to you.
[LAUGHING] Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.
[LAUGHING]
[SLIDE WHISTLE BLOWS]
[CRASHING]
Ah, Nephew.
Uncle Scrooge!
I'm looking forward to
that wonderful meal of yours.
Well, I'll be doggone.
You mean you're coming?
Of course I am.
You know how much I like candied
fruits with spiced sugar cakes.
[SMACKS LIPS]
I'll be over promptly at 2:00.
Keep it piping hot.
I will, Mr. Scrooge.
I will.
A meal.
And a very Merry
Christmas to you.
[FESTIVE MUSIC]
Merry Christmas
and keep the change.
[LAUGHTER]
Wonderful lads.
And now, for Cratchit.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
Ahem.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
[GIGGLES]
...
Why, Mr. Scrooge,
uh, Merry Christmas.
W-won't you come in?
"Merry Christmas"?
Ha!
I have another bundle.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
But, sir, it's Christmas Day.
Christmas Day, indeed.
Just another excuse
for being lazy.
And another thing, Cratchit.
I've had enough of this
half day off stuff.
You leave me no alternative
but to give you--
Toys!
Yes, toys.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
I'm giving you a raise
and making you my partner.
A-a partner?
[CHILDREN LAUGHING]
Oh, thank you, Mr. Scrooge.
Merry Christmas, Bob.
And god bless us, every one.
["OH WHAT A MERRY CHRISTMAS
DAY"]
Joy the children far and near
What a wondrous time of year
Isn't it just grand to say
Merry, Merry Christmas,
Merry, Merry Christmas
Merry, Merry Christmas,
Merry, Merry Christmas
Oh, what a wondrous
Christmas Day
...
Key Vocabulary
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merry /ˈmɛri/ A1 |
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christmas /ˈkrɪsməs/ A1 |
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joyous /ˈdʒɔɪəs/ B1 |
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sharing /ˈʃɛrɪŋ/ A2 |
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snowflake /ˈsnoʊfleɪk/ A2 |
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twinkling /ˈtwɪŋkəlɪŋ/ B1 |
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memories /ˈmɛməriz/ A2 |
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gathered /ˈɡæðərd/ A2 |
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blessed /ˈblɛst/ B1 |
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wondrous /ˈwʌndərəs/ B2 |
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scrooge /skruʒ/ C1 |
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indigent /ˈɪndɪdʒənt/ C1 |
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destitute /ˈdɛstɪˌtut/ C1 |
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foreclose /fɔrˈkloʊz/ C2 |
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miserable /ˈmɪzərəbl/ B1 |
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eternity /ɪˈtɜrnɪti/ B2 |
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consumed /kənˈsumd/ B1 |
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generosity /ˌdʒɛnəˈrɑsɪti/ B2 |
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overworked /ˌoʊvərˈwɜrkt/ B2 |
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underpaid /ˌʌndərˈpeɪd/ B2 |
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Key Grammar Structures
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I was just trying to keep my hands warm, sir.
➔ Past Continuous (Progressive)
➔ The verb "was trying" shows the past continuous tense, indicating an ongoing action in the past.
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I will dock you half a day's pay.
➔ Future Simple with modal "will"
➔ The auxiliary "will" expresses a simple future intention: "will dock".
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If you give money to the poor, they won't be poor anymore.
➔ First Conditional (real present)
➔ The structure "If + present simple, will + base verb" forms a first conditional, expressing a likely result.
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If men were measured by kindness, you'd be no bigger than a speck of dust.
➔ Second Conditional (unreal present)
➔ The verb "were" and "would" create a hypothetical situation that is contrary to fact.
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There’s an empty chair where Tiny Tim once sat.
➔ Relative clause with "where"
➔ The word "where" introduces a relative clause that describes the location of the chair.
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I haven't missed it.
➔ Present Perfect negative
➔ The auxiliary "have" plus "not" and the past participle "missed" form the present perfect negative, indicating an action that has not occurred up to now.
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I am forced to carry these heavy chains through eternity!
➔ Passive voice with modal verb "be forced"
➔ The phrase "am forced" combines the verb "to be" with the past participle "forced", creating a passive construction that shows the subject is compelled by external forces.
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I gave you that raise three years ago.
➔ Simple Past with time expression
➔ The verb "gave" is in the simple past, and the phrase "three years ago" anchors the action in a specific past time.
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You must go out with that first step.
➔ Imperative with modal "must"
➔ The verb "must" expresses a strong necessity, and the base form "go" creates an imperative instruction.
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