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Cho7712 Posted 9 years ago
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Lose one's situation

'Let me hear another sound from you', said Scrooge, 'and you'll keep your Christmas by losing your situation.'

The quote is excerpted from 'A Christmas carol' by Dickens. Scrooge is a rich miner, and is very satirical of his nephew's holiday visit to him. Considering the context, what would the underlined phrase mean?

  

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cho7712 what would the underlined phrase mean? situation = job CJ

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  • situation = job CJ
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cho7712what would the underlined phrase mean?

situation = job

CJ

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