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Author
Charles Dickens
Level
B1
Chapters
5
Length
~29k words
Reading time
~2 h
Translation
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A Christmas CarolCharles Dickens · B1
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DICTIONARY

cherish
verb

TRANSLATION

дорожить, лелеять

to feel warm affection for; to hold something dear.

She cherishes the memory of her grandmother.
Она дорожит памятью о своей бабушке.

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Why A Christmas Carol is a great book to read in English

Ebenezer Scrooge, the meanest man in London, is visited by four ghosts in one night and given a last chance to change. Dickens's 1843 novella is compact — five chapters, one evening of reading — and its mix of humour, pathos, and vivid scenes has made it many learners' first Dickens.

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