141-160 Flashcards

(40 cards)

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Pro forma means what?141

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Satisfying only minimum requirements

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What is the language origin of pro forma?141

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Latin

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What is Russian roulette?143

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Gamble foolishly on a risky or potential ruinous.

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Quid pro quo means what?142

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A fair exchange.

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Quid pro quo is what language origin? 142

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Latin

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Russian roulette is what?143

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Risky

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Sail under false colors means what?144

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To behave deceptively

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Sail under false colors is a what?144

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Figure of speech

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Second wind is what? 145

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A new surge of energy

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Second winds can come when? 145

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After a persons physical or mental exhaustion

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Semper Fidelis is Latin for what? 146

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Always faithful

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Semper Fidelis is the motto of what? 146

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United States Marine Corps.

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Sink or swim is what? 147

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A situation by which we save ourselves by our own means, or fail

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What will happen in a sink or swim situation?147

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You fail, or succeed

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Sit on the fence is to what?148

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Be neutral about a situation

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You sit on the fence in what? 148

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A dispute

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A sitting duck is a what? 149

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An easy target

18
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Sitting ducks comes from where?149

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Hitting ducks easier, when they are still (sitting)

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Skeleton in the closet is a what? 150

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A potential embarrassing secret

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Skeleton in the closet is a what? 150

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Figure of speech

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Skin if one’s teeth means? 151

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Barely making it.

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By the skin of one’s teeth is a what? 151

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Star-crossed lovers, are lovers who what? 152

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Lovers whose relationship is doomed to fail

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Star-crossed lovers mean what, in Latin? 152

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Frustrated by the stars

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What is status quo? 153
The existing order of things
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What does status quo, mean in Latin?153
The state in which
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What does strain at a gnat and swallow a camel mean? 154
To take exception to minor flaw, but overlook a much larger situation
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What is strain at a gnat and swallow a camel? 154
Figure of speech
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Summa cum laude is to what? 155
To graduate college with the highest position
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Summa cum laude in Latin means what?155
With highest praise
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Take the bull by the horns means what? 156
Take charge of a situation
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Take the bull of the horns is a what?156
An idiom
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Throw the book at someone means what?157
Take as many charges at a defender as possible
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Throw the book at someone is not what?157
NOT To be taken in a literal sense
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Thumbs up or down is a what?158
A sign if approval, or disapproval
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Thumbs up or down, is a what?157
An Expression
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NOW means what?159
National Organization for Women
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NOW is to what? 159
Put an end to discrimination against women
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FBI and CIA means what? 160
Federal Beareou of Investigation, and Central Intelligence Agency
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FBI and CIA does what? 160
Investigate criminal cases