Gd14 Flashcards
1
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Jim told me to go away, or words to
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that effect
2
Q
The letter said something to the effect
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that she was no longer needed
3
Q
Sorry to be a
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kill-joy
4
Q
A comedy sketch has caused anger online for using a Chinese actress in blackface and giant fake
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buttock to depict an African character
5
Q
The skit, sprinkled with much farcical and stereotypical imagery, was cringeworthy at
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best, completely racist at worst
6
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There’s gonna be a hella funny
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backlash to this tasteless propaganda
7
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Imagine a white guy with yellow face, a rice farmer’s hat, buck
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teeth, and speaking in stereotypical Chinese accent
8
Q
Awareness of blackface and its dubious
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connotations in the West are low in China
9
Q
The shop was known to provide an assortment of palatable
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sweets
10
Q
The boost to his bank account didn’t send him on a
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spending spree
11
Q
It may not come as a surprise that Gates isn’t one for
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opulence
12
Q
Sitting back, humming under his
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breath, he scanned the waters for anything that might present itself
13
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Upon hearing the joke, John burst into a loud
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guffaw
14
Q
Many artists are forced to bow out of the
A
profession at a relatively early age
15
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Don’t play the
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innocent with me
16
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Good potential MPs would not demean themselves by
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setting out to acquire popularity
17
Q
That was below the
A
belt
18
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Don’t think badly
A
of him. It’s my fault
19
Q
Make peace
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with yourself
20
Q
He trembled at the
A
touch of her hand
21
Q
In her imagination the flat was
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peopled with ghosts
22
Q
The rain pattered on the windshield as he traversed
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the darkness
23
Q
They are in an alliance of
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convenience
24
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He talked tough about China but didn’t see
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it through
25
A rust-belt
town
26
The grating sound set her teeth on
edge
27
He could not reconcile himself to
the prospect of losing her
28
Once inside, they will be comfortably
ensconced in well designed seats
29
Depress clutch before
changing gear
30
These notes were written in 1860 or
thereabouts
31
As supermodels price themselves out
of the market, actresses are ready to negotiate terms
32
Consider it
done
33
I wish to register an
objection
34
The government registered
concerns over the tariff increase
35
The move was considered by analysts to be the first
salvo in an impending trade war between the US and China
36
To slake a
desire or craving
37
This will allow the school to duly record and track each individual absence as
either doctor and parent excused
38
A mistaken belief in consent meant that the defendant lacks
mens rea
39
Gesturing and mugging for
the camera, the children made comical faces
40
Money-grubbing
speculators
41
The pneumatic pressure of the
car’s tyres had to be rechecked
42
I’ll never be allowed back—
not that I’d want to go back
43
The teacher insisted on taking a maudlin
picture with each of her students every year
44
He ruffled her
hair affectionately
45
Prince Harry may be off limits, but here’s how you can
snag Meghan Markle’s gorgeous hair colour
46
It’s no wonder so many of us are crushing on her: not only is she about to live out very little girl fantasy by becoming a princess, but she’s also giving, effortlessly
chic, and down-to-earth
47
She’s got a mane so
glorious we’re all taking notes on how to replicate it
48
George, who happens to hail from the UK, gives us tips on how to get Meghan’s
perfectly coiffed’do
49
He agreed to pay at certain specified rates per
diem
50
You can hear in the clip below how well the joke
went down in the room
51
There is evidence that the slump is not cyclical but
secular
52
The dogmatic resistance to entrenchment would raise its
arid and pedantic head
53
But the reckoning had to come, and
so it did in 2008
54
To go beyond shallow
banter
55
The budget has been pared
to the bone
56
His last attempt at negotiating with an unwavering leader has now been rejected
out of hand
57
Disagree with me by all means, dear reader, but don’t dismiss me
out of hand
58
His tactical movements, though full of graceful dash and brilliancy, are utterly destitute of
sobriety, of caution, or even of common sense
59
For a start, Gladstone had committed the cardinal
sin of taking Homer far too seriously
60
Too clever
by half!
61
They’re going to the gym daily to get buff
pecs, ripped abs, and tight buns
62
While that may have signaled a new era of Apple innovation, it appears this is also a time where we will have to bend our
credit card even further
63
He exemplifies the rags to
riches story
64
Will be in Hong Kong,
hit me up
65
If you have a serious band and would like to play some music,
hit me up
66
This car guzzles
petrol
67
We watch through our fingers as another convenience meal is nuked in the microwave, another can of fizzy
pop is guzzled, another packet of crisps scoffed
68
Never try to overtake on
a bend
69
All pretence at unity went out of the
window as cabinet colleagues traded insults
70
Currency swaps between central banks in Asia are being widely used; thus a line from the PBOC to backstop the HKMA would be completely normal. Access to China’s currency reserve pile is a very big
stick to swing, even against today’s multi-trillion dollar FX market
71
Honey
traps
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It accused Channel 4 of setting out to entrap staff by initiating a conversation about unethical practices. It rejected any suggestion that the company used fake news,
honey traps, bribes and entrapment
73
You should take pride
in your work
74
At first, he took no interest
in the baby
75
She stood feeling lost until an elderly man took
pity on her
76
Don’t take offence. Roger says things
like that to everybody
77
Investors can take comfort from the fact that the World Bank is
underwriting the shares
78
A slender, elongated
neck
79
A talent scout spotted Marilyn Monroe at the airport, and the rest is
history
80
- I think Austin is the most handsome man in the world
- You can say that again
81
I did very well in school, with a “genius IQ”
if you will
82
I’ve given myself from now until Xmas to chill out - an extending holiday
if you like
83
His doctor was barraged with
unsolicited advice
84
I became besotted
with a local barmaid
85
I just snack
on grapes
86
Treadmill running or
outdoor running
87
A brisk
walk
88
Graced by full-bodied, evocative performances by Washington and Davis, Fences brims with heart and emotional
majesty amid its blue-collar setting
89
Jesse bounced in his booster
seat in back, nodding his little blond head
90
Jordan climbed into his booster seat and strapped
himself in
91
Fortune is smiling
on us
92
A woman took to Twitter to seek advice after her
body-shaming boyfriend accused her of having a ‘beer gut’
93
To her bewilderment, the vile messages soon went viral as it garnered over 5000
supportive comments
94
The city’s cab drivers are notorious for fixing
fares and fleecing tourists
95
I got an affectionate
send-off from my colleagues
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The 51-year-old ended up in a vegetative
state after the unprovoked attack and died six months later
97
He was hardworking and
larger than life
98
Sugar has been courting all the
headlines of late
99
High-sugar content of fizzy drinks can have some pretty negative effects on your
pearly whites
100
You might feel faux-full after downing a can of the fuzzy stuff, but that’s actually your body’s
sneaky way of tricking you
101
He worked out in her black
leotard
102
We gave them the
slip at the station
103
Couples necking and
petting in cars
104
He was dressed poorly, with wild looking eyes and was
slobbering at the mouth
105
Senior managers had to keep a stiff
upper lip and remain optimistic
106
Upper-class Englishmen pride themselves on discretion and
a stiff upper lip, deeply unfashionable human qualities in these tabloid times
107
I bought a pair at the
urging of several of my colleagues
108
I poured scorn on Apple’s designers for crafting a pair of expensive and
easy-to-lose cigarette butts
109
My priority are heavily
skewed in favour of maximising sound quality over convenience
110
I need to keep my wits about me in order to see beyond the obfuscating medical
mumbo-jumbo meant to dazzle me into deadly passivity
111
The band were sussed and
streetwise
112
At the moment the annual summit is little more than an expensive
talking shop
113
Even in a nation with a long and noble history of brutal comedy roasts, the performance of Michelle Wolf at the dinner put
the cat among the social media pigeons
114
Twitter lit up on Saturday night and into Sunday with impassioned responses to the comic’s hyper-caustic
japes at the expense of senior figures in the Trump administration
115
The annual event, traditionally conceived as a chance for government officials and reporters to let their hair
down and poke fun at each other with some well-intentioned ribbing, descended into all-out acrimony
116
Trump boycotted the dinner for a second year
running
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Haberman, who has written some of the excoriating dispatches on the Trump White House and has been attacked for it by the president, leapt
to Sanders’ defense
118
The dinner was criticized for being a cozy club in which administration officials and journalists ate together, laughed and sang together and generally fawned
over each other
119
In America, baseball reigns
supreme
120
Anti-mainland sentiment among Hongkongers complaining of overcrowding and a strain
on resources have died down from its peak in 2015
121
The impact of cash-rich shoppers was evident in Tsim Sha Tsui on Monday, as the streets were filled with mainland visitors lugging
their purchases in suitcases and backpacks
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At the center of the ruckus was Sarah Sanders who, sitting just feet away from the standup comic on the high table, was the butt
of some of Wolf’s sharpest barbs
123
Piling in from the other direction, there was also a mass of comment on social media defending Wolf’s first amendment right to speak as she saw fit and decrying
the inability of so many people to take a joke
124
Being one of Trump betes
noires, he slammed those who called Wolf’s speech vulgar by replying: “It’s a roast.”
125
Grace leaned down to his
ear and spoke soothingly
126
This chapter is all
smut. You do not actually have to read it
127
Marcy gave Andre an evil eye as he twirled her
hair around his index finger
128
Her hair swung in
waves as she shimmied down the catwalk
129
My mind went blank; I couldn’t draw a
coherent thought
130
Sate your
appetite at the resort’s restaurant
131
I took lodgings
in an old temple
132
Not a courteous word was
exchanged between him and his guests
133
I will not allow myself to be overpowered by
grief, so that my eating and sleeping habits are not greatly affected
134
Our brother Song, who recently underwent similar sufferings, has the marks of fresh tears added to his
sunken eyes
135
Burglars made off
with all their wedding presents
136
His paunch
bulged over a sash
137
Have you had your
five a day today
138
Sunny days are here again as spring
rolls into summer
139
Sun-induced skin damage causes premature
wrinkling, saga and bags
140
As with most good things in life, moderation
is key
141
Little
Jezebel
142
Oh did the world just turn upside
down? You admitted being wrong
143
The dog continued to growl, its hackles
raised
144
Make someone’s hackles
rise
145
They waxed
lyrical about the old days
146
Piebald patterns are
prominent in various types of cattle
147
A woman was caught on dashcam throwing
herself at stationary car in Hong Kong
148
I thought ghosting was a terrible dating habit reserved for casual
flings
149
I’ve been ghosted, I’ve done the ghosting: it’s par
for the course
150
She believes a long-term relationship requires certain standards of
decorum
151
She lost the thread of the
conversation after a time
152
Their mother nature has played some cruel
prank on them
153
Sometimes functions win out over
forms
154
The reigning European
champions
155
Not to mention the fact that she looked stunning and showed no traces of any baby
bump
156
Even the loose-fitting T-shirt could not hide her growing
baby bump, three months into her first pregnancy
157
The game was so thrilling that fans were treated to an exceptional
roller coaster of excitement
158
He always comes in with a grin, a
happy-go-lucky sort of chap
159
An effluence of people from the stadium
crowded the streets
160
He gnashed his
teeth in anger as he saw John enter the room
161
Victory in a pulsating
semi-final
162
She brought her meek little
husband along
163
He had the most divine
smile
164
The women were dressed to the
nines
165
He waylaid me on the
stairs
166
He wears tobacco brown knee length shorts held up by
braces
167
A very prim and
proper lady
168
Have you tried to cozy
up to the popular students
169
Her shoes are probably pinching her
bunions
170
I wouldn’t leave you on your own for
the world, so don’t be afraid
171
Simon’s a man of the
world. He’ll know whether or not this is a case for a lawyer
172
Don’t talk so loudly. There’s no need for all and
sundry to hear our business
173
Good! So all being well we’ll
expect you on Sunday
174
He was very curt and rather rude. He all
but asked me to leave
175
- How many names have we got in the list?
- Five hundred and sixty, all told
176
If he offers to help us, all well and
good, but don’t ask him
177
There was a party somewhere close by last night. Car doors were banging until all
hours
178
Money isn’t the be-all and
end-all in life
179
- Did the boss approve your plan?
- Oh, yes! She’s all for it!
180
We’re expecting a delegation tomorrow, so it was all
go at the office today
181
When Jack realized that Mrs Winters would be responsible for casting the main parts in the new play, he was all
over her
182
I’m not surprised. That’s Tom all
over. He never gives anything away
183
For all his money, he’s not really
happy
184
- Where’s Jane? - At home, for
all I know
185
Such a
showstealer!
186
Children cowered in
terror as the shoot-out erupted
187
I was innocent but the evidence was
damning
188
To kill a snake,
cut off its head
189
The pleasure would be all ours to be of
assistance
190
It won’t be a walk in the
park by any means
191
A work-to-rule
action
192
Well, it’s a bottomless
pit
193
He found his duties increasingly
onerous
194
Meticulously stage your crime scene to raise the
specter of doubt
195
At last his father lassoed the
horse
196
Those familiar with Mr. Fincher’s work may wonder, perhaps with a shudder or a conspiratorial
smile, whether this head will share the fate of another head belonging to another pretty wife, a gift that was boxed and delivered in one of the hellish circles girdling his shocker “Seven.”
197
To milk every
cent from you
198
I could use some
help
199
No! Of all the
fools! They were worth at least three times that much
200
Guess who I met at the Frankfurt Book Fair! Bill Parkinson, of all
people!
201
When I told Maggie that I had not engaged, she said, ‘And the best of British luck!’ Of all
things to say
202
- I hear that Billy liked the present I sent him
- Oh, and how!
203
How is it that whenever I see James, he’s always
chatting instead of working
204
How on earth/ how
in the world
205
How the hell/
heck am I supposed to know where Julia is?
206
How’s/how about that
for punctuality? I said I’d be here by four, and it’s four on the dot
207
The workers would fight to the
bitter end
208
They are said to have been stopping the earth from
spinning
209
Orchestral playing of great
finesse
210
Her guilty secret was a blight
on her happiness
211
The sponsor was caught in the
crossfire of the battle between the world champion and his team boss
212
Avoid waffle or
padding in your essay
213
Doing elbow plank did not become a breeze. I had anticipated that a plank would feel like a
catwalk by the end of day 14
214
The hysteria reached a
crescendo around the spring festival
215
Expectations dictate that you are not really allowed to learn
on the job
216
The tear inside Kiev’s Olympic Stadium did not dribble only on the already
sodden shirts of those on the pitch
217
You took me out and, lo and
behold, I got home to find my house had been ransacked
218
I kid you not. It is very cringe-worthy. I shudder in
disbelief and shame
219
Just hear me
out on this
220
Isn’t it a bit small for you?
Just saying
221
The boss didn’t skip a beat during the meeting when his son-in-law staggered in,
reeking of booze
222
You can’t fluster my mother. No matter how you try to shock or annoy her, she never
skips a beat
223
I swear, my heart skipped a
beat the first time I saw my wife
224
Has that fallen on deaf
ear?
225
She did not need to measure herself
up against some ideal
226
We will give you a week’s trial in the job to see how you
measure up
227
Kindly don’t presume to issue me
orders in my own house
228
How could I ever presume to decline such a
great honour
229
A meandering train of
thought
230
As soon as it got dark, we all went
skinny-dipping
231
The outfit features a midi hemline, three flat, round buttons and a folded,
off-the-shoulder neckline
232
The short sleeve dress marks a stray from
tradition, as the ladies of the royal family typically opt for long sleeve options at the annual Trooping the Colour
233
He says he flirted with the
idea of running for president for one month
234
A time when we flirted with ideas that repel us in our
adulthood
235
Both leaders arrived without a trace of
a smile
236
This may seem to give disproportionate attention to a single
off the cuff remark
237
Imagine not being allowed a slip of one tongue, and off the cuff
remark or even a second thought
238
As their cause crumbles, Brexiters turn to fantasy and bitter
recriminations
239
It is when politicians make millenarian claims of permanent
irreversibility for any policy that you know they and the accompanying project are in trouble
240
The extravagance of the
claim was required because of its very improbability
241
It was a sign that the Brexit cause has its back
against the wall
242
There is no open sea into which Brexit Britain can
sail that offers no constraints on sovereignty, is free of trade-offs and confers only rich possibility
243
The WTO, so beloved of Brexiters as their new free trade guardian, is a
broken reed
244
Riven by factions and with no enforcement powers, it is incapable of even
adjudicating between the countries waging dangerous trade wars
245
To leave the sanctuary of global EU is to swim with
crocodiles
246
Third, and as telling, what fired Brexiters was the chance of
completing the Thatcher revolution
247
Princess Charlotte may be only 3 years old, but she has already won over the world with her sweet
waves and the occasional somersault
248
Put some shoes on that kid and smack
her bottom
249
All children talk back and
act up from time to time
250
She’s a lovely child, but she can be a bit of a
handful sometimes
251
She was tempted to call his
bluff, hardly believing he’d carry out his threat
252
Transfolks, increasingly numerous, loud and
proud, are calling our bluff
253
He had called her bluff, and she had met his
challenge head on
254
Working nine to five can be a
drag
255
Some bankers believe HKMA may use its moral
suasion to urge banks to increase their prime rate
256
We grew up in a rural
milieu
257
For all the other stuff sometimes seems to eclipse the game and for all it can feel as if the garnish has eaten
the steak in the words of one Spanish coach, the game fights back
258
They were looking for a vantage point for a
stake-out
259
He has to seize the match by the scruff of the
neck and haul Argentina to victory
260
He frowns. He looks
dour. His shoulder slumps
261
His burly physical presence belies his ability on
the ball
262
They showed off their playful side as they splashed around atop the pool
floats
263
They appeared to be racing each other, while Pickford seemed to be having a
whale of a time
264
John was embarrassed, but it didn’t faze Mike
a bit
265
These recent reports of the show’s imminent demise are hyperbolic
clickbait
266
You cool
with that?
267
The detectable keyboard comes
complete with numeric keypad
268
Harsh? Not in
my opinion
269
He booked his place in the final courtesy
of a remarkable victory
270
A man of great sartorial
elegance
271
A tone-deaf sartorial
decision
272
The first lady had changed out of the controversial garment into a cream button-up
safari-style jacket
273
I hope the media isn’t going to choose to focus on her
wardrobe
274
This was about as humiliating as it
gets for Argentina as the limitations of a team that only just managed to qualify for the World Cup were brutally exposed
275
Messi, their talisman and inspiration, was a passenger throughout, lost in a game that took place around him as Argentina, abject
defensively, overrun in midfield and clueless going forward, crumbled in the face of a terrific Croatia side
276
Rebic was the grateful recipient of a dreadful pass that sent Sampaoli, who must have covered more yards than some of his players as he paced up and
down the touch line in a blind panic, into a meltdown
277
Croatia’s jubilant supporters celebrated the sight of their country winning
back-to-back World Cup matches for the first time since 1998
278
It is hard to imagine how Argentina can recover from such a
chastening experience
279
It felt strange, almost uncomfortable at times, to see Messi struggling to emerge from the
shadows of this game, waiting for pass that never came and powerless to bend the match Into Argentina’s favour
280
His decision to keep faith with Caballero badly
backfired and it was also a huge gamble to dispense with a four-man defense and set up with a back three instead
281
Only he knows why he chose not to punt
upfield when Mercado, running towards his own goal, passed the ball back to him
282
It was a law honoured more in the breach than in the
observance
283
The princess was gifted a
nosegay upon her arrival
