Gd16 Flashcards
A piano is a very unwieldy item to get down a flight of stairs
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They combine together to create something greater than the sum of its parts
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The research was mentioned only in passing
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Women have no right of audience in court
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I caught a glimpse of the sparkling blue sea through the trees
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Going to get changed and do my yoga
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She has broken her leg, but it remains to be seen how badly
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It only remains for me to thank our hosts (=used to introduce the last remark in a speech or meeting)
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She kept him in suspense for a few days
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The suspense is killing me
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There is a gradual build-up of suspense throughout the film
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The long-dormant volcano has recently shown signs of erupting
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She went off the painkillers
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Chemotherapy is often used in the treatment of cancer
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A killer is on the loose
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Wand at the ready
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Love shack
愛巢
She’s decided to shack up with her boyfriend
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I milked a cow
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The winter/summer solstice
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He was sentenced to death but was granted a last-minute reprieve
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The injection provided a temporary reprieve from the pain
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His face registered extreme disapproval of what he had witnessed
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IPO revival primes Hong Kong for another busy year
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Foreign workers form backbone of gambling boom
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To dethrone the incumbent
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I leapt from my pillow and splashed my face from the basin in the corner
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A pillion seat/passenger
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You get a bit uncomfortable after riding pillion for a couple of hours
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Tempestuous and unbelievably reckless driving skills
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Pay no mind to it
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That one kiss had whetted his appetite
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You have sent an email to Mr. Smith and copied me in
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You are burning candle on both ends
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You are putting in hours
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Consolation prize
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If it’s (of) any consolation (to you), you was not the only one he was rude to
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I just offered a few words of consolation
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I have a little car sick
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It should be a good place for timeout
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Try the parking brake!
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He was in a hobbit size
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I am watching my figure
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We may have to shoot our way out!
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Allow me
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Lesson learnt!
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He paid a guy to crush us
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A delicious tea time treat
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Music fills the air
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The sound resounded through the house like thunder
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Suspension bridge
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My mind boggles at the amount of money they spent on food
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Mind-boggling puzzle
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Chinese Almanac
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Important tools of trade
重要謀生工具
Her penchant for disappearing for days at a time worries her family
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The political fallout of the revelations has been immense
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Sardine bait and tackle
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Their family business is a rinky-dink operation
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Thank you for noticing
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Scrunchy/ scrunchie
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I was so embarrassed when I walked in in them having a smooch on the sofa
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They thrust the money into my hand
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The bodyguards thrust past the crowd to get at the cameraman
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She thrust the papers at me
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The main thrust of her argument was that women are compromised by the demands of childcare
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Grains of sand/wheat/rice
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We can have a rare peep of it
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Two helicopters winched the passengers to safety from the deck of the ship
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We pray for deliverance from our sins
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A pig’s snout
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He finally plucked up courage to ask her to marry him
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I’d love to do parachute jump, but I can’t pluck up the/enough courage
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It took me ages to riddle it out
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That was a rash decision
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He lacked the moral fibre to be leader
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I didn’t really know anyone in the party, so I felt a bit of a misfit
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I was a bit of a social misfit at college because I didn’t like going out in the evenings
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Today, thankfully, women tennis players are not encumbered with/by long, heavy skirts and high-necked blouses
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I tried to mollify her by giving her flowers
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