Gd23 Flashcards
The painting lent an air of quality to the other items on the mantel, all inexpensive purchases
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His malapropisms and good old boy manner give him the air of a simpleton, and yet he’s not
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You are a real spoiler
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I am a tad taller than you
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Thanks for handling all these hassles for me
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Sorry to say or sad to say, the violin was never found
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A level playing field includes equal pay for equal work for all men and women
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When I need a lift, I watch Oprah. She makes me feel good
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How did you know that I play chess? Oh, a little bird told me
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The President is sensible, but the Vice President is a loose canon
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They are on a losing streak
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It didn’t hit you very hard. It was just a love tap
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He is a man of few words, but when he speaks, people listen
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I let Ron think he’s king when he comes home from work. He believes a man’s home is his castle
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I have a mental block when I try to so algebra. I can’t think
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It will take a month of Sundays to phone all the students in our school
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You can quote me on that
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Those are hard and fast rules
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This led him to make this mistake, a howler for anyone who has even a passing acquaintance with prominent conservative commentators
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They leave a trail of scent up the tree
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The attackers came after me and got slightly more than they bargained for in the pitch-black dark house
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Many monkeys have long, prehensile tails which they use in swinging through the trees
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The plate in the field guide shows a strange, golden-brown animal with a prehensile tail, hook-like claws and a funny snub nose
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I think I was mincemeat
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I was strangely elated
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A golf or dune buggy
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He had rigged up a sort of tent
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It has always niggled at me about birds nest soup, how someone got the idea that climbing a 40 foot pole into a cave and removing a nest made of bird spittle and putting it in a broth would somehow be a good idea
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Ankle snapping
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They tumbled passionately in the bed, exhausted
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Sit on a huge cash pile
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Acquittal rates were high and infanticide was the only form of homicide for which women might be reprieved or pardoned
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We all rushed for the boat when it arrived only to be told it was going round the lake
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She turned into the car park, only to find her way blocked
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It was a similar story at St Aidan’s where parents arrived at the cordon only to be turned away
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You will need a matching bag
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Forget the image of stuck-up snobs looking down their noses at the novice
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The friend, whom I’d stuck up for, did a deal with the police:he agreed to give evidence against me in return for being let off
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And I think to myself
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Overcome the floaties
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Hula hoop
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That’s going to tough to beat
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A tiebreaker failed to split them
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A tiebreak question
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At 30-30, there is a 19-stroke rally which is won by Robredo and he goes on to take the game and force the tiebreak
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I can’t stand a thought of you knowing the truth
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He had to speak now or forever hold his peace
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So I’m halfway done boozing away my sorrows
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So I stretched the truth a little
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Listen, Dr. Maccabee would never accept subpar boobie bags
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Should have known this doctor was a quack
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We don’t know how far the ripple of our decision goes
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So I’m taking the rap for this
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You can take me out on a proper date next time
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You better call. You better not just, just leave me hanging
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I want to portray an image of success, Gerry admits, to show that it’s feasible to be organic and still run a tight ship
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You run a tight ship at home, huh
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Let us take the Fraternity of Assassins to the heights reserved only for the gods of men
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They used a girl hitch-hiker as the decoy to get him to stop
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Only knew by sight
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He gave her a sidelong glance
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He felt deeply drawn by him
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My father used to belch after having a fine meal
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He let out a belch
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Red neckerchief
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The level of delusion here eclipses that of the most fanatical of religious zealots
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Creationism often conjures visions of religious zealots who believe the book of Genesis verbatim
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Her eyes felt gritty
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I was apparently indoors, though the floor was dingy and muddy and covered in gritty sand
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Everywhere there was desolation-trees black and bare-limbed and the ground covered with gritty black ash
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Bid-rigging
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Injury, consistently his nemesis, struck him down during the match
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Will Harry Potter finally defeat his nemesis, Voldemort
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I was very happy it was not someone I respected, she said of her frenemy, whom she called a coward
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Advertising mogul Sir Martin Sorrell used the term frenemy to describe the phenomenon
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I saw my shot and I took it
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