Gd27 Flashcards
I must say that I, for one, will really miss coming home from a good night out with a heathy wheeze, my nostrils ejecting generous quantities of blackened snot clogged with blood, and my eyes watering
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The funeral industry rips off people in the moment of grief
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Rest assured on that
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Members of Congress have been lavishly wined and dined by lobbyists for years
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Gorgeous actress Kate Beckinsale grabbed the hearts of York males as an amazing 64 per cent said she would be their favourite choice to wine and dine on a romantic evening out
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The catering division is used regularly by the Taoiseach to wine and dine visiting dignitaries at Government Buildings and Farmleigh House
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The one room building was lop-sided now, and a portion of the roof had collapsed in on itself, causing the steeple to lean and crumble
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Throwing confetti during the wedding scene was a pure delight
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Then again, this is a man who attracts insults like a bride attracts confetti on her wedding day
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How to run a convincing bluff
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Find out all of the latest trends in moustaches, beards, goatees, sideburns and soul patches
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The territory could be used as bargaining chips in any negotiations
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But a decision to sell off its shopping centre interest would be a major surprise as it gives the council a huge bargaining chip in negotiations over town-centre regeneration
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She is not a type of person who hoards her money in the bank for her own sake
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Thousands of antiques hoarded by a compulsive collector
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The stony desolation of the desert
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What once had been a city was a desert now, a vast field of emptiness and desolation
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All around them desolation and destruction saturated the crumbled and falling buildings on each side of the street
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Stale baguette
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The company has three new models in the pipeline
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He said there were further plans in the pipeline to develop the Heversham site for community and educational use
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Officials rushed to determine whether they were signals from the black boxes before the beacons fail silent
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This is an important and encouraging lead, but one which I urge you to treat carefully
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A 193-metre-long container ship ran aground briefly on Sunday afternoon
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It has been blown off course by monsoon winds
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It came to halt just feet away from the promenade, which is popular with joggers
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No one abroad or ashore was hurt and the vessel appeared to have escaped unscathed
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Whether sleeping rough in the remotest places or enjoying the fauniferous hospitality of the locals in inhabited ones, being incommoded was somehow integral to the experience
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Age incapacitated him for war
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He came by last night and attacked my servants, mortally wounding one and incapacitating the other and threatened me with my life if I did not hand the gems over
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But no one had the inside track for the position
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The plan is to let five players compete for two open starting jobs in training camp, but Claridge should have the inside track for one position
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Sexual harassment is a serious and insidious problem
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The obstruction and harassment is subtle but insidious and seriously affects the ability of the aid agencies to do their job
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A julienne of vegetables
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to julienne squashes, cut thin peelings into strips an eighth of an inch wide
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On a recently aired episode, after instructing a volunteer to julienne some vegetables, Flay jeers at her inferior knife-work, inciting the rest of the room to laugh at her expense
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You may send in your contributions in the form of cheque or draft or money orders directly addressed to
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Well, I have got to act my age
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However the Government plans to address the problem have hit a snag, with the newly appointed coordinator quitting before his job has even begun
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It might be slight ludicrous to invent an artist out of thin air, although that is not strictly impossible
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You are encouraged to take reference from existing publications
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Start on my cue
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He has tight lips
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Did you use the unwritten protocol
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The funeral of an inspector is given only for those killed in the line of duty
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In the United States, in the last three months, we have lost about 56 police officers in the line of duty
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He called on the government to review its provision of payments for soldiers injured or killed in the line of duty to prevent the need to buy private insurance
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He ducked out in the stretch and he looked beat before straightening out and accelerating
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It was a long drive, and by the time we check in to our hotel, I am beat
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There was something inherently unglamorous about someone sitting in front of a screen, spilling their guts
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But spilling my guts on an Internet blog diary everyday is not something that I am into
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Whosever squeals will answer to me
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With so many young players, it might be difficult to get everybody on the same page
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Politically, we are seldom on the same page, but we seem to agree that this madness has gone far enough
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He was involved in a fender bender while driving without a license
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You probably remember it-a woman claimed that she had gotten in a minor fender bender with a man in California
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I was out of line
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He was glad his friends were hitting it off with Kelly, especially since the start of her day had been kinda rough
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So they decided to bombard me with personal questions about my best friend, and we hit it off at once
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A pen-pal programme
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Keep your personal life on hold
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He is up for parole
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You are messing with me
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New architecture can respect the old without aping its style
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Startled women tend to mimic those around them, aping relatives or imitating things they see on TV
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The first rule is, if you have not much time then do not make the front garden a copy of your back garden, with high-maintenance beds, lawns and boundaries
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She is the most high-maintenance person who ever lived, throwing tantrums at the least provocation: I have not had a bath for seven hours
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This made me jittery, fidgety, wired, and slightly more insane than usual
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My twitchy, fidgety mind was already having trouble settling on any single subject for more than thirty seconds
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A man went berserk with an arsenal of guns
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After the match a section of the spectators went berserk and pandemonium raged
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A drunken holidaymaker who went berserk on a plane during a fit of air rage was today beginning a two-year jail sentence
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Mark gave him a murderous look
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A brutal and murderous despot
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A bum day
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I think you should also say to a writer, you cannot be all things to all people, but in terms of bums on seats, disabled audiences will come to the theatre, Jenny reveals
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Corporate sponsors are great but ordinary bums on seats guarantee a regular income and help to create the mind of atmosphere that will encourage the team to do business on the pitch
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For the most part they are the seekers, slackers, and free spirits who tend to avoid the straight life, such as it is, for as long as they can
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This is a ploy to smoke the mole out
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This is the only smudge on my record
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You are right on the dollar
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He stuck out the neck for her
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Cut flowers cannot bear fruit
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My apologies for filling your Friday with frequent trips to the photocopier
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Drawing near the three-month high
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Hang Seng China Enterprises Index reversed the six-day uptrend by moving down 78 pts to 22345 after filling certain downside gap on 3 January yesterday
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A move sweeps aside capital controls on up to 500 billion yuan of stock transaction
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The so-called through train scheme, first floated in 2007 and which directly links the two stock exchanges, was formal announced by regulators
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The bourses would join forces
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It could be a trigger point for a long-term shift that would gradually see the yuan replace the dollar as the main unit of commerce in the city
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Brokers are guardedly optimistic about the through train scheme
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Truth is that some news agencies cannot wait to get dirt on the military so they can embarrass the Bush administration
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I have dirt on him
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The bullet, fired at point-blank range, hit him in the middle of the back
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He refuses point-blank to be photographed or give interviews
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If Mother could not open up to Christina, especially in the face of a point-blank question, she could not open up to anyone
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It may be an invention to discredit his posthumous reputation and supporters
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His remarks were taken out of context in an effort to discredit him
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Without marijuana, they would be housebound-weak, unable to hold down food and wracked with muscle spasms
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Those in pain, or housebound by illness, will not be impressed by waiting list cuts if they are still expected to wait years for treatment
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They take up residence at the Pavilion Theatre for the annual pantomime of silly jokes and bad wigs in an all new, up-to-date production of Jack and the Beanstalk
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It goes without saying that no visit with the local midwife or the general practitioner was offered before the 15th week
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The undisputed champion
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If you do not agree, you forfeit the match
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a big, squashy leather chair
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The rooms are furnished in period style with squashy sofas and chairs in intimate groupings complete with photographs and hunting trophies from bygone eras and current family snaps
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Beijing has left the door open on the possibility of a pan-democrat being allowed to run for chief executive in 2017
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The right to select chief executive hopefuls
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The martial art epic The Grandmaster scooped 12 prizes at Hong Kong Film Awards
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Last-ditch effort to save a Paris landmark
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Across one large wall, a purplish strand of smoke pulsated and contracted, cohering into a monstrous head
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There was also Art and Drama Workshops and of course a Sports Day while the last day the Local Fundrums group put in a brilliant pulsating performance which went down really well with everyone
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He had circled around to come to the village by the south, on the pretence of making it appear that he was headed for Kaye
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I do not think it is by accident that men try to cover up their true sexuality and in many cases go through the pretence of being heterosexual
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One point Hanson alludes to is the real difference between the Japanese kamikaze as a tactical weapon of terror and the fanatical suicide zealot as a terrorist
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The next mistake concerns the Japanese decision to use suicide troops, or kamikazes, in the later stages of the war
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The view across the harbour at night looking towards the neon lights, a silhouette of a junk against the setting sun, or the hubbub of lively business and commerce in a 24-hour city are quintessential images conjured up in the mind when one thinks of this exotic location
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I think it was an honest and reasonable mistake for them to make at the time
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The forums were honest, objective attempts to address the facts, and they have succeeded beyond our expectations
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That is evidenced by your quite sufficient and engaging eye contacts
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His university degree pays off handsomely
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Police particularly want to interview anyone who saw the trailer being uncoupled from the tractor unit or can identify the vehicle which towed it away
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Public housing rents will be uncoupled from income
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The company claims the wage rise is totally unacceptable and has refused to lift the lockout until the union ends all industrial action
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Union leaders said they expected the lockout and blamed the employers for inflaming already tense negotiations
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Illiterate villagers and destitute slum-dwellers will have an equal say alongside Mumbai millionaires in picking their government
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Who does not also deplore the fecklessness and venality of Indian politicians
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A decade under a coalition led by the Congress party has left it rudderless
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The overwhelming favourite
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Mr Gandhi would ascend to office as if by divine right
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He propelled to the top by sheer ability
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The orgy of murder and rape in Ahmedabad and the surrounding towns and villages was revenge for the killing of Hindu pilgrims
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He vowed lifelong celibacy
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The news deliberately misled an uninformed public and whipped them up into a frenzy about it
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There was just a bunch of liberal activists whipping up needless hysteria
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Dog-whistle politics is deplorable in any country
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But in India violence between Hindus and Muslims is never far from the surface
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The violence is on an alarming scale
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India at its finest is a joyous cacophony of peoples and faiths, of holy men and rebels
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A sectarian slaughter
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She took a gutsy decision to
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They are constantly told that college is the gateway to the middle class
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She plonked her glass on the table
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Arts and humanities courses doubtless nourish the soul, but not all fatten the wallet
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Plonk the money in 20-year treasury bills
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It is a profligate user of energy
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Since February revolution ousted Mr Yanukovych, gas has become a stick, not a carrot
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More than 100 passengers are unaccounted for after ferry sank off South Korea
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The Chinese central bank has decided to double the daily trading band for the yuan against the US dollar from tomorrow, marking a step forward in giving the currency more flexibility
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The central bank vowed to step in as needed to stem any large swings
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Write in stream-of-consciousness style
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A hedonistic existence of booze, drugs, and parties
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He will lead a hedonistic life of unrestricted sense enjoyment, lording over everything and everyone
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The toilet has clogged up
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Others will selfishly hog a space all day and not give fellow drivers a fair chance to park conveniently
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However, it is in his present status as autodriver that he hogs the limelight
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You are running a fever
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Go by the book
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You are imagining things
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To skip town
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Wild goose chase
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Many employers are putting their foot down when it comes to hiring veiled women
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I have thought of putting my foot down but I have a sneaking suspicion some of the unruly behaviour is vaguely familiar
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Frivolous ribbons and lacy frills
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Then, if the lawsuit is frivolous, why should it produce grave consequences for Germany
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Drug companies claim the union and consumer plan would encourage frivolous lawsuits
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But when the weather is inclement, you either have to inure yourself to the cold and wet or stay in with a good book or a jigsaw
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Deploy cranes to hoist the ship
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The crowd had been waiting for hours and many were becoming restive
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Such resentful people easily become restive; should a promising opportunity to throw off the oppressor dominion present itself, they may seize it
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At a hearing earlier this month, the accused pleaded guilty to causing an affray during a fight in a pub in April
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Crime is up, and jails, which disproportionately incarcerate blacks, are the biggest industry in several states, he says
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She raised her hand to hail a cab
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Keeping in mind that the fact that I was female, alone and in one of the worst neighborhoods in New York I hailed a Taxi cab that was in desperate need of a car was
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I may bridle at the strange young thing who rings up out of the blue and breezily hails me by my first name but it does not help when the company she represents can only be reached through her
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A lovey-dovey couple whispering sweet nothings amidst nature breathtaking splendour, besides a couple of glass paintings are other brilliant pieces created by the young and upcoming artist
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Both of them were her best friends but watching lovey-dovey scenes between the two was a vomit-inducing phenomenon for her
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I am the odd man out
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He has never played rugby, but is an ardent fan and a supporter of the game
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He was a leading and ardent enthusiast for the very inward investment that he now equally enthusiastically disclaims
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A thrilled ride
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To vent it out
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She manages a brash, confident, and sassy manner that works well in the part, but is not overdone to the point of being unwelcome
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The dial on your dive watch would send a Geiger counter into cardiac arrest
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The old scale was analog, with a dial and a pointer that waggled a bit unless you stood perfectly still
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Not me, evidently: and so my first step was taken on that slippery slope leading down to a kind of gentle madness
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This leads them down a slippery slope until, at the end of the play, they tear each other’s throats out
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She wears flats today
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He landed a well-paid job
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