Gd6 Flashcards
(264 cards)
1
Q
The horse is tethered
A
to the post
2
Q
I am too hard up to
A
buy fancy clothes
3
Q
A well-to-do
A
family
4
Q
We start to put things
A
into perspectives
5
Q
I can’t stress that
A
enough
6
Q
He jabbered on
A
about football
7
Q
The authorities have fudged
A
the issues
8
Q
You fiend
A
A
9
Q
To think on your
A
feet
10
Q
Wipe them all out in
A
one shot
11
Q
A fine rebuttal
A
A
12
Q
Huffing and puffing is no way
A
to debate
13
Q
Your negative attitude may turn
A
off the audience
14
Q
Ad hominem attack is a big
A
no no
15
Q
Charm goes
A
a long way
16
Q
I will not resort to tricks to win
A
the day
17
Q
That can drive your points
A
home in a memorable way
18
Q
Can the school afford to lose
A
its star debater
19
Q
Does their argument make sense, or merely
A
tug on your heartstrings
20
Q
You put a good scare
A
into Moby
21
Q
I am my own worst
A
enemy
22
Q
Localist sentiments will increasingly come
A
to matter
23
Q
You need a sick note or permission in advance from the course tutors to be
A
excused attendance
24
Q
Some books have legs,
A
others don’t
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Hong Kong betting hits fever pitch as Mark Six jackpot
nears 100 million
26
The bookseller is allegedly
spirited to the mainland late last year
27
Rack up more
debt
28
Establish a series of hypothecated
funds
29
I feel smug and
it really is a very good idea
30
That has the added benefit all
round that articles can be properly tested
31
The rain is
letting up, it will be clear soon
32
Then, brusquely, as though an error had promptly come to
light, the hand moved away
33
He gatecrashed
a private meeting
34
The enigma lent Chloe a
distinctive appeal
35
We headed
for the lifts
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At an office tucked away in a shopping mall a stone’s throw away from the mainland, 12 social workers cram themselves into what looks like a 24-hour call center. The door has no sign and gray cubicles
suffocate a narrow space
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This is no threadbare non-profit organization. It is a government-funded team responsible for supporting the mental health of some 300,000 residents
A
38
She smiled at
the suggestion
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Of past boyfriends, only hints emerged
over the meal
40
It was therefore fortunate that Chloe was not so easily persuaded, arresting
my flight by the ends of my scarf
41
Thought's infidelity lies in
its privacy
42
He ushered her into his
sanctum and gave her something to drink
43
Don't flatter yourself, it's not
for you I did this
44
I surveyed the laden
table
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The prospect makes my eyes
glaze over with boredom
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She do not deign to answer
the maid s questions
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Men who trifle with
women's affection
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Crying is a
cathartic release
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He feuded with his son
over the topic
50
Time will show us that the skin separating our bodies is not just a physical boundary, but is representative of a deeper, psychological
watershed we would be foolish to try and cross
51
To make sure he didn't give the game
away I gave him a kick in the shin under the table
52
What goes around,
comes around
53
They denounced him as a
turncoat
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It finally entered into
force with much fanfare
55
It was ill advised of you to choose a date that
clashes with a compulsory lesson
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Mourned the departure of
a few dear souls
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Every time the tragedy struck, we were saddened and set to
ponder what had extinguished the hopes of a young mind
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Our sense of futility is
exacerbated
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It was well-nigh impossible to foretell the
tragic ways in which they chose to end their lives
60
Our counseling
outfit
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To render emotional support and guidance to students
in their charge if necessary
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Ensuing forum for them to
canvass the views on
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I am as grief-stricken as you all are in seeing the premature
wilting of talents one after another
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We will not ease up on the
efforts for one moment
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I must stomach the grief and press
on with my colleagues
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We will use every means we have at our
disposal to keep every student out of harm s way
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Sometimes all it takes is a sympathizing look or caring
words to halt a body on the cliff
68
To shine a ray of hope on the distressed
and the despaired
69
We are always there to listen
and to help
70
She upends a can of soup
over the portions
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It is only when we truly know our partners that love deserves
a chance to grow
72
There was an awful storm last night, but our baby slept
right through
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Life hack
A
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Tines up/
tines down
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I pressed something or other and
off the message went, unfinished
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I will duck the issue or I will
betray my ignorance
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We will have to play it by ear until
we have something definite sorted out
78
Strawberries so ripe that they
squish if picked too firmly
79
The rules shackling banks have led them to cut back on
serving the less profitable smaller customers
80
The pernicious spread of occupation licensing
has stifled startups
81
The increasing gap between the haves
and the have nots
82
iPhone SE is one of the Apple's best
deal yet
83
I hope to continue for some
time yet
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It is the innards of the latest technology packed
in the body of the phone
85
The phone is an incredible
value
86
Dress shoes
A
87
Slip-on shoes that aren't loafers are
a big no-no for any formal event
88
I will knit baby clothes - but don't
hold your breath
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He swore violently under
his breath
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I have far better things to do than
waste my breath arguing
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Don't skimp on insurance when
you book your holidays
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Just shut up
already
93
She used accounting trickery to hide
the true size of the budget deficit
94
Getting Brazil out of it mess requires
wholesale change
95
Long grey hair scraped
back without design
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The father was a keen
rambler
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I would have to take all that on
board in order to understand her
98
Time was largely spent on question answer
volley
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I was glad to have the advice of someone so
level-headed
100
Bullying all her boyfriends into
submission
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A hatch that she had used to get into
the attic
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I tried to duck the incoming
projectile
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I always knock my duvet off the bed in my sleep
off the bed in my sleep
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He was steady and rather
stuffy
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Politics seems an incongruous
field to link to love
106
She rejected his amorous
advances
107
To murder without
qualms
108
They were awe-inspiringly
ugly
109
The newsagent who sold me my
daily rations
110
However well meaning
they were
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It seems to have lost much of
its appeal
112
We could glide over an irritant, winking at it obliquely, making a criticism
without needing to spell it out
113
An air of
despondency
114
Just you
wait
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She swore short skirts and
skimpy clothing
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Skimpily clad
girls
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Scan on fleecing of
tourists by taxis
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Straight flush! - card
A
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The world is
my oyster
120
You can cobble together a way to make
a living
121
It is possible for the race to be won at very long
odds
122
Hillary would have been an odds-even
prospect at best. But then Donald Trump came along
123
Bouts of turbulence
in the financial markets
124
Hong Kong stocks off to a strong start on Yellen's dovish
remarks
125
China defied all
odds to reach next round
126
North Korea conceded two goals in the final six minutes to crash
out of contention
127
He buried a shot from outside the box after a goalmouth
scramble
128
A raucous 50000 strong
crowd
129
The draw left the team
hanging by a thread
130
Its strident
pro-China views
131
His friends entreated him not
to go
132
His entreating
eyes
133
The comic version may well turn out to be the writer's
magnum opus
134
Went so far
as to
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She had some mental
stocktaking to do
136
Fortunately, the government has finally woken up
to the situation and has announced a long overdue stocktaking of adoption agencies and a review of adoption procedures
137
Yoga has many benefits but miracles are not
among them
138
Tucker lifted his fork and nabbed
a piece from Merissa
139
He suddenly became the toast
of all China
140
He was due to stand
trial for spreading propaganda
141
The students and 20-somethings shun
outside donors
142
To field candidates in
the Legco election
143
It can spur you
on to try it again
144
The drama chronicles the star-crossed
relationship between a soldier and surgeon
145
It is also being simulcast online in China and streamed on
other websites
146
Conscription is mandatory for
male citizens
147
The drama has broken viewership records and won
plaudits from even the likes of President Park Geun-hye
148
Golden-hearted
girl
149
Two evenly-matched
adults
150
Its main fan base lies
overseas
151
A woman nearly went blind
binge-watching the show
152
Slapping one another during
lovers' tiffs
153
Will love overcome all? Millions across Asia will be tuning
in to find out
154
He swore violently under
his breath
155
The couple went on a night
out
156
As far as I can tell it is for people with tiny hands and great eyes. Not very imaginative on Apple's
part if you ask me
157
A whirlwind
romance
158
I am too much a gentleman to divulge
her age
159
Don't let the ugly undershirt appear above
your dress shirt at the neck
160
She has unfortunate wardrobe
malfunction live on air
161
She has become an Internet
sensation overnight
162
The eagle-eyed viewers spotted
the mishap
163
The beautiful brunette appear completely oblivious to the trousers
mishap and carried on with her reporting duties with a beaming smile on her face
164
Curvaceous
figure
165
Incendiary
rhetoric
166
Tread carefully around the
Internet today
167
Demonstrate its morphing
architectural style
168
Suffer a paper
loss of
169
Potential buyers could now hold back in
anticipation of even more discounts
170
His risqué
humour
171
Being sexually
suggestive
172
Backward
thinking
173
Just stop already, no one feels
sorry for you
174
If you like him so much, just tell
him already instead of torturing yourself like this
175
The royal insignia of
Scotland
176
A commitment-free alternative to having
a pet
177
It is really cool here, no pun
intended
178
It is not cooked, just
cured
179
To cross the floor,
to join the opposing side in Parliament
180
Alligator-infested
wetland
181
The clammy atmosphere of the
cave
182
Some big
crawlies
183
The ball went into the goal by a fortuitous
ricochet
184
They were totally upstaged by
the co-star in the film
185
Others struggle with bags and briefcases, looking
hot and bothered
186
He was cursing and yelling, but Jess was too
hot and bothered to worry about it
187
Celebrities were wheeled out, and they stand there and
tell anecdotes
188
The newspaper was duped into publishing
an untrue story
189
His exploits always landed him
in trouble
190
He lives in a
cocoon
191
Anthony, with his dirty blonde hair, green eyes and his fiery temper could have had any girl he wanted, but he had
eyes for only one, his on-off girlfriend Daisy
192
It is called
aging
193
In silent acquiescence, she
rose to her feet
194
Not a nightcap
A
195
I told him he was a
cheapskate
196
Friends don't tell on
each other
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Stay indoors, warns Hong Kong Observatory as strong winds
buffet city
198
Tight jeans are a real
turn-on
199
He turned on her with
cold savagery
200
He neatly sidestepped the
questions about riot
201
He sidestepped the rule book by
bringing in a tame bear
202
Suddenly, miraculously, a Good Samaritan leaned over and handed
the cashier a dollar bill on my behalf
203
Draw
straws
204
The Senator was a gifted demagogue, with particular
skill in manipulating the press
205
Flattery will get you nowhere, the man
quipped
206
Singapore's economy is seen as a
bellwether for Asia
207
The girl on page three is well
endowed
208
I went to comfort her but she
shooed me away
209
He broached the subject he had been
avoiding all night
210
Don't wait up
for me
211
He was one of the country's most eligible
bachalors
212
Place his affectionate palm on
her derriere
213
The model slipped on his
stylish blazer
214
Model material: He cut a cool figure with his blazer draped over his left shoulder and a grey knitted flatcap
resting snugly on his head
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Comfortable together: The dark-haired beauty wore her locks up in
a ponytail and appeared fresh-faced for the relaxed outing
216
Walked with their fingers
interlocked
217
Looking good: She sported a thigh-skimming white skirt and a plain black jumper which she
teamed with a pair of heeled ankle boots
218
Touchy feely: David couldn't resist placing a cheeky
hand on her pert posterior
219
The title is almost within
touching distance
220
The answer, emphatically,
was yes
221
The pressure of a title
chase
222
They did it in their usual no-frills
fashion
223
They have got the desire for miles and nerves
of steel
224
The rest of the league have been left fighting
over scraps
225
If you are getting one-word responses, take the
hint and politely move along
226
Spoil your mum to the
max
227
The teenager learn the hard
way to respect her elder
228
You can take it as
read that you have the contract
229
That pepperazzi are stalking
each other's dishes at the table over there
230
There are still gaps in the ways laws are written that allow some cases to fall
through the cracks
231
The predator got more than
it bargained for when its intended prey turned around and launched a counter-attack
232
Pictures show the fearless zebra baring its teeth as it lunges
at its attacker's head, before turning tail and bounding out of the water
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Despite escaping from the jaws of three crocodiles, the zebra suffered a broken leg during its ordeal and hobbled
off on to the nearby plains
234
He bared his
chest to show his teeth
235
Between each excruciating rip, she explains that she is going to remove nearly all my pubic hair, except for a narrow
vertical strip of hairs the width of a couple of fingers
236
You couldn't pick a worse
time
237
I was about to ask Jack who it was, when the penny
suddenly dropped
238
It is a living
testimony to
239
The players arrived at training bleary
eyed
240
Breaking up with someone is always a delicate subject that most of us would
approach with some sensitivity
241
His droll self-mockery had us
in stitches
242
He can't be arsed
with a relationship
243
Spurned lover gets very public
revenge
244
A shifty-looking gentleman stood
behind him
245
As she moves to lean against a railing, the man moves to stand behind her, edging his
body as close as he can to hers
246
You tack on ideas
as you are writing
247
He denied the conspiracy to cheat
the taxman
248
They buried themselves in the study of philology, scrutinising texts of the past to quell
their revulsion of the present
249
Don't let the door hit you
on the way out
250
Beijing is no longer in the mood to dish out
any favours
251
The opening scene is very violent, and the rest of the film continues
in a similar vein
252
After laughing over the photo, they began to talk in a more serious
vein about the damaging effect it could have on his career
253
By accident of fate, Singapore was blessed with good founding fathers as
it was starting out
254
It manages its relationship
adroitly
255
Hong Kong police hunt for masked robber in botched
bank heist
256
And obviously, a great deal did slip through the net/
fall through the cracks
257
But he added that it was important to try and catch those who
were falling through the net
258
Purchasing managers index, a barometer of
manufacturing activity
259
Evidence to the contrary
notwithstanding, England is still the countryside
260
Imagine, apparently conclusive evidence to the contrary notwithstanding, that a very few gifted individuals
are genuinely clairvoyant
261
They will not believe that I have shacked
up with someone so good-looking
262
No wonder why only a few of us carve out
a living from this activity
263
Star-crossed
lovers
264
Huge chocolate bars, fizzy drinks, luscious
cakes and tempting sweets are in every shop
