Gd8 Flashcards

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I would

A

appeal that…

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2
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Quickly put a lid on the

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controversy

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3
Q

Play

A

gooseberry

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4
Q

Slightly intoxicated

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微醉

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5
Q

The clingy

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黏人的

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6
Q

The

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rusher

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7
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The

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commitment-phobic

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8
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sinification

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赤化

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9
Q

Bus

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boy

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10
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Is it the case

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that…

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11
Q

In their

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heyday, they…

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12
Q

Hard liquor

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列酒

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13
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Toe government’s line

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To do what are ordered or expected to so

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14
Q

Blur the

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line between

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15
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break a

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leg

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16
Q

In a haste to

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get the message across the media

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17
Q

Stand

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trial

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18
Q

Call a halt to

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the investigation

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19
Q

The government has announced a

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special, one-off pardon

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20
Q

Crack down on

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corrupt officials

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21
Q

Draped in an English flag and serenaded

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by the Beatles’ song

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22
Q

A court ruling for a transsexual to

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wed

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23
Q

Had Greek civilization never existed,

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If Greek civilization had never existed,

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24
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He succeeded to

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the throne

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The world is fraught
with uncertainties
26
Religious vitality was paralleled by
a cultural flowering in philosophy
27
Men of the Early Middle Ages were groping for
a synthesis of Greek philosophy and Christian revelation
28
Creation of the World -> God works through history -> Resurrection of the dead
-> final judgement -> World to Come
29
To make its presence
felt
30
Vomit their
intoxication
31
As far as sth
goes,
32
When I sober
up,
33
You should not drive under the
influence
34
He slit open the envelope
with a knife
35
He killed himself by
slitting his waist
36
He was found the next day
with his throat slit
37
They held their nerves
to beat their rivals
38
Women have long broken the
glass ceiling in public life
39
Slumber
party
40
Be upfront
with me
41
Gossip-
monger
42
He said it out of
spite only
43
Take an immediate leave
of absence
44
The law enforcement bodies will act
impartially without fear or favour
45
Ongoing external
headwinds
46
China and India put aside
their differences
47
He was butchered
in broad daylight
48
A blood-stained knife and
meat cleaver
49
We condemn this
unreservedly
50
Firearms
police officer
51
Police tape sealed off
the scene
52
He has already established as a
poet in his own right
53
You are having a flight of
fancy!
54
He is still bearing
the grudge
55
Grant immunity
to all
56
Weakening manufacturing activity in China rocked
confidence about the strength of the rebound
57
Sent the market slumping 7.3 per cent,
registering the deepest loss since 2011
58
Deepening doubts added to
market jitters
59
Output still climbed,
but a lower rate
60
The slide took the shine off
regional stock market that benefited from...
61
The slowdown casts downside risk to
China's fragile growth recovery
62
Soon-to-be university
graduates
63
The move could be a bid to
overcome tensions with the West
64
The airline - which prides itself on its image as an environmentally conscious
carrier - took the step after admitting...
65
The carrier follows the lead of
Cathay Pacific
66
He was run down by
a car
67
Settle the
score
68
There is no cause
worthier than to...
69
Fork out
To pay unwillingly
70
Lack of sleep causes your brain to
run on empty
71
Hit the sack
Go to bed
72
There is no hard
evidence that...