Language And Understanding Flashcards

(18 cards)

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Very neat and clean

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Spick and Span

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2
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The rich and the poor in society

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Haves and have nots

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3
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Fighting with all weapons one has

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Tooth and Nail

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4
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Extreme violence shown in films

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Blood and Gore

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5
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A very heavy downpour or rainfall

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Cats and Dogs

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6
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Similar looking persons

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Tweedledee and Tweedledum

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7
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Something which is extremely clear

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Black and White

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7
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Not a steady amount of something

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Dribs and Drabs

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8
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To have the final word on something

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Said and done

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8
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In operation

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Up and Running

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9
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The child is father of the man

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William Wordsworth

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10
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Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thoughts

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Percy Bysshe Shelley

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It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.

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John F. Kennedy

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12
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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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Lord Acton

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12
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I am so clever that sometime I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.

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Oscar Wilde

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13
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Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in yourlife

14
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Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books. But love from love toward school with heavy books.

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William Shakespeare

15
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Failure is the only opportunity to begin more intelligently