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考研 Flashcards

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Overturn

A 
Overturn Qing dynasty
Overturn a bottle
Overturn the prior decision
Overturn the conviction of somebody
Overturn three of four provisions
Overturn the traditional ways
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Prior to

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Prior to 2015

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Priority

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Place agriculture as the top priority of the national economy

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Decision

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A hugely important decision by the supreme court/ America’s FTC
The supreme court’s decision on bribery/ corruption/ euthanasia
The prior decision
A series of recent decisions by the justices

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Justice

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Every justice rightly rejected their claim
Justices intended to check the power of the administration
Justices wanted to strengthen its coordination with Congress
Two of the three objecting justices agreed with but disagreed about
The justices should specify Novel rules for the emerging Internet companies
The justices should provide updated guidelines to police lawyers and defendants
Words such as justice and fairness has been degraded to the margin
The Nobel prizes’ endurance has done justice to them

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Administration

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The Obama administration

The Trump administration

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Signal

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There is no signal in the subway

Supreme court signals that

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Endure

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The young endure less than earlier generations

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Court

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The supreme court
The federal court
State court
The federal circuit
Federal appeals court
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Appeal to

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Appeal to a higher court

The Li guyi’s song doesn’t appeal to young audience anymore

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Trial

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It is not a race but a time trial

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Chief

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Chief justice

chief executive officer

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Penalty

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Pay the penalty

lack of legal penalty

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Bully

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School bully

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Sweep

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Sweep the floor

A sweeping ruling

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Code

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Moral code

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17
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Learning

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Legal learning is essential to everybody in Modern society

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18
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Legal
Lawful
Legitimate
Legitimacy

Illegal
Illegitimate
Guilty verdict
Innocent

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The legitimacy of the leadership of somebody

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Oblige
Force
compel
Obligation

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Rights and obligations
Human right
Oblige / compel somebody to do something

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Patent

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Patent involves invention method and tool

Patent law

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Intellectual
Intellect
Intelligence
Intelligent

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Intellectual property
Chinese used to place a very high value on intellect
Artificial intelligence
Intelligent devices

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Pave

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Pave the way for future

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23
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Law school
Law student
The bar exam
Sit for the exam
Sit the test or exam
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The bar exam is truly a stern enough test for I would-be lawyer
Set for the postgraduate entrance examination
Participate in the bar exam

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Association
Institute
Academy
Academic

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The American bar association
The Australian medical Association
National basketball Association
Chinese basketball Association
Chinese football Association
The American law institute
Massachusetts Institute of technology
Beijing Institute of technology
Harbin Institute of technology
The law institute of Chinese Academy of sciences
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Draft

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Draft a bill/law/contract
Draft an act
Draft a recommendation
Draft a proposal
The congress helped draft the new guidelines for Tort law
The members agreed on a near-final draft of their recommendation

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Present
Submit

Decline
Reject

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Present/submit a report

Reject rightly their claim

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Issue

release

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Gansu Province released/issued policy for introducing talent
Government issue
Issue new guidelines/policy

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Concern

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Cause heightened concern about
Rising concern
Be concerned about

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Protest

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The Ruling caused a storm of media protest

A storm of criticism/protest

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Injury
Accident
Disaster
misfortune

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Personal injury claim

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Liable

Liability

A

Legal liability
Be liable for something
Be responsible for something

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Hold
Argue
Claim
Assert
Content
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Explicitly Hold/rule that…

33
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Crime
Criminal
Suspect

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Commit a crime/a mistake/suicide
Sex discrimination has been made a crime/illegal
The criminal law

34
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Law
Bill
Act
Statute
Provision
Charter
Constitution
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Federal statute
Four provisions are overturned
The Charter movement
Charter schools/private schools
The charter of US
Constitutional law
The framers of the constitution
Sex discrimination is unconstitutional and has to be abolished
35
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Constitute

Constitution

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He has a good constitution

Physical Constitution of colleague students has caused heightened concern

36
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Rally

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Rallying cry

37
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Legitimate

A

Legitimate concerns

It is legitimate for parents to check their children’s phone contents without being permitted

38
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Sue
Suit
Lawsuit

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A successful lawsuit
Fight a suit/Lawsuit
Fight against
Sellers and manufacturers will avoid being sued by warning customers of coming disasters

39
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Audience

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Loyal audience

Loyal fan

40
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Item

Goods

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Explanatory item

Online stores offer on-trend items at dirt-cheap prices these days

41
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Store

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Bookstore
Department store
Online store

42
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Trend

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On-trend garments

On-trend items/goods

43
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Item
Number/quantity
Unit price
Sum

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To sum up
Summary
Summarize

44
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Roughly
About
Approximately
Some

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Americans buy about 46 garments a year per person, roughly 20 billion items
An average supermarket, according to the food marketing institute, carries some 44,000 different items.

45
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Average

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Average citizen
Average income
Average intelligence

46
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Learning

A

Legal learning is essential to everybody in Modern society

47
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Legal
Lawful
Legitimate
Legitimacy

Illegal
Illegitimate
Guilty verdict
Innocent

A

The legitimacy of the leadership of somebody

48
Q

Oblige
Force
compel
Obligation

A

Rights and obligations
Human right
Oblige / compel somebody to do something

49
Q

Patent

A

Patent involves invention method and tool

Patent law

50
Q

Intellectual
Intellect
Intelligence
Intelligent

A

Intellectual property
Chinese used to place a very high value on intellect
Artificial intelligence
Intelligent devices

51
Q

Pave

A

Pave the way for future

52
Q 
Law school
Law student
The bar exam
Sit for the exam
Sit the test or exam
A

The bar exam is truly a stern enough test for I would-be lawyer
Set for the postgraduate entrance examination
Participate in the bar exam

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Q

Association
Institute
Academy
Academic

A 
The American bar association
The Australian medical Association
National basketball Association
Chinese basketball Association
Chinese football Association
The American law institute
Massachusetts Institute of technology
Beijing Institute of technology
Harbin Institute of technology
The law institute of Chinese Academy of sciences
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Draft

A

Draft a bill/law/contract
Draft an act
Draft a recommendation
Draft a proposal
The congress helped draft the new guidelines for Tort law
The members agreed on a near-final draft of their recommendation

55
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Present
Submit

Decline
Reject

A

Present/submit a report

Reject rightly their claim

56
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Administrate

Administration

A 
MBA-Master of business administration
The Obama administration
Public officials
The administration
The authorities
57
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Author

Authority

A

The author of the text
Article/text/passage
A leading authority in computer/medicine

58
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Govern
Government
Governor
Governance
President
Preside
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Govern oneself
Feeble governance
Preside over a meeting

59
Q 
Council
Congress
Parliament
Assembly
Assemble
Minister
Committee
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NPC-The national People's Congress
National health council
The healthcare system in China
EU ministerial councils
Minister of education
Minister of foreign affairs
Europe
EU-European union
Local council

Federal government
The Supreme Court
Congress

State government
Provincial government
Municipal government

The local government
The local council
The local court

Committee/panel/team
A committee report

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Politics
Political
Politician
Statesman

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Political Science
Political spectrum
Unite the left and the right of the political spectrum
Unite Russia and America

Political compaign
Political influence
Political issues/events
Political embodiment
Political vacuum
Political compromises
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Issue

A

Government issue
The issue of Taiwan
The issue of global warming
Political issues/events

62
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Embody

Embodiment

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Political embodiment

Head of state

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Vacuum

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Vacuum up
Vacuum up data/information
Political vacuum no longer exists

64
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Compromise

A

Moral compromise

Political compromise

65
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Crown

Royal

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The British crown
The Spanish crown
The British royals
Royal family

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Approval
Approve
Authorize
Disapprove
Disapproval
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The authorities
The authorized dealership
Simplify the approval procedure
The legislature's approval
State/federal approval
The author's attitude is full approval
Approval of a contract/regulation
Approve of
Approve of a rule/law/regulation
Divorced persons are viewed with disapproval
Approved drugs
Approved drug number
Until recently scientists would have disapproved of such an idea
It is my sincere hope that you could approve of my resignation
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Legislature
Legislate
Legislator
Senator
Legislative
Lawmaker
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The Senate
Legislative hall
Legislative action
Legislative body
It's lawmakers gave preliminary approval last week to a law
68
Q 
Grant
Claim
Hold 
Argue
Assert
Contend
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Take something for granted
Americans stop taking prosperity for granted
To solve the present social problems, we should take the fundamental realities for granted
In those far off days it was taken for granted that women were less talented than men

69
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Gratitude

Grateful

A

I would be most grateful if you could approve of my resignation

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