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C.L. Exam 141-160 Flashcards

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141.where does pro forma come from?

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Latin

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  1. What is a pro forma?
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Satisfying the minimum requirements of a task

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  1. What does quid pro quo mean?
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A fair exchange

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  1. Where is quid pro quo mostly used?
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In diplomacy

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  1. What does it mean to play Russian roulette?
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To gamble foolishly on a risky business

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  1. What does to play Russian roulette refer to?
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A deadly game where a person loads a revolver with be bullet spins the cylinder and fires at his own head.

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  1. What does sail under false colors mean?
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To behave deceptively

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  1. What do the color of the flags refer to?
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It’s identifying flags

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  1. What does second wind mean?
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A new surge of energy after s period of exhaustion

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  1. What does second wind refer to?
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The fact that a persons metabolism changes to a more efficient mode during prolonged exercise

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  1. What is semper fidelis?
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Latin for always faithful

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  1. Semper fidelis is the moto for what?
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Unites states marine corps

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  1. What does sink or swim mean?
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Where we must save our sails from a situation or else fail

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  1. What is the mental vision of sink or swim?
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A person being thrown in the water with no life preserver, that person must swim or drown

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  1. What is sit on the fence?
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To remain neutral

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  1. Where is sit on the fence mainly used?
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Ina derogatory way about someone who is thought to lack courage to decide

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  1. What is a sitting duck?
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A very easy target

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  1. Where does sitting duck come from?
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From hunting when the ducks are sitting in the water rather than them in flight

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  1. What is skeleton in the closet?
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A potentially embarrassing secret?

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  1. What is skeleton in the closet?
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A phrase

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  1. What is skin of ones teeth?
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To just manage to get something accomplished

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  1. To do something by the skin of ones teeth is to?
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Barely make it completed

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  1. What are star crossed lovers?
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Lovers who relationship is doomed to fail

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  1. In star crossed lovers what do astrologist believe?
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The stars control human destiny

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  1. What is status quo?
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The existing order of things

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  1. What does status quo mean in Latin?
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The state in which

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  1. What is strain at a gnat and swallow a camel?
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To take exception to a minor fault while over looking a larger one

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  1. Strain at a gnat and swallow a camel is a what?
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A phrase

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  1. What is summa cum laude?
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Graduating college with highest possible distinction

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  1. For summa cum laude what does it ,ean in Latin phrase?
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With highest praise

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  1. What does it mean to take the bull by the horns?
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Take the initiative in confronting a difficult position

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  1. What is taking the bull by the horns?
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A phrase

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  1. What is throw the book at someone?
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To take as many charges against an offender

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  1. If your throwing the book at someone, what are you doing?
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You are trying to claim the defender guilty by pressing as many charges as possible

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  1. What is thumbs up/down?
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Approval and disapproval of something respectively

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  1. What is thumbs up/down counted as?
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An expression

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  1. What is NOW?
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The national organization for woman

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  1. What was NOWs mission?
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To put an end to discrimination against woman in all sectors of society

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  1. What is the FBI and CIA?
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Federal bureau of investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency

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  1. What is to difference between the FBI and the CIA?
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The FBI does security threats within the us borders

CIA does criminal cases in which suspects have crossed state lines

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  1. What is the selective service system?
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An system that oversaw the drafting and induction of men into the armed forces

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  1. When did the SSS run from?
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1940-1973

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  1. What is a jury?
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A group of people (normally 12) that have the job of deciding whether a person accused of a crime is guilty or innocent

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  1. What is the grand jury?
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A group of people (13-23) to make a decision whether there’s enough evidence on a person to have a trial

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  1. What is brown v board if education?
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Represented a lawsuit that made its way to the us Supreme Court

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  1. In brown v board of education who brought the lawsuit up?
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The brown family

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  1. What is Secretary of State?
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Head of the department of state in the United States

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  1. What is the secretary of states duties?
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Maintains and developing foreign policy and handling foreign affairs

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  1. Who is Peter Pan?
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A Scottish play about a boy who lives in a place called neverland (never-never-land) a country where a child never grows up

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  1. What happens in Peter Pan?
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Peter Pan brings the children of the dad,IMF family to never land, they decide they don’t want to stay but Wendy (the oldest) promises she will visit each spring. In the play he is accompanied by his guardian fairy tinkerbell and defeats his enemy Captain Hook

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  1. Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
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An American author of the 19th century

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  1. What is Edgar Allan Poe known for as?
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Great sadness and short stories of great horror

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