Gd1 Flashcards
A contented mind is a
perpetual feast
Students fought running
battles with police
The difference is day
and night
John Doe Jane Doe
Jonnie Doe Janie Doe
He is always incisive and insightful, and understands Wagner s epic character
almost as well as anyone
Caught another fly
on the web
Cut to the
chase
Staff should clock
in on arrival
The night shift were clocking
off
Let s
roll
An excellent aircraft for low-level
reconnaissance
To honk the
horn six times
He jabbed
him in his ribs
He jabbed at the
air with his finger
One of those thingummies for keeping all
the fire tools together
To serve the murderer
on the platter
To lower the shopfront
shutter
I have known few men
who could match Peter’s grit
Tired of his humiliation of me, I decided to give him a
taste of his own medicine
He is getting weaker by
the day
The lean winter
months
Keep a small reserve to tide
you over the lean years
Hunger will be a distant
memory
Would you be as good as
to answer me
They are like beavers hyped up
on crystal meth
The story paints a sordid
picture of bribes and scams
Is it enough, no, not
even close
He submitted his resignation as an
act of atonement
An annual ceremony of confession
and atonement for sin
I think we have set
sail
I have not found my sea
leg
Are you running to or
from something
An unnerving
experience
A rash of
strikes by the workers
The generator roared into
life when he cranked the handle
The volume is cranked up
a notch
An imploring
look
He implored her to
change her mind
They point beyond
themselves to social and political issues that are universal and perennial
It has a poignant
story to tell
He condemned the crass
bureaucracy of the democratic government
Ill-fated rescue bid of
hostages foiled by barking dogs
He refuses to be drawn on whether Tong would run
for a new term
Maverick pan-democrat Ronny favoured moderation and attempted to find
rapprochement on democratic development with Beijing
He had a pronounced
squint
All the while I was
thinking
You know it is your time to
shine
You feel best when your wallet is filled with the
crinkled ones
In a furious Twitter
tirade, he urged his friends not to fly Cathay Pacific
Stand by for a second helping of tongue-in-cheek humour, sight gags and a great soundtrack that should
appeal as much to adults as children
The film went on to
gross 8 million
Over the course
of seven months
Suffer blows that caused her teeth to chip and in
one episode knock her unconscious
First use a duster, then use a
wet mop to wipe the floor
On one occasion, several punches
landed on her nose
Depending on market trends, Hong Kong and London regularly
oscillated between first and second place in the residential rankings
Touted it
as
Feminine products get an extra
dose of euphemism
One brand decided to parody the typical evasiveness of such
mealy-mouthed marketing in an advert
Researchers in this line of
inquiry tend to share a common hypothesis. That being bilingual is a kind of constant inhibitory mental exercise
The advantage accrues
to those who switch more often
Radical elements have
infiltrated the crowd
Bodily
scuffles
Not to give opponents cause to
besmirch the movement or the police an excuse to use force
Blanket
ban or propaganda
I covet one of
their small bags
We sat ruminating
the nature of existence
Heretics were
burned if they would not recant
Galileo was forced to
recant his assertion that the earth orbited the sun
To house
supplies in heap
The sprawling
encampment in Almiralty
As the clear-out
neared
The protestors heeded
police warning
I will chalk it
up
I slept through
the alarm this morning
They won by
a landslide
The illness will
strike again
Communicate with police by
miming her throat being cut
Australian security forces storm the Sydney cafe where several hostages were being held at
gunpoint, in what look like the dramatic denouement to a stand-off that had dragged on for more than 16 hours
Heavy gunfire and loud
bangs rang out
Police, including paramilitary officers, cordoned off several blocks around the cafe as negotiators tried to
defuse one of the biggest security scares in Australia for decades
He poured
scorn on EU criticism
The instigators of
the occupy movement
Hostages ran
for their lives
Brisk
business
The reasons for his acts remain
murky
He was benevolent but no
pushover
Chinese tourists were blacklisted for
scalding Thai air stewardess in air rage flight
People respond with humble
protests of surprise or unworthiness
The speech of accepting appointment is, however, no time for
modesty, feigned or genuine
Popcorn
moment
To waltz
through
To romp
through
To take it in your
stride
Easy on the
ear
Easy on the
eye
Go easy on
somebody
Go easy on
salt
We like to follow the line of
least resistance
I might be on a sticky
wicket if I used that line
Your teeth
chatter
Goose pimples or goose bumps
appear on your skin
It is stone
cold
You have a cool-headed
assessment of the situation
Blow hot
and cold
Leave someone out
in the cold
Make one s blood
run cold
When one person sneezes,
another catches cold
An impressive feat of mountaineering today saw
yet another giant banner hung up in Hong Kong
Sporting the wording Do not forget the original goal, in
reference to protestors ongoing push for universal suffrage
They reported that speed bump was successfully
smoothed over
An out-of-nowhere, heartfelt
I love you
The common thread of
the seven habits
We have trawled the
Internet for a few of the best examples
No thanks I am all
set
Make friends of the wrong
sorts
To die a most painful
death
I can distinctly
remember the day I first got interested in words
Sheer dumb
luck
You stood on
my foot
Now Ian is ready for the
off
To pound the point
home
Here is ten million bucks. Blow it all at the roulette wheel and I will
smack you upside the head
I beg to
differ
I agree to
differ
You need not commit to memory
every little bit of details
If that takes a while, it is time
well spent
A light-hearted
speech
The now-defunct
club
Drunken revellers
brawled in the town centre in the early hours
He is a very hands-on
horse owners
On a bad day, he could rack up
betting losses of up to
Fork out cash on carrots,
barns and other expenses
A reality check for women who
want it all
The argument would have sounded
stale
Why would her success be tied to
a man
Something increasingly
gnawed at me
I looked longingly at my compatriots who had
well-manicured lawns, cute kids and well-groomed husbands
The epiphany
hit me recently as
My biological clock would be
winding down
My somewhat exasperated husband tells me to
make a decision
Move her professional pursuits
to the sidelines
He arrive in court unshaved and sporting a
covering grey stubble
Fall from
grace
The personal aide to former president was groomed to be
one of the leaders
The request smacked of a
cover-up
The floods that threatened to deluge the centre of York yesterday put
paid to virtually all weekend river match action
The Robin Hood
spoof
The three words are a constant
refrain for pop songs
Draw a long
sigh
Although she said she would sleep on it, she was virtually
certain to resign
When in doubt, check a dictionary. Better yet,
check two or three
To let a typo slip
in once in a while
Will not think any
less of you
Likely to inspire eye
rolls and unkind thoughts about your skill level
Another source from which we
draw is our knowledge of each other, a well of familiarity which increases in depth with every passing day
The Lennon Wall became
plastered with brightly coloured notes of support
She scrawled
on the wall
It is posing a
climate of fear
A servile and
obedient dog
Your insistence exposed you as, if not
utterly evil, then irrationally disproportionate
Boorish
behaviour
The mention of the fee caused a
stir on the bus
They walked to an open
spot to relieve themselves
An effort to soothe frayed nerves
A
Tempers are
frayed
Other tourists turn tail when they know the Chinese are coming, causing a
dent in earnings
Their ranks keep
growing
To deface a stone
sculpture with graffiti
Many Chinese cringed at the shame and
embarrassment brought on them
Tensions have spilled into
furious name-calling
Swamped by the avalanche of
criticism against their citizens
The good ones are good, but the
bad apples remain the same
The debris appears
fairly contained
She endured her illness with
great fortitude
To pay an immediate
advance of money
They collapsed in
grief
The car stalled
at the crossroads
The disaster have dented
confidence in the industry
The plane overshot the
runway and spooked travellers
The pilot with many flying hours
under his belt
I have been sitting here for goodness
knows how long twiddling my thumbs
Play
gooseberry
Zeal without knowledge is
fire without light
Have more guts than
brains
I had heard on the
grapevine that the business was nearly settled
I jumped at the
chance of a career in football
I got tired of having to wet
nurse performers
I had a dirty great
chip on my shoulder
It is grating
to the ears
The inspector broke the
news to me with tact and consideration
He was sitting in the bedroom strumming
a guitar
He shot to
fame after
It would be foolhardy to go into the scheme
without support
Even in my befuddled state I could see that they meant
trouble
She felt disquieted at the lack of
interest the girl had grown
She strutted down
the catwalk
Clive had let slip
he was married
Do not skulk outside the
door like a spy
It was dear
to my heart
All else pales
by comparison
Bumped into an old
flame
The brows were tweezed to an
almost invisible line
She spent the loose
change on a soda
I do feel
for you
Gusts of snow flurried
through the door
The sleep-deprived Lai even looked like he would fall off his chair, leaning so far to his side that it was a
wonder his spectacles managed to stay put
To leave in a
huff
He shyly stuttered out an invitation to the cinema
A
Trained workers are on
tap in the afternoon
To meet up
briefly
The plans have come to
fruition rather sooner than expected
They have given the idea the
thumbs-down
Cathay has lost its boldness of being ahead of the
curve, and is now just playing safe
He grabbed the back of my head, weaving his
fingers in my hair and then yanked my head up
One of the other girls gave her ponytail a
yank
Passengers on a flight to Beijing yanked opened
three emergency exit doors just moments before takeoff after becoming irritated at delays caused by snow
During a character meet-and-greet, the two seemed to hit it
off well enough at first
Roman Holiday is
entertainment or gain acquired at the expense of others s suffering or loss, so called from the gladiatorial contests waged as entertainment in ancient Rome
Hobson’s
choice
Your sister might find the ring if she goes
snooping around
Two cars were later found
torched
Firefighters were called to tackle the
blazing vehicles
Lend their
support to
He was run over by a van after intervening to try and
foil a street theft
It was an innocuous
question
I grinned and gulped
my beer
To leave a trail of
breadcrumbs for their potential partner
Material
asceticism
To reach dazzling
heights on the career ladder
They loathe to cede
the power
If it was such a rotten holiday, why
hark back to it
For the banks chasing this growing business, the gloves are now
definitely off
You got the emotional range of
a teaspoon
This year I swore off
booze, vowing to drink casually and infrequently
The Condor
Lovers
He chastised his
colleagues for their laziness
All men look debonair and handsome in
white tie and tails
Ma is set to face a barrage of
questions when the e-commerce giant reports quarterly earnings today, spurred by a government regulator’s blistering accusation of widespread fraud
It marks an
accusation of the war of words
