Gd10 Flashcards
If there’s nothing else,
I must get on
A long and gassy
book
Take your meds,
man
You
ninny
Modest in
size
The British was faced by a brain drain at the nadir
of confidence in Hong Kong
For decades, alarmists have been crying wolf with
proclamations that the world is running out of oil
The course doesn’t start until May, so there’s still time to
chicken out, if need be
The facts seem to have borne out the necessity of the action in face of unprecedented, sophisticated, and coordinated transborder
attempts at manipulating HKSAR’s financial markets
The hedge fund, which had been spreading an unchecked plague from Bangkok to Moscow, were
taken on and beaten
Women throw themselves
at him
To chase your
blue away
Drake and Jennifer Lopez are officially
a thing
Her bag was slung
over her shoulder
We slung a hammock
between two trees
She looked at herself at the mirror, it fitted her like a glove, and it was not even showing too much
cleavage as the other dresses she had tried on
I just thought it seemed a very unfriendly,
to say the least of it, way of doing things
Some discrepancy seems unavoidable, but we have tried our best to
keep it as slight as possible
Wish to sink
through the ground
Wish the ground would
swallow up
All else pales
by comparison
I sat in the pew and heard him
prate on for at least an hour
Everyone is accounted for after
the floods
Time to pop the
corks
Grab-and-go
snacks
What did we do to
deserve you?
I was up
late last night
Attaboy
/Atta girl
Did I left the toilet
seat up?
A pop
quiz
We were worried
sick
Beautiful things don’t ask
for attention
Man for the field;
woman for the hearth
I pretended to be utterly helpless.
This appealed to the mother in her
He is all
attention
He is all
smiles
He has recovered, much
to the delight of his friends
I hope the investment will prove to
your advantage
It is good for you to keep
early hours
The fire forms a path of
death and destruction
Some evaluators consider typos and spelling and punctuation errors to be
peccadillos and ignore them in their overall assessments, while others will regard them as serious
Mr Lai has been asking for more responsibility, but has bad to content
himself with a minor managerial post
No offense.
None taken
I holed up with the
books for two days
You don’t think straight in
this moment of madness
The executive order is vague in
its wording and broad in its reach
He can come up with a witty
remark in any situation
On the other side of a vast cultural
divide, it seems
Hi, wanna get
acquainted?
Riding the bus
already!
Sounds promising! If your offer still
stands, I will come over right now
They couldn’t be bothered to look it up
look it up
Others struggle with bags
and briefcases, looking hot and bothered
Nothing much.
Staying home today
Where are you
already?
Is your invitation still
standing?
Men need to court us long
and hard
We are made to be showered
with flowers
I am fully stocked up
on drinks
Stop being such a diva and
get over yourself
I am just working for chicken
feed
Don’t strut your stuff
on stairs
Followed a distant
second by
He plunged his
hands into his pockets
Machinery faintly
purred
They were game for
anything
With all honesty, did you
jump on the bed?
The hotel boasts high
standards of comfort
Environmental emissions from cradle
to grave
Scoop the top
gong
She was beside
herself with rage
The plot
thickens
Everyone in the audience looked stunned
to say the least
Straight off the
top of my head
Can you hold
your drink
The dog in the
manger
Soft fire makes
sweet malt
It is not a matter of general
application of policy
I really don’t want to open a can of
worms at the College level
That’s not very
lady-like isn’t it
And the sweetest thing for me, she’s been a personal friend and
soul sister
Free trade in international aviation will remain a
pipe dream
A huge confluence of
luck and opportunities
We are confident that next year’s rendition of the contest will
raise the bar once again
He decanted the rich red
liquid into the glasses
So what can we do to still get the benefits, without diving
full fledge into abstinence?
Fall into the arms of
Morpheus
Destiny
calls
And unlike some other media organizations, we haven’t
put up a paywall
When the police found the body in his garden, the game
was up
In a dry
spell
Light of his life,
fire of his loins
Can you see to it that the email
goes out this afternoon
Go freak
yourself
Learn to live
with that
After his wife died, he just
pined away
His loss will leave a huge
void in all of our lives
I am sad that we met under
such terrible circumstances
He aged
out
Catch you
later
I remember that just
fine
They sat in the back seats for
old times’ sake
What makes you think I wouldn’t help some friends
for old times’ sake
I heard his cries
echo through this house
Sheer wanton
vandalism
Suffering builds
character
He can pull off different military
garbs
All in a vain
effort
She felt wildly overdressed in her
velvet suit
She is almost always overdressed, and in ways that make people
blink
I hoped I wouldn’t look underdressed in my jumper
and jeans
It appears that an unlikely bromance has
blossomed amidst the the players
Hanky-
panky
Like most of my generation, I was brought up on the saying:
‘Satan finds some mischief for idle hands to do.’
SHK posts bumper
sales as HK$10m one-bedroom flat sizzles
A single-bedroom apartment measures
about 400-plus square feet
His measured and dignified
prose is cool, lucid, and enlivened by ironic wit
Oh I can see
that
Campbell threatened to run him
through with his sword
He is two months shy
of turning 18
Delusions of
grandeur
A torrid love
affair
To cook
intelligence
Shield stands guard and
sword stands ready
For the banks chasing this growing business, the gloves are
now definitely off
An edgy yet tasteful
sense of humour
Explain why her crush should
date her
Sick of your family nagging you to get a serious girlfriend?
Look no further
I am a tantalizing conversationist and can hold riveting
table talk with your parents
I am well dressed and will look
classy at family reunions
I have behind-the-scenes
benefactors that can spot me cash
I will not be too
clingy
Machine gunfire erupts in the heart of the Paris tourist zone, as terror suspect riddles
police car with bullets
Not all heroes wear
capes
Hope this email finds you
well
We want to bring him to his
senses, not his knees
His outburst was entirely
in/out of character
I must confess that I rolled my eyes
heavenward
They found they could earn a perfectly good living by
sponging off others
He edged closer, clearly intending to
sponge money from her
You chose to consort with the
enemy
Game of
chicken
Silver
bullet
All we had was what was left after the guests had
eaten their fill
The pigs had had their
fill of the leftovers
Call your mom. Can you
bunk over
Do I look in a
gaming mood
I am not overly fond of what
follows
I am clocking
out here
The man
rabbited
He stretched his legs in front of the fire and laughed
heartily for some time
Oblige me by not being
sorry for yourself
He appeared to be in a great hurry, shouted to the cabman to wait, and brushed past the maid who opened the door with the air
of a man who was thoroughly at home
She has more than her fair
share of mishaps along the way
He decided not to launch straight
into a career in the field
I don’t want to come across as
superior
The letter is enough to strike utter
fear into any student
I am dead against
camping holidays. I can never sleep comfortably in a tent
What’s wrong with Linda? She cut me
dead in the bank this morning
Over my dead
body
What a terrible colour! I wouldn’t be seen
dead in it
A lapse of
judgement
MMA doesn’t have to be about bashing the hell out of someone, or getting yourself beaten to a
bloody pulp
Chinese MMA fighter wipes
floor with Tai Chi master
We are spoilt for
choice
I told my parents not to wait
supper
He disappeared into his bedroom and returned in a few minutes in the character of an amiable and
simple-minded Nonconformist clergyman
She wears behind-baring
dress to the gala
The sheer, backless look came with a thigh-high slit and a diagonal chest-baring cutout, and
left not much to the imagination on the back
Lunch is on
me today
The next round is
my shout
He had a scrawny
physique and a protuberant Adam’s apple
Old but gold.
Always sweet like wine
Have children in wedlock and don’t confuse love with
debauchery
It’s not right she should be flouncing
around with her fancy man
He was bowled over
by her beauty
I caught a whiff of peachy
perfume
She seemed quite sweet
on him
He was getting a lot of mileage
out of the mix-up
Service industries barely seem to
register
He has become filthy
rich
Go or come with the
territory
