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Gd10 Flashcards

1
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If there’s nothing else,

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I must get on

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2
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A long and gassy

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book

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3
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Take your meds,

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man

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4
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You

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ninny

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5
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Modest in

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size

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6
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The British was faced by a brain drain at the nadir

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of confidence in Hong Kong

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7
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For decades, alarmists have been crying wolf with

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proclamations that the world is running out of oil

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8
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The course doesn’t start until May, so there’s still time to

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chicken out, if need be

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9
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The facts seem to have borne out the necessity of the action in face of unprecedented, sophisticated, and coordinated transborder

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attempts at manipulating HKSAR’s financial markets

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10
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The hedge fund, which had been spreading an unchecked plague from Bangkok to Moscow, were

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taken on and beaten

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11
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Women throw themselves

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at him

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12
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To chase your

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blue away

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13
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Drake and Jennifer Lopez are officially

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a thing

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14
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Her bag was slung

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over her shoulder

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15
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We slung a hammock

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between two trees

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16
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She looked at herself at the mirror, it fitted her like a glove, and it was not even showing too much

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cleavage as the other dresses she had tried on

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17
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I just thought it seemed a very unfriendly,

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to say the least of it, way of doing things

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18
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Some discrepancy seems unavoidable, but we have tried our best to

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keep it as slight as possible

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19
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Wish to sink

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through the ground

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20
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Wish the ground would

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swallow up

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21
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All else pales

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by comparison

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22
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I sat in the pew and heard him

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prate on for at least an hour

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23
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Everyone is accounted for after

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the floods

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24
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Time to pop the

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corks

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25
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Grab-and-go

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snacks

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26
Q

What did we do to

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deserve you?

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27
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I was up

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late last night

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28
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Attaboy

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/Atta girl

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29
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Did I left the toilet

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seat up?

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30
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A pop

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quiz

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31
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We were worried

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sick

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32
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Beautiful things don’t ask

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for attention

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33
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Man for the field;

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woman for the hearth

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34
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I pretended to be utterly helpless.

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This appealed to the mother in her

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35
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He is all

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attention

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36
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He is all

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smiles

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37
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He has recovered, much

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to the delight of his friends

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38
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I hope the investment will prove to

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your advantage

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39
Q

It is good for you to keep

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early hours

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40
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The fire forms a path of

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death and destruction

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41
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Some evaluators consider typos and spelling and punctuation errors to be

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peccadillos and ignore them in their overall assessments, while others will regard them as serious

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42
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Mr Lai has been asking for more responsibility, but has bad to content

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himself with a minor managerial post

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43
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No offense.

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None taken

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44
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I holed up with the

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books for two days

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45
Q

You don’t think straight in

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this moment of madness

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46
Q

The executive order is vague in

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its wording and broad in its reach

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47
Q

He can come up with a witty

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remark in any situation

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48
Q

On the other side of a vast cultural

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divide, it seems

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49
Q

Hi, wanna get

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acquainted?

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50
Q

Riding the bus

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already!

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51
Q

Sounds promising! If your offer still

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stands, I will come over right now

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52
Q

They couldn’t be bothered to look it up

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look it up

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53
Q

Others struggle with bags

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and briefcases, looking hot and bothered

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54
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Nothing much.

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Staying home today

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55
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Where are you

A

already?

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56
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Is your invitation still

A

standing?

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57
Q

Men need to court us long

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and hard

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58
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We are made to be showered

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with flowers

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59
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I am fully stocked up

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on drinks

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60
Q

Stop being such a diva and

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get over yourself

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61
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I am just working for chicken

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feed

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62
Q

Don’t strut your stuff

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on stairs

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63
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Followed a distant

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second by

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64
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He plunged his

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hands into his pockets

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65
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Machinery faintly

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purred

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66
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They were game for

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anything

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67
Q

With all honesty, did you

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jump on the bed?

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68
Q

The hotel boasts high

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standards of comfort

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69
Q

Environmental emissions from cradle

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to grave

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70
Q

Scoop the top

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gong

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71
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She was beside

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herself with rage

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72
Q

The plot

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thickens

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73
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Everyone in the audience looked stunned

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to say the least

74
Q

Straight off the

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top of my head

75
Q

Can you hold

A

your drink

76
Q

The dog in the

A

manger

77
Q

Soft fire makes

A

sweet malt

78
Q

It is not a matter of general

A

application of policy

79
Q

I really don’t want to open a can of

A

worms at the College level

80
Q

That’s not very

A

lady-like isn’t it

81
Q

And the sweetest thing for me, she’s been a personal friend and

A

soul sister

82
Q

Free trade in international aviation will remain a

A

pipe dream

83
Q

A huge confluence of

A

luck and opportunities

84
Q

We are confident that next year’s rendition of the contest will

A

raise the bar once again

85
Q

He decanted the rich red

A

liquid into the glasses

86
Q

So what can we do to still get the benefits, without diving

A

full fledge into abstinence?

87
Q

Fall into the arms of

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Morpheus

88
Q

Destiny

A

calls

89
Q

And unlike some other media organizations, we haven’t

A

put up a paywall

90
Q

When the police found the body in his garden, the game

A

was up

91
Q

In a dry

A

spell

92
Q

Light of his life,

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fire of his loins

93
Q

Can you see to it that the email

A

goes out this afternoon

94
Q

Go freak

A

yourself

95
Q

Learn to live

A

with that

96
Q

After his wife died, he just

A

pined away

97
Q

His loss will leave a huge

A

void in all of our lives

98
Q

I am sad that we met under

A

such terrible circumstances

99
Q

He aged

A

out

100
Q

Catch you

A

later

101
Q

I remember that just

A

fine

102
Q

They sat in the back seats for

A

old times’ sake

103
Q

What makes you think I wouldn’t help some friends

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for old times’ sake

104
Q

I heard his cries

A

echo through this house

105
Q

Sheer wanton

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vandalism

106
Q

Suffering builds

A

character

107
Q

He can pull off different military

A

garbs

108
Q

All in a vain

A

effort

109
Q

She felt wildly overdressed in her

A

velvet suit

110
Q

She is almost always overdressed, and in ways that make people

A

blink

111
Q

I hoped I wouldn’t look underdressed in my jumper

A

and jeans

112
Q

It appears that an unlikely bromance has

A

blossomed amidst the the players

113
Q

Hanky-

A

panky

114
Q

Like most of my generation, I was brought up on the saying:

A

‘Satan finds some mischief for idle hands to do.’

115
Q

SHK posts bumper

A

sales as HK$10m one-bedroom flat sizzles

116
Q

A single-bedroom apartment measures

A

about 400-plus square feet

117
Q

His measured and dignified

A

prose is cool, lucid, and enlivened by ironic wit

118
Q

Oh I can see

A

that

119
Q

Campbell threatened to run him

A

through with his sword

120
Q

He is two months shy

A

of turning 18

121
Q

Delusions of

A

grandeur

122
Q

A torrid love

A

affair

123
Q

To cook

A

intelligence

124
Q

Shield stands guard and

A

sword stands ready

125
Q

For the banks chasing this growing business, the gloves are

A

now definitely off

126
Q

An edgy yet tasteful

A

sense of humour

127
Q

Explain why her crush should

A

date her

128
Q

Sick of your family nagging you to get a serious girlfriend?

A

Look no further

129
Q

I am a tantalizing conversationist and can hold riveting

A

table talk with your parents

130
Q

I am well dressed and will look

A

classy at family reunions

131
Q

I have behind-the-scenes

A

benefactors that can spot me cash

132
Q

I will not be too

A

clingy

133
Q

Machine gunfire erupts in the heart of the Paris tourist zone, as terror suspect riddles

A

police car with bullets

134
Q

Not all heroes wear

A

capes

135
Q

Hope this email finds you

A

well

136
Q

We want to bring him to his

A

senses, not his knees

137
Q

His outburst was entirely

A

in/out of character

138
Q

I must confess that I rolled my eyes

A

heavenward

139
Q

They found they could earn a perfectly good living by

A

sponging off others

140
Q

He edged closer, clearly intending to

A

sponge money from her

141
Q

You chose to consort with the

A

enemy

142
Q

Game of

A

chicken

143
Q

Silver

A

bullet

144
Q

All we had was what was left after the guests had

A

eaten their fill

145
Q

The pigs had had their

A

fill of the leftovers

146
Q

Call your mom. Can you

A

bunk over

147
Q

Do I look in a

A

gaming mood

148
Q

I am not overly fond of what

A

follows

149
Q

I am clocking

A

out here

150
Q

The man

A

rabbited

151
Q

He stretched his legs in front of the fire and laughed

A

heartily for some time

152
Q

Oblige me by not being

A

sorry for yourself

153
Q

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

A

of a man who was thoroughly at home

154
Q

She has more than her fair

A

share of mishaps along the way

155
Q

He decided not to launch straight

A

into a career in the field

156
Q

I don’t want to come across as

A

superior

157
Q

The letter is enough to strike utter

A

fear into any student

158
Q

I am dead against

A

camping holidays. I can never sleep comfortably in a tent

159
Q

What’s wrong with Linda? She cut me

A

dead in the bank this morning

160
Q

Over my dead

A

body

161
Q

What a terrible colour! I wouldn’t be seen

A

dead in it

162
Q

A lapse of

A

judgement

163
Q

MMA doesn’t have to be about bashing the hell out of someone, or getting yourself beaten to a

A

bloody pulp

164
Q

Chinese MMA fighter wipes

A

floor with Tai Chi master

165
Q

We are spoilt for

A

choice

166
Q

I told my parents not to wait

A

supper

167
Q

He disappeared into his bedroom and returned in a few minutes in the character of an amiable and

A

simple-minded Nonconformist clergyman

168
Q

She wears behind-baring

A

dress to the gala

169
Q

The sheer, backless look came with a thigh-high slit and a diagonal chest-baring cutout, and

A

left not much to the imagination on the back

170
Q

Lunch is on

A

me today

171
Q

The next round is

A

my shout

172
Q

He had a scrawny

A

physique and a protuberant Adam’s apple

173
Q

Old but gold.

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Always sweet like wine

174
Q

Have children in wedlock and don’t confuse love with

A

debauchery

175
Q

It’s not right she should be flouncing

A

around with her fancy man

176
Q

He was bowled over

A

by her beauty

177
Q

I caught a whiff of peachy

A

perfume

178
Q

She seemed quite sweet

A

on him

179
Q

He was getting a lot of mileage

A

out of the mix-up

180
Q

Service industries barely seem to

A

register

181
Q

He has become filthy

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rich

182
Q

Go or come with the

A

territory

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