Gd11 Flashcards
Down
payment
Put sth.
in order
Put sth.
at risk
Thousands of people besiege
the branches
wrap up
conclude
stripping out
this windfall
A public
outcry
Call it off at
the last minutes
Flat-for-flat
compensation
Judge slams sb.
as dishonest
Dodge legal
bill
Forge a
will purporting…
His audacity to perpetuate
a deception
It is noteworthy
that
Profit was
hit by
Lifer
終生從事某種職業的人
indecision/ wavering
優柔寡斷
Step back from the brink
臨崖勒馬
Have a moment’s
respite
Become a vicious mudslinging,
not to say muckraking, campaign
The race is spinning
out of control
A two-horse
race
The race was mired
in scandal
Lawmakers have become
emboldened
Avoid another
minefield
A swelling of
Legco power
A new round of political
infighting
The election will be declared
invalid
Impeachment bid
looms
Collusion
勾結
Dereliction
of duty
There is a slim
chance of …
In the first
instance
A media
heavyweight
His tenure
as president
Take the rein
at the company
Undergo a management
reshuffle
Emeritus
professor
Thinned the rank of
the university
Well-heeled (infml)
富有的
Quoting unnamed
sources
Mother-to-
be
Overstay without undergoing
prenatal checks
About to go into
labour
Run against the original
purpose of the bill
Do not fall in line with
international standard
The authority synchronizes the fees
for all operators
Pick up the pieces of
a shattered reputation
It sickens
me
Sitting scrunched up
in a chair
Is littered with
dirty plates
An angelic
voice
Record comeback
tunes
A fondness of booze (infml)
and cigarettes
Child
stardom
Dog her every
step
Uncanny mastery of
classical music
Stay out of the
public eye
Cut off many of
her childhood friend
Uncompromising
outspokenness
Furore
轟動事件
Lambast teachers
for …
Impertinent and
reckless
His ordeal is a
chilling example
Seek solace
in Buddhism
Over-zealous
passion
Enmity between Taiwan
and the Mainland
Overstep his role
as a journalist
Be embroiled in
suffering
Spell out the reason
for his incarceration
A government
think-tank
Precocious
早成的
An apt reflection
of my life
Must not remain heedless
of the situation
Double-not
Women who as well as their spouses are not Hong Kong residents
The hostile sentiments have been
simmering for long
An acrimonious
dispute
Work
late
Be
snubbed
Tackle an issue in bits and pieces/ in dribs and drabs
/ in a piecemeal approach
Has a good grasp of
social matter
A perfunctory
reply
Such questions will certainly be put to
CE aspirants
Fragmented
comments
At odds
with
A bogus universal
suffrage election
At the central government’s
beck and call
Be in
the red
Put forward
persuasive arguments
Recoup its
investment
In their
infancy
Lump “education” and
“industry” together
Rest on its
laurels
Ephemeral
短暫的
The owner will pocket any
value increase
Steve Jobs died at 56, in his prime,
one may say
Some mention him and Thomas Edison, the inventor, in the same breath
相提並論
Jobs of course owed his successes
to his brilliant talent and perseverance
The government sets great
store by R&D
If a new product is unveiled, the market is soon
glutted with fakes of it
At the
helm
In the upbringing
of the child
Ostracize
排斥
Unruly
behaviour
The manager presides
over the business of the store
The business spans
three continents
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