Gd14 Flashcards
Jim told me to go away, or words to
that effect
The letter said something to the effect
that she was no longer needed
Sorry to be a
kill-joy
A comedy sketch has caused anger online for using a Chinese actress in blackface and giant fake
buttock to depict an African character
The skit, sprinkled with much farcical and stereotypical imagery, was cringeworthy at
best, completely racist at worst
There’s gonna be a hella funny
backlash to this tasteless propaganda
Imagine a white guy with yellow face, a rice farmer’s hat, buck
teeth, and speaking in stereotypical Chinese accent
Awareness of blackface and its dubious
connotations in the West are low in China
The shop was known to provide an assortment of palatable
sweets
The boost to his bank account didn’t send him on a
spending spree
It may not come as a surprise that Gates isn’t one for
opulence
Sitting back, humming under his
breath, he scanned the waters for anything that might present itself
Upon hearing the joke, John burst into a loud
guffaw
Many artists are forced to bow out of the
profession at a relatively early age
Don’t play the
innocent with me
Good potential MPs would not demean themselves by
setting out to acquire popularity
That was below the
belt
Don’t think badly
of him. It’s my fault
Make peace
with yourself
He trembled at the
touch of her hand
In her imagination the flat was
peopled with ghosts
The rain pattered on the windshield as he traversed
the darkness
They are in an alliance of
convenience
He talked tough about China but didn’t see
it through
A rust-belt
town
The grating sound set her teeth on
edge
He could not reconcile himself to
the prospect of losing her
Once inside, they will be comfortably
ensconced in well designed seats
Depress clutch before
changing gear
These notes were written in 1860 or
thereabouts
As supermodels price themselves out
of the market, actresses are ready to negotiate terms
Consider it
done
I wish to register an
objection
The government registered
concerns over the tariff increase
The move was considered by analysts to be the first
salvo in an impending trade war between the US and China
To slake a
desire or craving
This will allow the school to duly record and track each individual absence as
either doctor and parent excused
A mistaken belief in consent meant that the defendant lacks
mens rea
Gesturing and mugging for
the camera, the children made comical faces
Money-grubbing
speculators
The pneumatic pressure of the
car’s tyres had to be rechecked
I’ll never be allowed back—
not that I’d want to go back
The teacher insisted on taking a maudlin
picture with each of her students every year
He ruffled her
hair affectionately
Prince Harry may be off limits, but here’s how you can
snag Meghan Markle’s gorgeous hair colour
It’s no wonder so many of us are crushing on her: not only is she about to live out very little girl fantasy by becoming a princess, but she’s also giving, effortlessly
chic, and down-to-earth
She’s got a mane so
glorious we’re all taking notes on how to replicate it
George, who happens to hail from the UK, gives us tips on how to get Meghan’s
perfectly coiffed’do
He agreed to pay at certain specified rates per
diem
You can hear in the clip below how well the joke
went down in the room
There is evidence that the slump is not cyclical but
secular
The dogmatic resistance to entrenchment would raise its
arid and pedantic head
But the reckoning had to come, and
so it did in 2008
To go beyond shallow
banter
The budget has been pared
to the bone
His last attempt at negotiating with an unwavering leader has now been rejected
out of hand
Disagree with me by all means, dear reader, but don’t dismiss me
out of hand
His tactical movements, though full of graceful dash and brilliancy, are utterly destitute of
sobriety, of caution, or even of common sense
For a start, Gladstone had committed the cardinal
sin of taking Homer far too seriously
Too clever
by half!
They’re going to the gym daily to get buff
pecs, ripped abs, and tight buns
While that may have signaled a new era of Apple innovation, it appears this is also a time where we will have to bend our
credit card even further
He exemplifies the rags to
riches story
Will be in Hong Kong,
hit me up
If you have a serious band and would like to play some music,
hit me up
This car guzzles
petrol
We watch through our fingers as another convenience meal is nuked in the microwave, another can of fizzy
pop is guzzled, another packet of crisps scoffed
Never try to overtake on
a bend
All pretence at unity went out of the
window as cabinet colleagues traded insults
Currency swaps between central banks in Asia are being widely used; thus a line from the PBOC to backstop the HKMA would be completely normal. Access to China’s currency reserve pile is a very big
stick to swing, even against today’s multi-trillion dollar FX market
Honey
traps
It accused Channel 4 of setting out to entrap staff by initiating a conversation about unethical practices. It rejected any suggestion that the company used fake news,
honey traps, bribes and entrapment
You should take pride
in your work
At first, he took no interest
in the baby
She stood feeling lost until an elderly man took
pity on her
Don’t take offence. Roger says things
like that to everybody
Investors can take comfort from the fact that the World Bank is
underwriting the shares
A slender, elongated
neck
A talent scout spotted Marilyn Monroe at the airport, and the rest is
history
- I think Austin is the most handsome man in the world
- You can say that again
I did very well in school, with a “genius IQ”
if you will
I’ve given myself from now until Xmas to chill out - an extending holiday
if you like
His doctor was barraged with
unsolicited advice
I became besotted
with a local barmaid
I just snack
on grapes
Treadmill running or
outdoor running
A brisk
walk
Graced by full-bodied, evocative performances by Washington and Davis, Fences brims with heart and emotional
majesty amid its blue-collar setting
Jesse bounced in his booster
seat in back, nodding his little blond head
Jordan climbed into his booster seat and strapped
himself in
Fortune is smiling
on us
A woman took to Twitter to seek advice after her
body-shaming boyfriend accused her of having a ‘beer gut’
To her bewilderment, the vile messages soon went viral as it garnered over 5000
supportive comments
The city’s cab drivers are notorious for fixing
fares and fleecing tourists
I got an affectionate
send-off from my colleagues
The 51-year-old ended up in a vegetative
state after the unprovoked attack and died six months later
He was hardworking and
larger than life
Sugar has been courting all the
headlines of late
High-sugar content of fizzy drinks can have some pretty negative effects on your
pearly whites
You might feel faux-full after downing a can of the fuzzy stuff, but that’s actually your body’s
sneaky way of tricking you
He worked out in her black
leotard
We gave them the
slip at the station
Couples necking and
petting in cars
He was dressed poorly, with wild looking eyes and was
slobbering at the mouth
Senior managers had to keep a stiff
upper lip and remain optimistic
Upper-class Englishmen pride themselves on discretion and
a stiff upper lip, deeply unfashionable human qualities in these tabloid times
I bought a pair at the
urging of several of my colleagues
I poured scorn on Apple’s designers for crafting a pair of expensive and
easy-to-lose cigarette butts
My priority are heavily
skewed in favour of maximising sound quality over convenience
I need to keep my wits about me in order to see beyond the obfuscating medical
mumbo-jumbo meant to dazzle me into deadly passivity
The band were sussed and
streetwise
At the moment the annual summit is little more than an expensive
talking shop
Even in a nation with a long and noble history of brutal comedy roasts, the performance of Michelle Wolf at the dinner put
the cat among the social media pigeons
Twitter lit up on Saturday night and into Sunday with impassioned responses to the comic’s hyper-caustic
japes at the expense of senior figures in the Trump administration
The annual event, traditionally conceived as a chance for government officials and reporters to let their hair
down and poke fun at each other with some well-intentioned ribbing, descended into all-out acrimony
Trump boycotted the dinner for a second year
running
Haberman, who has written some of the excoriating dispatches on the Trump White House and has been attacked for it by the president, leapt
to Sanders’ defense
The dinner was criticized for being a cozy club in which administration officials and journalists ate together, laughed and sang together and generally fawned
over each other
In America, baseball reigns
supreme
Anti-mainland sentiment among Hongkongers complaining of overcrowding and a strain
on resources have died down from its peak in 2015
The impact of cash-rich shoppers was evident in Tsim Sha Tsui on Monday, as the streets were filled with mainland visitors lugging
their purchases in suitcases and backpacks
At the center of the ruckus was Sarah Sanders who, sitting just feet away from the standup comic on the high table, was the butt
of some of Wolf’s sharpest barbs
Piling in from the other direction, there was also a mass of comment on social media defending Wolf’s first amendment right to speak as she saw fit and decrying
the inability of so many people to take a joke
Being one of Trump betes
noires, he slammed those who called Wolf’s speech vulgar by replying: “It’s a roast.”
Grace leaned down to his
ear and spoke soothingly
This chapter is all
smut. You do not actually have to read it
Marcy gave Andre an evil eye as he twirled her
hair around his index finger
Her hair swung in
waves as she shimmied down the catwalk
My mind went blank; I couldn’t draw a
coherent thought
Sate your
appetite at the resort’s restaurant
I took lodgings
in an old temple
Not a courteous word was
exchanged between him and his guests
I will not allow myself to be overpowered by
grief, so that my eating and sleeping habits are not greatly affected
Our brother Song, who recently underwent similar sufferings, has the marks of fresh tears added to his
sunken eyes
Burglars made off
with all their wedding presents
His paunch
bulged over a sash
Have you had your
five a day today
Sunny days are here again as spring
rolls into summer
Sun-induced skin damage causes premature
wrinkling, saga and bags
As with most good things in life, moderation
is key
Little
Jezebel
Oh did the world just turn upside
down? You admitted being wrong
The dog continued to growl, its hackles
raised
Make someone’s hackles
rise
They waxed
lyrical about the old days
Piebald patterns are
prominent in various types of cattle
A woman was caught on dashcam throwing
herself at stationary car in Hong Kong
I thought ghosting was a terrible dating habit reserved for casual
flings
I’ve been ghosted, I’ve done the ghosting: it’s par
for the course
She believes a long-term relationship requires certain standards of
decorum
She lost the thread of the
conversation after a time
Their mother nature has played some cruel
prank on them
Sometimes functions win out over
forms
The reigning European
champions
Not to mention the fact that she looked stunning and showed no traces of any baby
bump
Even the loose-fitting T-shirt could not hide her growing
baby bump, three months into her first pregnancy
The game was so thrilling that fans were treated to an exceptional
roller coaster of excitement
He always comes in with a grin, a
happy-go-lucky sort of chap
An effluence of people from the stadium
crowded the streets
He gnashed his
teeth in anger as he saw John enter the room
Victory in a pulsating
semi-final
She brought her meek little
husband along
He had the most divine
smile
The women were dressed to the
nines
He waylaid me on the
stairs
He wears tobacco brown knee length shorts held up by
braces
A very prim and
proper lady
Have you tried to cozy
up to the popular students
Her shoes are probably pinching her
bunions
I wouldn’t leave you on your own for
the world, so don’t be afraid
Simon’s a man of the
world. He’ll know whether or not this is a case for a lawyer
Don’t talk so loudly. There’s no need for all and
sundry to hear our business
Good! So all being well we’ll
expect you on Sunday
He was very curt and rather rude. He all
but asked me to leave
- How many names have we got in the list?
- Five hundred and sixty, all told
If he offers to help us, all well and
good, but don’t ask him
There was a party somewhere close by last night. Car doors were banging until all
hours
Money isn’t the be-all and
end-all in life
- Did the boss approve your plan?
- Oh, yes! She’s all for it!
We’re expecting a delegation tomorrow, so it was all
go at the office today
When Jack realized that Mrs Winters would be responsible for casting the main parts in the new play, he was all
over her
I’m not surprised. That’s Tom all
over. He never gives anything away
For all his money, he’s not really
happy
- Where’s Jane? - At home, for
all I know
Such a
showstealer!
Children cowered in
terror as the shoot-out erupted
I was innocent but the evidence was
damning
To kill a snake,
cut off its head
The pleasure would be all ours to be of
assistance
It won’t be a walk in the
park by any means
A work-to-rule
action
Well, it’s a bottomless
pit
He found his duties increasingly
onerous
Meticulously stage your crime scene to raise the
specter of doubt
At last his father lassoed the
horse
Those familiar with Mr. Fincher’s work may wonder, perhaps with a shudder or a conspiratorial
smile, whether this head will share the fate of another head belonging to another pretty wife, a gift that was boxed and delivered in one of the hellish circles girdling his shocker “Seven.”
To milk every
cent from you
I could use some
help
No! Of all the
fools! They were worth at least three times that much
Guess who I met at the Frankfurt Book Fair! Bill Parkinson, of all
people!
When I told Maggie that I had not engaged, she said, ‘And the best of British luck!’ Of all
things to say
- I hear that Billy liked the present I sent him
- Oh, and how!
How is it that whenever I see James, he’s always
chatting instead of working
How on earth/ how
in the world
How the hell/
heck am I supposed to know where Julia is?
How’s/how about that
for punctuality? I said I’d be here by four, and it’s four on the dot
The workers would fight to the
bitter end
They are said to have been stopping the earth from
spinning
Orchestral playing of great
finesse
Her guilty secret was a blight
on her happiness
The sponsor was caught in the
crossfire of the battle between the world champion and his team boss
Avoid waffle or
padding in your essay
Doing elbow plank did not become a breeze. I had anticipated that a plank would feel like a
catwalk by the end of day 14
The hysteria reached a
crescendo around the spring festival
Expectations dictate that you are not really allowed to learn
on the job
The tear inside Kiev’s Olympic Stadium did not dribble only on the already
sodden shirts of those on the pitch
You took me out and, lo and
behold, I got home to find my house had been ransacked
I kid you not. It is very cringe-worthy. I shudder in
disbelief and shame
Just hear me
out on this
Isn’t it a bit small for you?
Just saying
The boss didn’t skip a beat during the meeting when his son-in-law staggered in,
reeking of booze
You can’t fluster my mother. No matter how you try to shock or annoy her, she never
skips a beat
I swear, my heart skipped a
beat the first time I saw my wife
Has that fallen on deaf
ear?
She did not need to measure herself
up against some ideal
We will give you a week’s trial in the job to see how you
measure up
Kindly don’t presume to issue me
orders in my own house
How could I ever presume to decline such a
great honour
A meandering train of
thought
As soon as it got dark, we all went
skinny-dipping
The outfit features a midi hemline, three flat, round buttons and a folded,
off-the-shoulder neckline
The short sleeve dress marks a stray from
tradition, as the ladies of the royal family typically opt for long sleeve options at the annual Trooping the Colour
He says he flirted with the
idea of running for president for one month
A time when we flirted with ideas that repel us in our
adulthood
Both leaders arrived without a trace of
a smile
This may seem to give disproportionate attention to a single
off the cuff remark
Imagine not being allowed a slip of one tongue, and off the cuff
remark or even a second thought
As their cause crumbles, Brexiters turn to fantasy and bitter
recriminations
It is when politicians make millenarian claims of permanent
irreversibility for any policy that you know they and the accompanying project are in trouble
The extravagance of the
claim was required because of its very improbability
It was a sign that the Brexit cause has its back
against the wall
There is no open sea into which Brexit Britain can
sail that offers no constraints on sovereignty, is free of trade-offs and confers only rich possibility
The WTO, so beloved of Brexiters as their new free trade guardian, is a
broken reed
Riven by factions and with no enforcement powers, it is incapable of even
adjudicating between the countries waging dangerous trade wars
To leave the sanctuary of global EU is to swim with
crocodiles
Third, and as telling, what fired Brexiters was the chance of
completing the Thatcher revolution
Princess Charlotte may be only 3 years old, but she has already won over the world with her sweet
waves and the occasional somersault
Put some shoes on that kid and smack
her bottom
All children talk back and
act up from time to time
She’s a lovely child, but she can be a bit of a
handful sometimes
She was tempted to call his
bluff, hardly believing he’d carry out his threat
Transfolks, increasingly numerous, loud and
proud, are calling our bluff
He had called her bluff, and she had met his
challenge head on
Working nine to five can be a
drag
Some bankers believe HKMA may use its moral
suasion to urge banks to increase their prime rate
We grew up in a rural
milieu
For all the other stuff sometimes seems to eclipse the game and for all it can feel as if the garnish has eaten
the steak in the words of one Spanish coach, the game fights back
They were looking for a vantage point for a
stake-out
He has to seize the match by the scruff of the
neck and haul Argentina to victory
He frowns. He looks
dour. His shoulder slumps
His burly physical presence belies his ability on
the ball
They showed off their playful side as they splashed around atop the pool
floats
They appeared to be racing each other, while Pickford seemed to be having a
whale of a time
John was embarrassed, but it didn’t faze Mike
a bit
These recent reports of the show’s imminent demise are hyperbolic
clickbait
You cool
with that?
The detectable keyboard comes
complete with numeric keypad
Harsh? Not in
my opinion
He booked his place in the final courtesy
of a remarkable victory
A man of great sartorial
elegance
A tone-deaf sartorial
decision
The first lady had changed out of the controversial garment into a cream button-up
safari-style jacket
I hope the media isn’t going to choose to focus on her
wardrobe
This was about as humiliating as it
gets for Argentina as the limitations of a team that only just managed to qualify for the World Cup were brutally exposed
Messi, their talisman and inspiration, was a passenger throughout, lost in a game that took place around him as Argentina, abject
defensively, overrun in midfield and clueless going forward, crumbled in the face of a terrific Croatia side
Rebic was the grateful recipient of a dreadful pass that sent Sampaoli, who must have covered more yards than some of his players as he paced up and
down the touch line in a blind panic, into a meltdown
Croatia’s jubilant supporters celebrated the sight of their country winning
back-to-back World Cup matches for the first time since 1998
It is hard to imagine how Argentina can recover from such a
chastening experience
It felt strange, almost uncomfortable at times, to see Messi struggling to emerge from the
shadows of this game, waiting for pass that never came and powerless to bend the match Into Argentina’s favour
His decision to keep faith with Caballero badly
backfired and it was also a huge gamble to dispense with a four-man defense and set up with a back three instead
Only he knows why he chose not to punt
upfield when Mercado, running towards his own goal, passed the ball back to him
It was a law honoured more in the breach than in the
observance
The princess was gifted a
nosegay upon her arrival
