Gd19 Flashcards
Beat it = go away
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Crash sb’s dreams
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Wisp of cloud/smoke/steam/grass/hair
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It resulted in a sulk on my part
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A man rushed past and jogged her elbow, making her drop the bag
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Brush a strand of blonde hair from her face
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I resisted the impulse
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I tried to hear what they were saying, but I only managed to catch a few snatches of conversation
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They tried to describe their attempts to fill the void left by their son’s death
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Longing cannot indefinitely direct itself at those we know, for their qualities are charted and therefore lack the mystery longing demands
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A desire that seems as undefinable as it is unquenchable
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My words were time-bound promises
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I looked under the bonnet and clouds of smoke poured out
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The woman I knew abruptly appeared foreign to me
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A leather-clad mechanic
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We were ready to continue, but my desire signaled otherwise
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I was not alone in my erratic moods
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I might get furious with Chloe not for the surface reason
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Reason is a bedrock of continuity
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The trajectory of an arrow in flight
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We are facing an intractable problem
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Fall head over heels in love with sb
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It reined us whenever there was an urge to develop romantic subplots or digress from our love story
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A furious row erupted
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His appendix ruptured and he had to be rushed to hospital
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Moderate our mood swings
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Defend ourselves against love’s demise
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A large fitted kitchen with the sleekest appliances in the basement
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The waiting room was full of people leafing through magazines
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I recalled Alice waxing lyrical about the flatness of her stomach
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It seems so cut off from everything, like a paradise no one’s bothered to ruin
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Tend the goats
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She suddenly winced with pain
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It is very easy to empathize with the characters in her books
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She had fallen ill early in her Spanish sojourn
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Mountain sickness
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Earthly happiness might be within their grasp
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I could not wait till the event had slipped into history
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The anxieties routinely exploded into argument
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The arguing, sulking and reconciliation were over
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By all means, hail a cab/taxi
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We will arrange time-off for you next week
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We will reimburse you later
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He had no qualms about divorcing her
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A third/fifth wheel
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I’ll be ready at six, give or take a few minutes
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It costs $200, give or take
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A big strapping lad like you shouldn’t have much difficulty lifting that
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Which teacher did he grow close to
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I saw them snogging on the back seat of a bus
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You can’t be serious
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Don’t touch that, except by the wrappings
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I’m not usually late
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hourglass figure
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Have it your way
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I sleepwalk
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Point is, I’m a free agent
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Would you get me another drink while I go and powder my nose
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The cold wind had chapped my lips
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Legend has it
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A free sachet of shampoo
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“Open up and take a bite of the biscuit.” “Not for me”
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Without it, we would leave the fate of our world to chance
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He put you up to this, didn’t he
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Fancy a drink
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The patient is well tended
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The new policy of shorter working hours will serve to take the sting out of the pay cut
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He boggled at the suggestion
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He put his knee out playing football
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The gripping season finale
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Some of the greatest geniuses in history had feet of clay
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I am fancy paying him a visit
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A back-alley transaction
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I don’t know what happened to me, even then
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Don’t think badly of me
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The family had no means of support (=way of getting money)
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“May I borrow this book?”“By all means”(of course; certainly(granting a permission))
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A man of means (=rich man)
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Higher education was seen primarily as a means to an end
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I’m not poor by any means (with negative)
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A flat that was within her means
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The government is living beyond its means
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No. Don’t make me
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Stop dawdling! You’ll be late for school
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I didn’t have the stomach for another fight
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You mean a great deal to him
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Time and again, it proves to be
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I felt the place bank steeply as it changed direction
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The video shows a man morphing into a tiger
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It takes millions years of evolution, by trial and error, for the colugo to learn to glide
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The doctor’s out on his rounds
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I’ve made/done the rounds of all the agents, but nobody has any tickets left
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Sooner or later someone would take pity on the poor wallflower and ask her to dance
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You have my back, and I get yours now
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It’s been a lot of hype around/surrounding his latest film
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It’s being hyped as the musical event of the year
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His prison sentence was remitted to two years
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He remitted half of his monthly wage to his family in the Philippines
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I stayed tethered to my paranoia, brittle as glass
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I stumbled over my mouthfuls
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Window ledge
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Politician’s caramel promise
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The hamster nibbled a hole in the sofa
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Caress her shoulders
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Her mouth puckered and I thought she was going to cry
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Hate is the hidden script in the letter of love
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In the vain hope that
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Sensing Chloe drawing away, I attempted to pull her back through blind repetition of elements that had in the past cemented us
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You know how everyone feigns surprise when you tell them how old you are
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She responded to his remarks with feigned amusement
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She began reading me against the grains, and found errors
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Things had reduced themselves to a tragicomic scenario
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He is only a little short of a pathology
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A form of treacly liquid left at the bottom of the glass that needed time to drain off
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He accused the minister of prevaricating
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Like seduction, withdrawal suffers under a blanket of reticence
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In her stories she expressed the whole gamut of emotions, from happiness to sorrow
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Fire on the crowd indiscriminately
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The airport terminal is sombre and empty
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Success in inducing jealousy is dependent on a significant factor: the inclination of the targeted audience to give a damn
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A huge sum was stipulated as ransom
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The secretary was rather brusque with me
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The maroon carpet
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With novelistic timing
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A disproportion between insult inflicted and sulk elicited
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The burgeoning of guilt
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He was no brute
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Chat on neutral territory
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The happiness was illusory
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Love’s death cannot be arrested
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Tense and unable to concentrate, I shifted uncomfortably in my seat
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It fills me with the vague nausea that meals may elicit in aircraft
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She pulled out the plugs from her ears
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Some displayed their wares on stalls, while others had just spread them out on the pavement
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Tears were streaming down her face, her nose was running, her whole body shaken by spasms, her breathing halting, gasping
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A deluge of sadness on both parties
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We grow foreign
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The wheels hit the tarmac at Heathrow
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The plane disgorged its cargo into the immigration hall
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Two days passed, numb
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When you’ve been in love, it is not the length of time that matters, it’s everything you’ve felt and done coming out intensified
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He respects you immensely
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I hope we can stay friends
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The cadences and accent of her speech
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I could feel his strength ebbing (away)
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Love has ebbed
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I felt stung by her disloyalty
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Between altruism and egoism
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She spurned my offers of help
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Salty midnight tears and the heart-wrenching separation
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Amoral vs immoral vs moral
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Human, he argues, are amoral and what guides them is not any sense of morality but an instinct for survival
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Horses snort
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The company offered Jeremy a paltry sum which he refused
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I scoured the past to look for origins, omens, offences, anything that might count as an explanation for the would I had sustained
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I took time off work
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I felt the transience of everything
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A smug grin
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She has spent her life trying to help gypsies, beggars and other social outcasts
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Her departure had rocked my confidence about everything
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A childish, petulant demon took charge of me
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Exiled from the shaded grove of love, I would be compelled to wander the earth till the day of my death
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I lay curled on the bed, the blinds drawn, irritated by the slightest noise or light, unduly upset if the milk was stale
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Everything slipped out of my grasp
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That’s great. Give her my regards
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Everyone knew who was going to get the job from the start - the interviews were just a charade
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My separation from Chloe had been accompanied by a thousand platitudinous sympathies from friends and acquaintances
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Her confidence took a hard knock when her application was rejected
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Roll the tape
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If you know what makes sb tick, you understand why they behave the way they do
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He is a snappy dresser
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Every nook and cranny of the house was stuffed with souvenirs of their trips abroad
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The protestors brought the capital of Thailand to its knees/ to a grinding halt
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She launched a vituperative attack on her ex-boss and former lover
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Effervescent vitamin C tablets
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Soiled clothes
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A notorious inability to express emotions makes human beings the only animals capable of suicide
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I like the froth on the top of the coffee
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Chloe weeping at the grave, Will averting his eyes, both of them scattering earth on my walnut coffin
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Listen to the stray sounds coming up from the street
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Car doors were screaming shut
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Lorries were grinding into first gear
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A pneumatic drill was pounding the pavement
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Grew drunk on the liquor of grief
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It was rather tactless of you to invite his ex-girlfriend
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Weepy eyes and sallow face
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Ditched by the woman I love, I exalted my suffering into a sign of greatness
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A wretched childhood
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A fantasy of the idyllic days of elation and laughter
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There was an agonizing parallel between the past and present
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The world spins on regardless of whether I was in love or out of it
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Forgetting, however calming, was also a reminder of infidelity to what I had at one time held so dear
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My identity had for so long been forged around ‘us’
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Her way of running her hand through her hair
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Flies drive themselves insane butting their heads against windowpanes
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The rash love of a Romeo and Juliet
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The brotherly love suggested by Jesus
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A story of chaotic lurching between idealization and disappointment
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An assortment of vegetables
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Agoraphobia vs claustrophobia
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The relic of a more infantile fantasy
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To fulfill her romantic longings
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Have adulterous affairs with unsuitable men
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She killed herself with arsenic
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She blew her nose into an embroidered handkerchief
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Throw myself into austere study
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As a monk, he took vows of chastity, poverty and obedience
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Her hair is tied elegantly in a bun
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Eat roots and shoots
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There was a slight tremor in her voice
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A tremor of excitement went through the audience as he came on stage
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There are hurdles to clear
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I hope you get over that cold soon
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I would not at all be surprised
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Their promise to lower taxes is clearly an election-year gambit
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I decided to set up my own business because I was tired of just being a cog in a machine
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Our guide gave us some interesting titbits about the history of the castle
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The magazine is full of juicy titbits
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Suffice (it) to say that they were not considered suitable for this project
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The shirts come in five different colours - just take your pick
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The emergence of so-called “silver hair market” and a bulging middle class creates more opportunities in financial services, such as growing demand for annuity, health medical insurance
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It is no secret that we are all getting older
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Orthodox medicines tend to be palliative rather than curative
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Home for Hospice
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A variety of palliative care services ranging from in-patient to ambulatory services as well as bereavement services
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Grief counseling for patients
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Terminally ill patients
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End-of-life care
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Her latest play is a firmly tongue-in-cheek look at the world of advertising
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The frailty of our bodies
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A then distinguished, now forgotten man
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A man of wide acquaintance and cautious judgement
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It took me ages to latch on to what she was talking about
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An avid museum visitor
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A well-chilled beer
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A glacial courtyard
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Catch a chill
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He was confined to bed with a severe chill
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It’s going to take more wind to make this boat keel over (=turn over on its side/capsize)
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An arms depot
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The man’s face was severely lacerated in the incident
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He sustained severe head injuries
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She is still fearful of taxi rides
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The subject accident had struck the Plaintiff at a time when she was planning new ventures in her career
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The orthopedics aftermaths and limitation in her physical and social mobility imposed a sudden curtailment in her plans
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Copy of the medical report is annexed in the Schedule hereto and served
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The court then issues the summons and serves it on your debtor
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How cogent the proposed expert evidence will be
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Call a spade a spade
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They begin to build up an unassailable lead
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He mentioned … by name
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Can fall along those lines as well
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Move a motion
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Members of the public are welcome to observe the proceedings of the meeting from the public galleries of the Chamber of LegCo Complex
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Some members of the public are aggrieved by Government action and policies
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Non-accountable cash allowance
非實報實銷現金津貼
Cash supplement
補助金
Throughout their tenure of office
在整個任期
Key deliberations are summarized in the ensuing paragraphs
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Obscene Articles Tribunal
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A review should be conducted as a matter of priority
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The unique work nature renders direct comparison inappropriate
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Some of the appointees were elevated from within the Judiciary, and some joined from the outside
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The subject
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A statutory Commission of Inquiry
法定調查委員會
The onus of proving
舉證責任
Legal tender
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Shall, on surrendering the note, be
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Repeal
廢除
Conferred or imposed
授予或委予
Exercise or performance
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Comply with any directions
遵從任何指示
Give such directions as he thinks fit, either generally or in any particular case
因應一般情況或任何個別情況, 發出其認為適當的指示
In the absence of any express agreement to the contrary
無任何相反的明訂協議
Either party to a contract of employment
僱傭合約的任何一方
Absence from work
缺勤
Temporary incapacity
暫時失去工作能力
They are by law regarded as valid and legal means of payment to adequately and effectively fulfill payment obligations
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Starring in a X-rated film
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Settle the score
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I am wanted elsewhere
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Be back on their feet
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I poured my heart out to you
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There are areas that we see eye to eye
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The government’ main task was to prevent inflation from entrenching itself
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Entrenched problems in Hong Kong
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Severance pay
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Long shot
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Tall order
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It is a bit of profit-taking, after reaching all those highs. It is just a temporary pulling back
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She was your typical brassy blonde
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Catastrophe will strike
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Lawyers plot and scheme
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My number is up
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He was so smitten by her that he promised to move to Argentina to be near her
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She is very strong-willed, and if she has decided to leave school, nothing will stop her
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He hoodwinked us into agreeing
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Dick was socially inept and uncomfortable in the presence of women
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He stood around bantering with his colleagues
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I grew weary of his bantering style of conversation
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Oscar Wilde’s plays are full of witty repartee
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As it was a cold morning, I stoked up on bacon, eggs, and beans on toast
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He always gets keyed up about exams
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The chair is a bit rickety
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An innocent dupe
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Always the tone of surprise
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People were sent out to snoop on rival businesses
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I swear on my life
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The kitchen roof is apt to (=likely to) leak when it rains
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These questions are extraneous to the issue being discussed
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Don’t let me spoil the fun
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China’s accession to the WTO
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He graciously acceded to our request
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The world would be kept in the bondage of fear
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She struggled with all her might to get free
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In the time of trial
充滿試煉的時刻
Life in all its fullness
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She loved the pageantry and tradition of the Royal Family
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The lopped heads of martyrs
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A cathartic experience
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The party’s principles are basically egalitarian
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Make sure students realize that ‘fat’ is an unflattering or pejorative word
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Susie always gravitates towards the older children in her playgroup
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The accountant had aided and abetted him in the fraud
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A gun-runner
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The woods have an aura of mystery
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The vehicle was impounded by customs
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My career choice isn’t going to come with research sabbaticals
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Not a chance in hell
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The family wanted him to be looked after at home, but the insurance company refused to play ball
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They caved in when they heard another firm was being approached
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I was mugged in broad daylight
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Do make an appointment at your convenience
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What time do you get off from work?
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Poverty alleviation
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You look dashing today
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He is very fastidious about how a suitcase should be packed
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Optimism is in the air
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Heavy buying ran the price of stocks up higher than expected
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The working poor
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Neither of them came about
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Hong Kong doesn’t have a hinterland that they could move off to
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She sat all alone in the party bearing that sulky face
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Profane language
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The bee’s knees/the flea’s eyebrows/the canary’s tusks/the cat’s whiskers
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He is one of the front-runner in the contest
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Acceptance speech
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After the financial disaster, she was consigned to a life of poverty
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We’ve had to dispense with a lot of luxuries since Mike lost his job
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In a world which is increasingly polarized economically, many will find their job prospects dimmed and wages squeezed
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Jacking up the wage floor too far would accelerate the shift from human workers to computers
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The question is whether Google can knit the diverse businesses it is developing and acquiring into an even more profitable engineering colossus–or whether it is in danger of squandering billions
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I couldn’t persuade him to fork out for a new one
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Feed its hunger for data
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We have leapfrog from third to first place
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It also brings Google some stellar talent
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He has a knack for breathing new life into stale products
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Google has had to overcome sclerosis before
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After returning as boss, he axed various projects and streamlined the management
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He enjoyed the trappings of power, such as a chauffeur-driven car and bodyguards
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He wore a helmet with the visor down to conceal his face
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A singularly unattractive individual
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Artisan weavers
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The freedom to raise taxes to punitive levels
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Moderate easterly winds, fresh at times
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Patronize a prostitute
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He has become a cuckold
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They would be roasted alive for normal human frailty
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It befits a man of stature
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The president said briskly that the matter was private
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Journalists moved swiftly on to more pertinent questions
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Party pooper
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Party piece
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A mug shot
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The site was rezoned for housing
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Hop on the coach
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Are you a two-timing creep as well
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I’m a pushover for babies
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To walk her down the aisle
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It was an act of bravado that made him ask his boss to resign
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I will treat you night out
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Mr Simmons tried to impress on me how much easier my life would be if I were better organized
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A good measure of regret
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Three bombs wrecked deadly havoc
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The bombs went off
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A high-profile envoy
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A hard-line politician
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The Year of the Horse
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A nine-year trophy drought
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The score now stands at forty-love
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Don’t forget to leave the front door on the latch if you go to bed before I get back
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I took/grabbed him by the scruff of his neck and threw him out of the hall
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She plucked up the courage and ask
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They exchanged glances
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They tried to stave off any further questions
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Her father leapt up and thumped the table
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She was wearing an old washed-out T-shirt and jeans
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You’re a ignorant lot
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She pinned one of her drawings to a tree trunk
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People began to awaken from their lethargy
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He’s got a few plants in pots on the windowsill
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A transformation is now undeniably underway
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Black is the quintessential bearer of bad luck
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I’d rather still be lounging under covers
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What bliss!
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The bus is running late as usual
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Let’s flip it around to the other side
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They are very bullish about growth
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The army sent out units to forage across the countryside in search of vital supplies
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Boundary walls have had to be shored up
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It has been a while
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Go easy on the new students
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Order up. Hope you’d like it
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That girl has just done a perfect split
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He ran well but was no match for the young Italian
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In all seriousness now - joking aside - I do think there is a problem here that we’ve got to get sorted
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Just before the Year of the Snake ends, the market is roiled by a dramatic sell-off across the globe
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Geopolitical black swan events, such as the Arab Spring and the Japanese earthquake, have further complicated the market dynamics
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The rarity of such a significant volatility spike carries dark forebodings
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2014 is the year when many trusts come due
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Political pundits were tipping him for promotion
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Based on our anecdotal evidence on the companies we track, there are quite mixed results in different areas
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1.3 billion people may suggest boundless opportunities for consumer credit companies but the experience of this fledging industry has been anything but promising
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They believe that all the outstanding issue should fall within the ambit of the talks
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Provide non-collateralized credit to individuals
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Subject to the loan cap and location restriction, the business is destined to be small and lacklustre
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Locksmith
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I’ve tried moving the desk but it won’t budge/I can’t budge it
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I told her she’d made a mistake and she got huffy with me
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A recent survey showed that in most families, women hold the purse strings
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I saw him cast a furtive glance at the woman at the table to his right
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Many would-be helpers are put off by mistreatment and abuse
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I enclose a cheque payable to
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Please debit my credit card for 200 dollar
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I prefer to receive communications by email
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Like-minded organization
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Converse with the prospect
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Break long copy with subheads
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Make it read easy and sound easy
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Finish the copy with a quip or clever comment, or a pat on the back
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Save our Vietnam bear sanctuary from eviction
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Please send cheque with this remittance advice
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A hand-drawn picture of a smirking fairy conjuring up a tottering pile of papers over a table
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Innocuous-looking pieces of software can be turned into instruments of espionage
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Roads speak a language of infinite subtlety. And few cars understand the dialects of the curves, hills and asphalt better than the Saab
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Baldness is a fact of life for a lot of men
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Definite Generic: the+Singular Noun_The tiger is in danger of becoming extinct_being in danger is characteristic of tigers
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Plural Generic: 0+Plural Noun_Tigers are in danger of becoming extinct_being in danger is normal for tigers
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Indefinite Generic: a+Singular Noun_*A tiger is in danger of becoming extinct_being in danger is required for tigers
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